COTY, Monaco

We’re Coty, one of the world’s largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, and skin and body care. Coty serves consumers around the world, selling luxury and mass market products in more than 130 countries and territories. Coty and its brands are committed to a range of social causes as well as seeking to minimize its impact on the environment.

COTY PURPOSE

Everybody is unique, and that’s what makes the world so beautiful. We believe that beauty has the power to change the world. When people feel beautiful, they radiate joy and energy. Just imagine how the world would change if everyone felt that way, every single day. To empower that change, we at Coty have made it our mission to Liberate and Celebrate the Diversity of Your Beauty.

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MISSION AND RESPONSIBILITIES

In the role of Applications Manager, within the COE part of the Information Management Organization, reporting to the CoE Solution Architect, he/she will be the responsible for  managing the availability and support of IT applications for the AS400 Monaco factory  including the Mapics ERP system and be the “go to” person for the business for systems solutions.

Main responsibilities:

• Manage the day to day and longer term support of the AS400 based Mapics ERP system, employing a hands-on approach to the design and development of software solutions to meet business expectations
• Capture and anticipate Local Business requirements
• Support the Execution of projects and changes in the site
• Support Key users and Local Process Owners to achieve the objectives by use of system functionality
• Provide process knowledge support
• Identify the change management projects with the Key Users and Local process Owners.
• Maintenance lead for local applications.
• Participation on data migration in SAP project implementation

MAIN REQUIREMENTS AND SKILLS (THE IDEAL FIT)

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, or equivalent
• Expert AS400 RPG /RPGLE /OS400 version V5R4 and V7R1 /DB400
• Experience of supporting Mapics ERP in a Manufacturing environment
• Experience of ELAN weighing preferrable  
• Knowledge of WinDev would be preferrable
• 10 years minimum experience of supporting AS400 ERP systems  
• In-depth experience implementing applications
• Project management expertise, PMI certification is a plus
• Good understanding of manufacturing business and technical processes
• Fluency in French, good level of fluency in English
• Experience in Mass Market/Cosmetics business is a plus
• Result focused
• Customer oriented
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Teamwork skills
• Openness to look at alternative solutions and ways to improve/encouraging
• Ability to work under pressure
• Detail-oriented, organized and capable of prioritizing workload to complete multiple tasks and meet aggressive deadlines
• Demonstrated ability to translate/communicate complex concepts to peers and business partners
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment with short deadlines, interruptions, and multiple tasks/projects occurring at once
• Demonstrated ability to leverage and mentor others through technical team leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience training and mentoring others
• Leadership and convincing influencer