Z ustvarjanjem dragocene zapuščine skoraj 150 let vsak dan stremimo k preoblikovanju in izboljšanju življenja. Danes in za prihodnje generacije. Z našimi inovativnimi in trajnostnimi blagovnimi znamkami ter tehnologijami v naših timih sodelavcev po vsem svetu. Henkel zavzema vodilne položaje tako na področju industrije kot tudi potrošniškega blaga: Naš portfolio vključuje dobro znane izdelke za nego las, detergente za pranje perila, mehčalce ter lepila, tesnila in funkcionalne premaze.
Business Application Support
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About this Position
The Application Manager will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle management of three business-critical enterprise applications with a worldwide footprint spanning the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific time zones. The successful candidate will serve as the single accountable owner across product planning, financial governance, vendor orchestration, compliance, and architecture — ensuring these applications remain secure, performant, and closely aligned with evolving business needs.
What you´ll do
- Own the product for all three applications, architecture standards, and budget constraints.
- Drive annual and multi-year financial planning cycles including budget forecasting, cost tracking, and investment approvals.
- Ensure all three applications comply with applicable GRC controls and organizational policies.
- Respond to and orchestrate actions arising from security assessments, audit findings, and regulatory requirements, tracking remediation through to closure.
- Act as the primary interface for security teams regarding application-level risks, vulnerabilities, and control implementations.
- Manage the full contract and license lifecycle: proactively flag renewal dates, issue timely purchase orders (POs), and approve related invoices.
- Lead or support contract negotiations and commercial discussions in partnership with Procurement and Legal.
- Define, maintain, and report on application-level KPIs covering availability, performance, user adoption, and incident metrics.
- Lead or co-manage application-related projects such as major version upgrades, global rollouts, platform migrations, and integration initiatives.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams including infrastructure, security, business stakeholders, and vendor resources.
What makes you a good fit
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
- 3 – 5 years of hands-on experience in application management, IT service management, or a comparable role within a global enterprise environment.
- Proven track record managing business-critical applications across multiple time zones.
- Demonstrable experience with vendor management, contract lifecycle administration, and PO/invoice processes.
- Experience working within GRC frameworks and responding to security assessment processes (e.g., SIG, ISO 27001, SOC 2).
- Previous involvement in application upgrade projects or global rollouts is highly desirable.
- Solid understanding of enterprise application architectures (e.g., multi-tier, etc..).
- Familiarity with infrastructure standards including cloud platforms, virtualization, networking, and hosting concepts.
- Experience with integration technologies and middleware (APIs, ESB, data pipelines).
- Working knowledge of ITSM tools and processes (incident, change, problem management).
- Proficiency with standard productivity and collaboration tools (MS Office 365, SharePoint, Confluence, Jira, or equivalent).
- Ability to read and interpret technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and data flow maps.
- Understanding of enterprise printing architectures and print management platforms.
- Exposure to task automation tools, scripts.
- Scripting skills in one or more languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) for automation and operational tasks.
- Experience with server administration and OS-level management (Windows Server / Linux).Familiarity with warehouse management or supply chain IT systems is a plus.
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
- Comprehensive Health Insurance for employee + dependents
- Employee Assistance Programme provides a wide range of mental health and wellbeing benefits
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.
JOB ID: 26098166
Job Locations: Egypt, Cairo
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