Head of Enterprise Applications

John Cockerill, enablers of opportunities

Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of its founder, the John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of its time: facilitating access to low carbon energies, enabling sustainable industrial production, preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, enhancing security and installing essential infrastructures. 

Its offer to businesses, governments and communities consists of services and associated equipment for the sectors of energy, defence, industry, the environment, transports, and infrastructures. With over 6,000 employees, John Cockerill achieved a turnover of € 1,209  billion in 2023 in 29 countries, on 5 continents.

www.johncockerill.com 

Contexte of the need :

The John Cockerill Group develops large-scale technological solutions to meet the needs of our time: preserving natural resources, contributing to greener mobility, sustainable production, combating insecurity and facilitating access to renewable energy. Its offer to companies, governments and local authorities takes the form of services and associated equipment for the energy, defense, industry, environment, transport and infrastructure sectors. Driven since 1817 by the entrepreneurial spirit and thirst for innovation of their founder, the Group's 6,000 employees enabled it to achieve sales of 1.3 billion euros in 23 countries on 5 continents in 2018.

Job Summary :

We are seeking a highly experienced and dynamic Head of Enterprise Applications to lead our team responsible for managing and optimizing our enterprise applications, including SAP, VIM, Success Factors, iValua, and more. This role will be a key member of the ICT CODIR.

The candidate will play a crucial role in several major upcoming projects, including the migration to S4H.

Key Responsibilities :

As part of the John Cockerill Group's ICT team, your role will be to manage and develop global enterprise solutions to actively support all the internal processes of our various business lines.

Your responsibilities will include :

• Driving the strategic direction and execution of major projects, including the migration to S4H.
• Delivering projects relating to the Enterprise Applications perimeter, from needs analysis to deployment support, including validation of technological choices, technical design, production and testing
• Ensuring the internal promotion of the solutions available
• Ensuring the day-to-day management and development of the solutions in place.
• Supervising existing teams and developing the talents entrusted to them
• Supporting our multi-hub strategy by building a strong team in India to complete our Belgian resources
• Staying updated with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve our enterprise applications landscape;
• Identifying the necessary partnerships and implementing them - in particular to support a global roadmap that will involve moving towards SAP S/4 Hana;
• Managing the budget.

Qualifications :

Prerequisites

• Master's degree in IT or equivalent experience;
• Proven experience in managing enterprise applications, with a strong focus on SAP;
• Demonstrated experience in leading teams across multiple locations;
• Experience with S4H migration projects should be an asset;
• Experience in project management;
• Working level in French and English;

Professional skills

• In addition to your technical skills, you will have an entrepreneurial spirit and strong leadership skills;
• You will have good organizational skills, be able to analyze and summarize, be able to work independently and have very good writing skills;
• You will have good interpersonal skills and a taste for teamwork, be able to adapt and have a taste for innovation;
• You will be familiar with change management and be an ambassador for it;
• You will have good teaching skills;
• You will be able to listen and persuade people to buy in;
• You will be able to learn quickly in a complex and fairly informal environment;

John Cockerill offers you career and development opportunities within its various sectors in a friendly working environment. 
Do you want to work for an innovative company that will allow you to take up technical challenges on a daily basis?
We look forward to receiving your application and to meeting you!

Discover our job opportunities in details on www.johncockerill.com