IT Integration Specialist - Gqeberha, South Africa - Top Vitae

Description

The Integration Specialist will form part of a dynamic and fast-paced team that will be responsible for building solutions based on our Company's global application suite to meet the needs of external trading partners and internal customers. There will be a strong focus on electronic data interchange and data integration.

The Integration Specialist will work closely with other members of the Integrations team, the broader IT group and other functional areas within our Organisation. These areas include Operations, Sales, Finance and external parties which include our customers and suppliers to understand the business requirements and provide the best technical solution to meet the needs within time lines and budget as defined by the business.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in information technology or Logistics related field or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of professional experience in common application and integration concepts, including relational databases, XML, Web Services, Electronic Data Interchange (ANSI X12, EDIFACT etc.)

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Experience in using no-code/low-code data mapping and transformation tools
• Knowledge and experience of common application and integration concepts including relational databases, XML, Json, REST and SOAP Web
• Services, Electronic Data Interchange (ANSI X12, EDIFACT etc.)
• Ability to understand, write and run SQL Queries
• Knowledge and experience of integrating disparate systems via electronic exchange of data using a variety of methodologies and communication protocols.
• Experience of the freight forwarding / logistics industry and processes (preferred)
• Detail oriented, able to multitask and meet deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal skills (multi lingual a plus)
• Customer focused
• Self-motivated, able to work in a team and independently

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITES:

• Understand the functional and technical capabilities of the Organisation's global application suite to create optimized, high performing, robust solutions given the business requirements and applications involved.
• Translate business requirements documentation into a viable technical solution that meets the stated objectives.
• Ability to estimate work effort and timelines for deliverables based on business requirements, priorities and existing workloads
• Maintain status of activities in the Organisation's project tracking tool
• Work with cross functional groups within the organization
• Produce technical documentation of all solutions delivered
• Support and enhancement of implemented solutions via the Change Management process
• Adhere to all published organization and safety policies and procedures as defined in the
• Organisation's Forwarding Employee Handbook

Please consider your application unsuccessful if you have not received a response within two weeks of applying.