Business Systems Specialist
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Job Summary
Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry were inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. Were proud to play a part in protecting the worlds democracies. And were committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the worlds aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of 3.35 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
As a Business Systems Specialist you will be responsible for the deployment configuration education and maintenance of the engineering suite of applications to support the Engineering IT strategy and providing a technical lead on the development and release of improvements to the ERP system.
Job Responsibilities
- Required to follow all HSE rules and regulations. Must wear appropriate PPE as required.
- Provides the IT vision and strategy required to meet the current and future business requirements
- Directs the implementation and maintenance of systems and services providing essential business functions while remaining aware of how IT downtime affects the business.
- Test and verify new functionality in conjunction with nominated business leads.
- Key interface with the Engineering IT at all UK sites.
- Develop new functionality to improve production needs.
- Assist nominated business leads with analysis of historical/statistical information.
- Responsible for development and adherence to IT costs budget.
- Maintain the ERP system and manage associated change requests.
- Lead the Functional areas in proper Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) utilization deployment and upgrades.
- Mentoring high performing teams to developing the right skills and capabilities required the IT Strategy.
- Working as effective member of multi locational team often requiring demonstration of leadership qualities.
- Work with Process Improvement Teams across the organization to understand and improve the business.
- Make recommendations develop and / or leverage best practices and professional experience.
- Provide business guidance and strategy to leverage current business systems capabilities.
Job Qualifications
Education
- Bachelors degree in:
- Information Systems
- Computer Science
- Business Administration
- Or a related field
- Some roles prefer or require a masters degree (e.g. MBA with tech focus)
Experience
- 25 years in:
- Business analysis
- Systems analysis
- IT support or enterprise systems
- Experience working with:
- ERP systems (like SAP Oracle)
- CRM platforms (e.g. Salesforce)
- Business process improvement projects
Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of:
- Systems integration
- Database concepts (SQL often required)
- Software development lifecycle (SDLC)
- Familiarity with tools such as:
- Microsoft Excel (advanced)
- Power BI or Tableau
- Project management tools (Jira Trello)
- Ability to:
- Gather and document requirements
- Perform system testing and validation
- Troubleshoot system issues
Business & Analytical Skills
- Process mapping and workflow analysis
- Data analysis and reporting
- Ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
- Knowledge of business operations and strategy
Soft Skills
- Strong communication (technical non-technical audiences)
- Problem-solving and critical thinking
- Stakeholder management
- Attention to detail
- Time management and organization
Well offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry who knows how far you can go
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles weve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. Its a culture that won us The Best Workplace Culture Award. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
Were also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We arethe place where human dreams plus humanendeavour shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
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About Company
GKN Aerospace is a global engineering group that make essential components for industries that touch lives across the globe
