IT Technical Lead-ERP

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Enza Zaden is on a mission to provide healthy vegetables for everyone and to contribute to sustainable food production. As an innovative company, we develop, produce, and sell seeds for vegetable varieties worldwide. To support our growing supply chain, we are expanding our ERP and end-to-end planning solutions. We are looking for an experienced IT Technical Lead to join our team and play a key role in delivering innovative solutions for data, transactions and planning across the entire supply chain.

This is a hands-on leadership role in a dynamic, international, and fast-growing business environment where innovation, pragmatism and teamwork are key. You will play a crucial role in balancing proven and emerging technologies, ensuring efficiency and stability while maximizing the potential of our expanding data sets. If you're ready to combine your IT expertise with a meaningful mission, this opportunity is for you!

This is why you want to join us as an IT Technical Lead-ERP at Enza Zaden:

• Lead the development and deployment of IT solutions for transactions and planning in the supply chain, ensuring smooth, reliable, and scalable operations.

• Build a thriving team of experts and early adopters. Promote peer learning, teamwork and share inspiring success stories to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

• Empower the team by implementing tools and technologies with existing systems and devices, ensuring seamless integration to support a large user base (1,000+ users) across multiple systems

 
Make a difference as IT Technical Lead-ERP

As the lead for technology adoption, you will represent the ERP team as a senior and early adopter, taking ownership of implementing new solutions. Furthermore, you:

• Prioritize and give guidance to colleagues and suppliers regarding technology and major changes within the ERP landscape

• Lead our IT specialists to embrace and leverage technical capabilities in data processing by using (low) code, integration, automation and AI to enhance productivity, streamline processes, and drive overall efficiency.

• Actively participate in technical design, coding, and problem-solving, while guiding and mentoring our experts to deliver high-quality results

• Collaborate with global key stakeholders, including IT teams, department heads, and executive sponsors, to translate requirements into effective technical solutions.

The ERP team manages and governs core ERP and planning systems across domains such as Seed Operations and Marketing & Sales. The team ensures system stability and user enablement by incident management, change requests, training, and leading the integration of new functionalities, tools, and technologies. This role involves close collaboration with stakeholders across IT and the business to manage change effectively while maintaining daily operations.
 

What you bring as a future colleague 

• You have a Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, or a related field.

• You have minimum 5 years of experience.

• You are passionate about enabling business needs by technology.

• Experience with ERP, End-to-end planning tools, B2B operations and Agriculture is preferred.

• You have a strong understanding of data processing by using (low) code, integration, automation and AI. (Enza Zaden primarily relies on Microsoft technologies for tooling and has a Cloud first strategy).

• You are a proactive professional with excellent communication and analytical skills tailored to user needs.

• You excel in global cross-functional teamwork and align with stakeholders. Experience with working based on Scrum and Agile is a plus.

Enza Zaden as your employer  

With more than 3,000 passionate team members across the world, we're on a daily mission to develop the finest vegetable varieties. Our goal? To deliver seeds with that special something: vegetables with better taste, better yields, and better resistance. On our mission to feed the world, we challenge ourselves to gain deeper insights and find the next breakthrough. We grow and innovate together, and everyone’s contribution is valued. Throughout our 85 years, our family values, passion, independence and our focus on innovation have truly set us apart. Over 480 million people eat our vegetables every day, something we are very proud of! Our passion isn't just a trademark; it's our driving force, propelling our rapid growth. If you're ready to explore your potential and thrive in a supportive environment, we welcome you to develop your talents with us. The combination of entrepreneurship, initiative and a healthy dose of determination has made Enza Zaden great and brought us where we are today. Enza Zaden is and always will be in motion: in the past, present and future.    

What can you expect from us 

As a family-owned company, we support you to thrive in all areas of life, so that you can be successful inside and outside of work. We offer: 

• Flexible work arrangements; 

• Access to a variety of wellbeing programs and healthy food options; 

• 25 paid vacation days (employees have the option to buy extra vacation days equivalent to two times their weekly working hours); 

• 1 paid vitality day for all, plus extra days as your age increases; 

• Contribution for overnight stays if you live further away from Enza Zaden;   

• Laptop.

We aspire to be a good employer that cares for our employees, both during and after their careers at Enza Zaden. Our most important benefits include: 

• Active partnership in your professional development (personal growth); 

• Tailor made development programs and global e-learning platform; 

• Employer sponsored retirement benefits. 

Join us for a career that grows with you! Are you curious to know more about Enza Zaden click on this link to our website. 

Get in touch 

Apply now using the application button. You will receive an automatic confirmation of your application within minutes, and we will respond to your application within 10 working days.  

Do you have any questions about our application process? Please feel free to reach out to: 

Sijmen Jansen

Corporate Recruiter

si.jansen@enzazaden.nl

Good to know 

• An online personality questionnaire is part of the application process;  

• This position cannot be filled on an interim basis; 

• Enza Zaden is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on background, identity or personal characteristics. 

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