Job Description
KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants' resistance to diseases, pests, and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development.The topics of digitalization & automation of business processes are your great passion? Do you enjoy working on exciting international (big) projects where you have overall responsibility from start to end? Would you like to work on your own initiative, with plenty of creative freedom and the opportunity to contribute fresh ideas and your expertise?
Then we look forward to receiving your application as our new M365 Application Specialist (all gender) at KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA at out headquarter in Einbeck, Germany or our location in the heart of Berlin, Germany. The position is permanent and on a full-time basis. After an onboarding phase we could align on party remote work within Germany,
Your projects & tasks with us:
- Collaboration in the further development of the global collaboration platform based on M365
- Consulting for departments and business units on the effective use of M365 applications, consulting on process automation using Microsoft Power-Platform
- Design and concept creation in the area of M365 applications and power apps
- Control of external service providers within the scope of project implementation
- Management of the operation (outsourcing) of the KWS M365 platform
- Establishment and assurance of reliable support structures
- Development of a uniform standard for the use and operation of M365 applications or M365 self-developed apps for the KWS Group which can be operated efficiently
What you bring into the role:
- Completed IT specialist training or having a degree in computer science or in a comparable field of study
- Several years of professional experience in the M365 environment
- Expertise in agile project management of IT systems and processes, focus on all applications of the M365 suite and IT automation solutions
- Structured, independent way of working
- Excellent customer orientation (internal and external)
- Team player with very good organizational and communication skills
- Very good command of German and English, both written and spoken
Our Offer to You:
- We are an international team of open-minded people with diverse and cross-functional experience and working with interesting and challenging tasks and projects.
- As a family business, we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, vision and independence; this culture is lived in practice and ensures an open and friendly working atmosphere from day one.
- True to our motto "Make yourself grow", we support the professional and personal development of our employees
- We offer excellent work equipment (e.g. ergonomic workstations, several monitors, air conditioning, high-end technical equipment), sufficient free parking spaces as well as good train connections on both KWS locations.
- We create the appropriate framework conditions for you: a company pension scheme, capital formation benefits, Christmas and holiday bonuses, special prices for company shares, childcare allowance and a job bike & job ticket option.
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