Senior IT Business Partner (m/f/d)

Join the world leader in advanced energy storage solutions and be part of the success story of VARTA!

Your contribution:

• The role involves assembling, analyzing, and presenting business requirements, acting as a liaison between the business and technology teams.
• It necessitates a comprehensive understanding of all process workflows, as well as their integration with ERP systems and related support systems. The incumbent will collaborate closely with the business community to comprehend existing processes, devise innovative solutions, prioritize tasks, and resolve functional issues.
• The position is based at our headquarters in Hannover, Germany.

Key responsibilities: What you will do

• Serve as a liaison between business and technology teams.
• Examine User Business requirements to identify gaps across all process streams. Collaborate with the technical team to provide automated process solutions aligned with Business Requirements.
• Maintain the governance model that enhances various platforms, supporting a customer-centric approach while ensuring adherence to business goals and objectives.
• Review and prioritize Remedy tickets (user trouble tickets) assigned to the support team.
• Review test scripts to ensure the accuracy of integration and regression testing efforts.
• Document existing business processes to define current business activities to aid the development of new business procedures and software solutions.
• Review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of existing processes and give input and research for the development of strategies.
• Support in the documentation of the business cases and drive functional requirements for new systems and procedures for the purpose of enhancing business processes, operations, and information process flow.
• Develop, standardize, and maintain new or improved processes based on findings and analysis.
• Develop and execute process models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to guide systems developers and architects.
• Provide subject matter expertise on projects with regards to business processes. This expertise should be from a process perspective and will cross multiple technologies and functions.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: What we look for

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.
• An ideal candidate would have a strong understanding of Finance and Procurement processes and workflows, with SAP expertise in these areas being highly sought after. Knowledge of other processes is also valued.
• A solid technical background with over six years of experience, or experience in a business-facing role such as Sales, Distribution Finance, Business Analyst, IT Coordinator, etc., is required.
• The role demands interpersonal skills that include the ability to work in collaborative team settings, establish and maintain ongoing business relationships, and possess strong communication skills that enable one to challenge business partners and advocate for the team.
• Expertise in negotiating challenging issues, persuading others to attain objectives, and leading cross-functional project teams.
• Organizational skills with the ability to handle multiple projects and priorities.
• Strong conceptual thinking skills.
• Fluency in English and German is a must.

Benefits: What we can offer

As a technology leader with strong brand (i.e. VARTA and OPTIMA), Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us:

• Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement, and sustainability.
• Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible and trust-based working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our mobile work policy and company kindergarten.
• A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments such as holiday, Christmas as well as company pension scheme.
• Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of our preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs.
• Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike.
• Our well-advanced onboarding process and buddy program supports you to quickly grow into the position and team. By using the offering in our Internal Learning Academy, LinkedIn Learning and EMEA Mentoring Program you will be able to further grow professionally and personally.
• Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding an apartment in your work location, if applicable and depending on individual factors.