IFS 7 Application Support

Key Responsibilities: • User Support: Acting as a point of contact for end users, providing guidance, resolving inquiries, and ensuring effective use of the IFS system through training and documentation. • User Maintenance: Onboarding and offboarding of users following very specific procedures to ensure compliance with audit requirements. • Incident Problem Management: Logging and tracking tickets, resolving incidents and service requests, and proactively identifying and addressing recurring issues. • SOX Controls: Preparing evidence and evidence summaries for monthly quarterly semi-annual/annual SOX controls in a timely manner. • System Maintenance: Supporting the technical environment, monitoring system performance, and ensuring the completion of maintenance tasks like refreshing the nonproduction environment cloning production to non-production. • Data Management: Running scripts for mass data updates. • Knowledge Management: Contributing to and maintaining a shared knowledge base, documenting procedures, and creating user guides. • Collaboration: Working with technical teams, internal project teams, and potentially with external support partners to resolve complex issues. • Training: Delivering user training, creating training materials, and ensuring users are properly equipped to utilize the system. • Technical Expertise: Understanding the IFS application's functionalities, code base, and troubleshooting techniques in front-end, service layer, and backend databases. • Reporting: Tracking and reporting on issues and providing data analysis for problem resolution. Required Skills Experience: • IFS Applications Experience: • 7+ years of strong hands-on experience with IFS ERP. Strong preference for people with experience in IFS Apps 7. • Troubleshooting: Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical and functional issues related to the IFS system. • Communication: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for interacting with users and technical teams. • Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve complex issues. • ITIL Processes: Understanding of ITIL processes related to Incident Management, Service Request Management, Change Management and Problem Management. • Database Concepts: Knowledge of database systems e.g., Oracle, Knowledge of database concepts and the ability to assist users with data extraction. Experience running update scripts. • Business Acumen: Understanding of how the IFS system supports business operations. Business Expertise in Manufacturing Processes such as Discrete Manufacturing, Engineer-to-Order, Plan-to-Produce, Procure-to-Pay, Shop Floor Reporting, Material and Resource Planning and experience with specific IFS modules like Finance or Supply Chain. Desirable Skills: • Experience with ITSM tools such as ServiceNow. • Experience using Crystal Reports and Power BI to create custom user reports. • Experience with IFS DOP functionality. • Understanding of both standard costing and actual costing and the implications in the system.