IT Application Manager

Walter Tools is one of the world's leading metal working companies, bursting with empowered people and industry leading solutions in metal cutting. Walter's Digital Transformation & IT global organization (DT & IT) is focused on enabling both Walter GoGlobal2025 and Group Digital Shift strategies. Along our mission to provide digital solutions which create value for our customers and enhance our brand promise "Engineering Kompetenz", we continue to strengthen our DT & IT functional capabilities driving engagement, agility and efficiency. We offer you an exciting digital arena, where customer focus, new challenges, innovation, collaboration and a diverse setup are part of our culture. Your Responsibilities:

• An essential part of your mission will be Application Management for the cross-production used IIoT Platform and their associated applications
• This also includes elaboration and execution of the platform strategy aligned with internal and business partners
• You will be responsible for application operation and development
• IT Demand Management, Change and Release Management will be one of your goals
• Coordination of external IT service providers and integration partners is also part of your area of responsibility
• Through continuous development of the operating concept, you can contribute your Know- How
• You will advise business partners according to their needs
• Setup and support of global and local key user structures as well as project management are part of your tasks

• You have completed an academic degree in information technologies or other comparable qualifications
• You have several years of professional experience in Application Management
• Knowledge in IIoT systems and corresponding industrial interfaces like OPC, MQTT, MT Connect is an advantage
• You have experience in IT Project- and Service Management
• You have a high level of social and communication skills and a structured way of working
• You have a high sense of responsibility and reliability and you are willing to travel (10-20%)
• Ability to work in an international, multicultural and decentral team
• You are fluent in spoken and written English

Walter offers you a working environment with a wide range of benefits: flexible working hours and the option to work on the move, further training and professional development, company pension scheme and an open, international corporate culture with a long tradition. Diversity and active inclusion are just as important to us as the health of our employees, which we actively support, for example with our job bike. Work should feel good? Welcome to the Walter team.