Application manager ERP

Are you an application manager with a passion for ERP systems, looking for a challenging job with growth opportunities, a good salary and an excellent work-life balance? Then this is your chance!

As an application manager, you are indispensable in the management and further development of the application environment for Business Operations & Finance within Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Together with a team of driven professionals, you are responsible for the core software that ensures that the entire financial administration, project administration and procurement processes run smoothly. Think of systems such as Unit4 ERP, Proquro and MobileXpense.

In the coming years, we will be fully committed to standardising and further developing processes and administrations within business operations. As an application manager, you play a key role in this: you solve complex issues, implement changes and think along about new functionalities. This way you enable your collegues in business operations and finance to perform their tasks optimally. We are consciously looking for someone who easily takes initiative and approaches things head-on. You are skilled at structuring work processes. This enables you to handle support and management efficiently and align with the user organization.

What will you do?

• Second-line support: You provide support to users and functional administrators for business applications such as Unit4 ERP, MyProjects, Proquro, and MobileXpense, including incident and problem management;
• Management and development: You execute changes, monitor interfaces, and work closely with the integration team to keep systems functioning optimally;
• Bridging function: As a connecting link between users, suppliers and IT, you ensure that wishes and needs are translated into practical solutions;
• Security and architecture: You monitor the security aspects and ensure that applications comply with the target architecture;
• Innovation and automation: You identify opportunities to automate processes for users and management activities and think along about functional developments.

• HBO working and thinking level (if needed an assessment can be part of the procedure);
• At least two years of experience with (functional) management of ERP systems or financial systems at enterprise level;
• Affinity with financial and business processes;
• Previous experience with Unit 4 ERP is a plus;
• Experience with standardized handling of support tickets, changes and problems (ITIL);
• You can easily make a translation between technology and functional question.

Our IT department was named the best ICT employer in the non-ICT sector in 2024 and, with 200 employees, provides a modern ICT environment for education and research. This means plenty of development and career opportunities for specialists at different levels.

When it comes to terms of employment, Wageningen University & Research is the right place for you. Highlights from our collective labour agreement are, for example:

• working hours that can be determined in consultation, so that an optimal work-life balance is possible;
• sabbatical leave, study leave and partly paid parental leave;
• There is a lot of attention for vitality and you can use the sports facilities on campus at an attractive rate;
• a structural end-of-year bonus of 8.3%;
• excellent pension scheme through ABP.

Of course, these excellent fringe benefits also include an appropriate salary. Depending on your experience, we offer a competitive salary of a minimum of € 3,234 to a maximum of € 5,273 for a full working week of 36 hours in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Wageningen Research (scale 10). An appointment of 32 hours is negotiable.

Wageningen University & Research stimulates internal career opportunities and mobility with an internal recruitment policy. There are ample opportunities for own initiative in a learning environment, we offer excellent training opportunities. With us, you will get a versatile job in an international environment with a pleasant and open working atmosphere.

The mission of Wageningen University & Research is “To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life”. Under the banner Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen University and the specialised research institutes of the Wageningen Research Foundation have joined forces in contributing to finding solutions to important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment. With its roughly 30 branches, 7,700 employees (7,000 fte), 2,500 PhD and EngD candidates, 13,100 students and over 150,000 participants to WUR’s Life Long Learning, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain. The unique Wageningen approach lies in its integrated approach to issues and the collaboration between different disciplines.

Read the 5 reasons why your future colleagues enjoy working at WUR and watch this video to get an idea of our green campus!

We will recruit for the vacancy ourselves and do not appreciate unasked for services from recruitment agencies. However, sharing in your network is appreciated.

For more information about this position, please contact Bart Aarts, manager Operations, telephone 06-39088848 or by e-mail bart.aarts@wur.nl

For more information about the procedure, please contact Leoni Gasille, HR Business Partner leoni.gasille@wur.nl

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This vacancy is open until Monday, February 24, 2025. We want to schedule the first job interviews in the week of Monday 3 March.

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