Req ID: Job Function: IT Full:Time/Part:Time: Full:time Contract Type: Permanent
Job Level: Professional
Sub:department: Office Location: San Jose (SJO) Travel Required: up to 25 Start Date: 02/01/2018 The Panalpina Group is one of the worlds leading providers of supply chain solutions, combining its core products of Air Freight, Ocean Freight, and Logistics to deliver globally integrated, tailor:made end:to:end solutions. The Panalpina Group operates a global network with some 500 offices in more than 70 countries, and employs around 16,000 people worldwide. We are looking to hire a Regional IT Forwarding Products Consultant, AME to...
* Cover the business demand and IT supply management, innovation and all steps of the development life:cycle.
* Participate in the analysis of systems reengineering in relatin to core applications in an effort to increase productivity.
* To provide analytical expertise to regional, country and district teams regarding required changes in business processes for core applications.
* Analyze how new requirements from the products, regional and district teams can be supported by enhancing existing functionality of systems.
* Assist in creating reasonable project plans, along with BRF and BRS documents.
Responsibilities
* Identify gaps between local business practices and locally used core applications in various areas within the AME Region, taking into consideration global business processes and systems functionality.
* Analyze how gaps in the process can be solved by enhancing the process and system, taking into consideration productivity and cost for development.
* Based on input obtained from various team members, proactively try to identify gaps in the process/system and propose a way to become more efficient within the existing core applications.
* Create recommendations for the Change Control Board and Management with required level of detail and costs.
* Write and manage business documentation, to include business process documents, Visio and training materials. Work closely with business teams.
* Support Regional IT Forwarding team with ad:hoc projects, as required.
* Contribute to the development of new insights and concepts that lead to true innovation projects.
* Interact with the relevant IT functions (IT Governance / IT Productivity / IT Architecture / IT Service Delivery) with end goal of deliverign IT solutions to the regional products (Air Freight, Ocean Freight and Energy and Projects Solutions)
Qualifications:
* Knowledge of freight forwarding business processes and operations application environment.
* Knowledge of process modeling and management methods combined with practical experience in process analysis and improvement.
* Ability to envision the big picture while analyzing the details.
* Overall understanding of Panalpinas business processes and interdependencies (is an advantage)
* Understanding Panalpinas forwarding systems portfolio (is an advantage)
* Experience in process and system analysis
* Industry experience (minimum 5 years)
Skills:
* Excellent analytical skills
* Ability to work in diverse environments
* Good communication skills, both verbal and written
* Good presentation skills
* Forward thinking with the ability to stay focused
Languages:
* Knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese are of advantage:ul
