IS Cloud Applications Services Specialist

Job description

General Information

Location:

·  City:Lyon
·  Country:France
·  Region:Europe

·  City:Aubervilliers
·  Country:France
·  Region:Europe

·  City:Carnaxide
·  Country:Portugal
·  Region:Europe

·  City:Brussels
·  Country:Belgium
·  Region:Europe

·  City:Singapore
·  Country:Singapore
·  Region:Asia Pacific

Job Category: Information & Knowledge
Job Type: Regular
Type of Contract: Permanent
Working time: Full-time
Work schedule: Day shift

Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 24,100 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet plan crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering better life. The Group’s innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world’s top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €10.2 billion in 2019. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels (SOLB) and Paris and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program.

Solvay Busines Services (SBS) is the global organization supporting internal and external growth by integrating the major end-to-end administrative processes as well as the information services of the Solvay Group, through three strategic objectives: strategic agility and customer centricity, service excellence and talents and innovation.

Job Overview and Responsibilities

The IS Cloud Applications Services team is an Interdisciplinary team with rich profiles specialising in Google Cloud Computing, automation with DevOps mindset and maintaining a wide range of CAS portfolios.
As for the CAS portfolios, the main objectives are:

·  Continuous optimization of CAS portfolio and adherence to Group’s ambition of end-to-end service ownership of applications and decommissioning to rationalize portfolios
·  Supporting the user experience of these applications, operations and ensuring stability and operability with key third party providers
·  Delivering project management to support Business/Functions transformation
The IS Cloud Applications Services Specialist is part of this team. His/her main assignments and responsibilities are:

·  Creating short/mid and long term product/application vision with Business/Function owners
·  Working hand-in-hand with Business/Function owners to identify and prioritize requirements/backlogs
·  Collaborating with developers, outsource team or software editors to deliver these features/requirements
·  Delivering end-to-end service of your product/application
·  Responsible for product’s budget forecast, contract renewal when required
·  Conducting new projects until delivery when required

Education and Experience

·  Experience and familiar with cloud technologies and capabilities
·  Minimum of 2 years in Cloud experience/journey/implementations
·  Minimum of 5 years of digital project management
·  Experience in animation and continuous partnerships with outsourced providers

Skills

·  Security and compliance competencies
·  Experience of working in international and multicultural environment
·  Ability to understand the problems faced by Business/Functions and its complexities
·  Good knowledge of Cloud Computing
·  Good influencing skills and a strong believer of Cloud being the future transformation
·  Very good oral and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas and understand business terms
·  Solution driven and results oriented with deep analytical and problem solving skills
·  A growth mindset to openly give and receive feedbacks, experiment and learn from mistakes quickly
·  Ability to work collaboratively across SBS teams
·  Open minded and willingness to learn, unlearn and relearn
·  Ability to work autonomously and to be proactive / force of proposals
·  Ability to understand external solutions, market best practices and evolutions
·  Experience in Digital transformation / Cloud capabilities would be an advantage
·  English is a must
·  French is a plus

Additional Information

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