SAP PLM Application Developer

Cargill B.V.
Schiphol, Netherlands
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
2 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Tech stack

Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) Application Configuration Access Protocols Software Applications Computer Programming Document Management Systems SAP Materials Management SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software Engineering

Job description

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

  • The SAP PLM Application Developer job maintains, integrates and implements software applications within the organization. With limited supervision, this job performs moderately complex software application testing, quality assurance, configuration, installation and support to ensure smooth, stable and timely implementation of new software and updates to installed applications.

Key Accountabilities

  • APPLICATION CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT: Sets up and maintains application configurations to meet user and business requirements while developing and recommending improvements to standard and moderately complex application support processes and procedures.
  • APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT & DEPLOYMENT: Performs programming, configuration, testing and deployment of fixes or updates for application version releases.
  • USER COMMUNICATION & SUPPORT: Keeps an open channel of communication with users and responds to standard and moderately complex application support requests and needs.
  • APPLICATION SUPPORT: Conducts advanced and complex application support activities to deliver on business outcomes.
  • STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT: Works with multi-functional teams, including developers, product managers and business partners to ensure configurations align with standards and project goals.
  • INCIDENT & REQUEST MANAGEMENT: Reviews, analyzes and prioritizes incoming incident tickets and user requests.
  • VENDOR MANAGEMENT: Handles positive relationships with software vendors and negotiates contracts..

Qualifications

  • Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Functional experience or exposure to SAP PLM

  • Experience in process industry environments

  • Experience with Specifications, Recipes, and Engineering Records

  • Experience supporting Document Management (DMS) and Bill of Materials (BOM) processes

  • Understanding of SAP PLM integrations with upstream and downstream systems

  • Ability to analyze business requirements and support functional configurations

  • Experience working with SAP technical teams, including ABAP developers

  • Familiarity with PLM data concepts and lifecycle processes

  • Effective collaboration across business, functional, and technical teams

Our Offer We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process and workplace. We encourage candidates to let us know if they require any accommodations during the recruitment or interview process so we can support them appropriately.

Interested? Then make sure to send us your CV and cover letter in English today: Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cargill

Cargill is committed to being an inclusive employer. Click here to find out more https://careers.cargill.com/diversity

Requirements

  • Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Functional experience or exposure to SAP PLM

  • Experience in process industry environments

  • Experience with Specifications, Recipes, and Engineering Records

  • Experience supporting Document Management (DMS) and Bill of Materials (BOM) processes

  • Understanding of SAP PLM integrations with upstream and downstream systems

  • Ability to analyze business requirements and support functional configurations

  • Experience working with SAP technical teams, including ABAP developers

  • Familiarity with PLM data concepts and lifecycle processes

  • Effective collaboration across business, functional, and technical teams

Benefits & conditions

We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.

About the company

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

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