Vacancies Functional Engineer SuccessFactors Integration

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792 weve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color peoples lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands including Dulux International Sikkens and Interpon is trusted by customers around the globe. Were active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. Its what youd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company thats dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today while creating an even better tomorrow. Lets paint the future together.

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Job Purpose

The Functional Engineer in this role is an Integrations Expert within the organization with primary focus on SuccessFactors Integrations HR processes covered in our SuccessFactors environment: Employee Central and Position Management Recruitment and Onboarding Performance & Goals Talent Succession & Development Compensation Learning Time Management. The operating model is Dev Ops which will be evolved from its current state in close collaboration with the business (refer organization). The scope will include all aspects of managing and further enhancing the systems.

Key Activities

Key objectives:

Development and Operations: Development: The development model follows agile/scrum methodology with central Product Ownership in People Services Global Delivery delivering (user)stories in short sprints. Together with the process- and system experts of Global Business Services focus on delivering integrations fulfilling requirements based on (user) stories. This includes assessment build unit- and user acceptance testing and finally deployment. Operations: Perform below ticketing and non-ticketing activities: Incident Management including Major Incident Management raising and coordinating tickets with SAP on product issues Problem Management with rigorous Root Cause Analysis Standard changes implementation Monitoring of the systems and integrations and (where needed) taking corrective action SAP SuccessFactors Release management (regression testing new features) Keeping the different SuccessFactors environments fit-for-purpose with periodic System Refreshes It is the intention that more and more work get done as part of the standing organization with stable teams and no longer create a project for every single change that needs to be this context development also includes such (user)stories that could be planned in regular delivery sprints. Delivery of Projects and overall improvements: Provide guidance and support on the use of the SuccessFactors integrations to the key stakeholders (HR function People Services regional delivery centers and local key users). Recommend new features and take an active role in setting up the integrations roadmap with IT and process- and system experts from the Global Business services team. Deliver new developments needed for project implementations either independently or working together with third party experts in a dedicated project set-up. This may require a certain level of project management skills and overseeing complex and diverse HR technologies. This project work will be balanced with the activities for Development and Operations System standards training and individual development: Ensure that the global standard processes tools and documentation are well-maintained and adhered to. Work together with the process- and system experts on user procedures guidelines and documentation. Ensure that the required level of expertise in SuccessFactors integrations is maintained including the right certification(s). Review Test and introduce new features in SAP Cloud Integration / Integration suite with a focus on improving the product and service operations.

Experience

Essential educational qualifications relevant experience and requested skills.

• Bachelors or Masters degree or equivalent preferably in Information Technology Human Resources or Business Administration.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in a customer-focused IT application delivery or support-based role (within multinational or international consultancy organization).
• Strong knowledge and experience in SAP Cloud Integration (CPI) with a proven track record of successful implementations.
• SAP Certified Associate - Integration Developer (CCPI2404).
• Additionally SAP Certified Development Associate SAP Integration Suiteis preferred.
• Hands-on extensive knowledge in integrating third-party applications with SAP SuccessFactors using Cloud Integration; Proven ability in building full and delta load integrations and in error handling.
• Knowledge of general aspects of SAP SuccessFactors compound Employee API and the different transmission modes.
• Good knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC) module and understanding of effective-dated and non-effective-dated data in EC.
• Good understanding of OData models applying queries and use of paginations.
• Hands-on knowledge in using CPI adapters like HTTP SFTP OData SOAP JMS.
• Hands-on knowledge in Groovy Scripting XSLT mapping Message mapping Encryption & Decryption usage of all CPI Palette functions.
• Ability to collaborate with business stakeholders and/or 3rd party vendors to hardwire (high level) business and technical integration needs into specific IT solutions and to drive the delivery of these integrations end-to-end.
• Pro-active and supportive with good team building skills. Self-organizing with regards to planning and delivery (able to handle time pressure and to manage priorities).
• Strong written and verbal communications interpersonal and presentation skills including a high standard of written and spoken English.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail ability to analyze (large) data sets and to derive insights.
• Proficiency in MS Office tools especially Excel PowerPoint.
• Prior experience working in an Agile and/or DevOps setting is a definite plus.

Prior exposure to Lean Six Sigma and/or any structured improvement approach is a plus.

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when our organization all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age or disability.

Requisition ID:54771

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1