IM Specialist: SAP EAMInformation Management - Johannesburg, South Africa - De Beers Group

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    Associate / Permanent Employee
    Description
    Job Description:

    The purpose of this is role is to support the De Beers business strategy to directly drive business value.

    This is a tactical and operational role conducting and managing IM demand management, support, governance, analysis, project and vendor management services within the targeted domain.

    KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

  • Work safely and be committed to being a safety leader.
  • Optimise business performance by enhancing the alignment between business processes and IM systems.
  • Provide coaching, training and advise on future use of technology and business process to targeted clients
  • Work closely with process owners and key users to understand business requirements and drive the building of quality solutions.
  • Perform functional analysis, requirements definition and solution configuration and testing, in conjunction with delivery teams.
  • Develop functional specifications and setting of configurations in partnership with third party development teams.
  • Drive the adoption of best practice and enforce the use of standard systems and solutions.
  • Keep up to date with technology trends and developments and suggest enhancements.
  • Act as the key specialist point of contact for service providers and clients in problem solving and investigations related to service and technology incidents and requests.
  • Ensure the knowledge underpinning application/service delivery is documented, managed and maintained.
  • Identifies risk root causes and quantify potential business impact. Implements solutions to reduce level of exposure.
  • Manage and optimise targeted functional systems/modules to support efficient and accurate workforce management.
  • Develop reports and dashboards to analyse data for decision-making.
  • Adheres to and participates in governance forums and processes.
  • Qualifications:

    The successful incumbent must meet the following criteria:

  • An undergraduate qualification (Bachelors degree or equivalent) in the relevant IM or functional discipline.
  • Experience working in a multinational, multi-cultural environment.
  • IT Service Delivery, vendor management, project management.
  • Business case formulation, design and delivery of global enterprise solutions.
  • Stakeholder engagement and management.
  • Functional exposure to relevant applications and process.
  • SAP EAM certification
  • SAP Application Management and Development Tools (capabilities) understanding
  • REQUIRED SKILLS / COMPETENCIES:

  • Strong thinking and problem-solving skills.
  • A self-starter who takes the initiative and follows through.
  • Proven skills in setting goals, planning, prioritising and administering work.
  • Business improvement tools and techniques
  • Work self-sufficiently with attention to detail