Version 1 provide expert consulting and support services to enable our customers to maximise the benefit from their JD Edwards investment. Version 1 is one of the fastest growing IT services companies in Western Europe. Version 1 has doubled both profitability and revenue over the last few years, while at the same time delivering consistent improvement in customer satisfaction and world-class employee engagement.
Version 1 supports a variety of products and applications, which include JD Edwards World and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and additional products that integrate with the JD Edwards toolset from the earliest versions of JD Edwards World through to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.2.
Version 1 also provides additional complimentary products for JD Edwards including Approval Express, AllOut security and Purge-it!
Job Purpose & Primary Objectives:
- Applications Consultant is a key member of the Managed Services consulting team
- This position is a customer facing role, and requires that you establish and manage expectations within the business and drive fast and efficient resolution of service desk incidents and change requests, and achieve those expectations to a high standard
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing functional/application support, via Service Desk allocated calls and or Change Request.
- Defining business requirements, conducting business analysis, providing input to system specifications, gap analysis between requirements and JDE functionality.
- Documenting business processes.
- Planning and testing modifications, interfaces and reports for complex JDE applications.
- Consulting with users, technology liaisons, applications support personnel and developers when researching solutions,
- End User training, go live activities and post go live support.
- Responsible for learning new functionality and keeping personal knowledge up-to-date.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Take part in the ‘early and late’ rota to cover office hours between 08:00 to 18:00. UK shift.
- Participation in an out of hours, on-call rota.
- Assist in the support and training of fellow colleagues.
Performance Indicators / Targets:
- High customer satisfaction ratings (internal & external).
- All incidents dealt with within agreed SLA/OLAs.
- Skills within the service delivery team remain sufficient to meet business demands.
- Quarterly objectives set during quarterly appraisals are met.
Key Skills, Knowledge & Qualities:
- A minimum of 4 years’ experience in ERP consulting/implementations and knowledge and experience with multiple JDE modules.
- Strong JD Edwards Finance skills with other module knowledge desirable.
- Possess a strong drive for Service Excellence.
- Able to identify, troubleshoot and solve problems.
- A passion for Service Improvement. Innovative thinker; able to turn customer requirements into workable solutions.
- Flexible but methodical and thorough approach; excellent organisational and analytical skills, process oriented.
- Strong business process knowledge.
- Able to demonstrable experience in a similar role.
- Excellent time management skills; able to work under pressure, can meet tight deadlines in a fast paced, solution driven environment.
- Excellent Interpersonal and communication skills, able to communicate effectively at all levels (internal & external). Excellent spoken and written English.
- Able to manage sensitive and sometimes confidential information.
Behaviours:
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Customer Service: ability to meet and strive to exceed the needs of internal and external customers by producing quality work and service.
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Drive for Results: able to go the ‘extra mile’ to achieve tasks, objectives and targets. Demonstrates good attention to detail across all areas of work. Self-motivated.
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Teamwork: able to work together with colleagues to pool skills, ideas and resources to achieve objectives and resolve problems.
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Initiative and Problem Solving: able to take ownership, accepts issues and follow up with actions to rectify.
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Planning and Organising: able to work to deadlines and manage time effectively.
At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their well-being, professional growth, and financial stability.
One of our standout advantages is the ability to work with a hybrid schedule along with business travel, allowing our employees to strike a balance between work and life. We also offer a range of tech-related benefits, including an innovative Tech Scheme to help keep our team members up-to-date with the latest technology.
We prioritise the health and safety of our employees, providing private medical and life insurance coverage, as well as free eye tests and contributions towards glasses. Our team members can also stay ahead of the curve with incentivized certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
Our employee-designed Profit Share scheme divides a portion of our company's profits each quarter amongst employees. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential, offering Pathways Career Development Quarterly, a programme designed to support professional growth.
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