IT Project & Application Manager

Valmont is a leading company in the luxury cosmetics sector with a presence across several European countries and headquartered in Barcelona. We are seeking an IT Project & Application Manager to join our Group IT team. You will lead IT projects from first business need to go-live and own a portfolio of key business applications including Salesforce Commerce Cloud and our PIM/DAM platform.

As the main link between IT and the business (E-commerce & Digital Retail and Boutiques Marketing & Product Supply Chain Finance) you will keep our systems reliable efficient and aligned with business needs.

• Scope plan and lead IT projects end to end on scope on time and on budget through go-live and hypercare.

• Gather and challenge business requirements from key users and leaders.

• Lead implementation and integration projects across our IT ecosystem (PIM/DAM Salesforce Commerce Cloud Microsoft D365 F&O Shopify POS).

• Run project governance: steering committees Go/No-Go decisions and reporting to management.

• Organise testing cutover and deployment and lead change management and user communication.

• Act as application owner and Salesforce administrator (Commerce Cloud and Sales Cloud) covering configuration users and access rights.

• Monitor application health and data flows and manage L2/L3 incidents and vendor escalations through to resolution.

• Plan and coordinate change requests releases and upgrades and own the functional roadmap in line with business priorities.

• Maintain documentation and train head-office and boutique users.

• Manage integrators agencies and software vendors: statements of work escalations and SLA follow-up.

• Prepare and track project and run budgets.

• Propose improvements backed by business cases and total-cost-of-ownership analyses.

• Ensure compliance with IT policies security GDPR and audit requirements.

• Bachelors or Masters degree in IT Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience.

• 5 years in IT project and/or application management across the full project lifecycle from RFP to go-live.

• Hands-on experience implementing Salesforce Commerce Cloud and a PIM/DAM solution (e.g. Plytix Akeneo Salsify inRiver).

• Good understanding of integrations and data flows (APIs ERP OMS CRM).

• Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methods and ITIL practices.

• Experience managing vendors contracts and budgets.

• Experience with tools such as Jira Azure DevOps ITSM platforms Excel and Power BI.

• Fluent English and French; Spanish is a plus.

• Nice to have: PMP PRINCE2 SAFe or Scrum certification; ITIL 4 Foundation; Salesforce B2C Commerce certification.

• Competetive salary with an opportunity to work in a leading luxury cosmetics group

• Collaborative diverse team in a dynamic environment

• Work model / location: Barcelona Office Hybrid