Head of Applications

**Job Summary and Purpose**:
**Accountabilities**:
**Key Accountabilities**:
**New Projects Implementations**:
3. Provide management and direction for the IT Applications group including: setting priorities, coordinating work efforts, and reporting group activities.
4. Work closely with other groups within IT to coordinate plans and activities including: SAP development projects, SAP upgrades, operating system upgrades, and the deployment of new products or services on premise or cloud.
5. Participate with vendors in the assessment of advanced operating systems, new SAP implementations, cloud systems, including Saas, Paas, and Iaas and other production systems, and beta and field test programs.
7. Provide support to the enterprise and external groups in the use of enterprise systems.
8. Develop long range information architecture and strategy.
9. Support growth of firm, both internally generated and externally created or acquired.
10. Review and report of all major development projects which are undertaken by any IT function within the enterprise or as requested by IT Manager.

**Accountabilities - 2**:
**Generic Accountabilities**:
**People Management**:
14. Manage section staff by overseeing their performance management, recruitment, training and development to ensure high levels of engagement and competence.

**Safety, Health, Environment, & Quality (SHEQ)**:
15. Ensure compliance to all relevant SHEQ policies, procedures and controls across the section, to ensure that NAKILAT provides a safe, world class, secure and environmentally responsible service to customers, the public and its own people.

**Budgets and Plans**:
16. Contribute to the development the IT department budget, through setting the IT Application section budget, and monitor its expenditure, while ensuring the optimal utilization of all available resources to protect NAKILAT interest.

**Systems and Processes**:
17. Participate in developing the IT department policies, procedures and system, and ensure their proper implementation to support achieving the different set targets and plans, hence NAKILAT strategy.

**Others**:
18. Balance competing project constraints including but not limited to scope, quality, schedule, budget, resources and risks in order to accommodate the needs of each user/customer.
19. Build strong technical culture around business systems that emphasizes technical excellence, rapid iteration, strong security, and frictionless user experiences.
21. Carry out any other duties as directed by the IT Manager.

**Accountabilities - 3**:
**Accountabilities - 4**:
**Competencies**:

- Collaboration & Team Work - Advanced
Customer Centricity - Advanced
Drive Vision - Advanced
Empower & Nurture Talent - Advanced
Information Security Management - Practitioner
Interactive Communication - Advanced
IT Governance - Specialist
IT Infrastructure Management - Practitioner
IT Operations - Specialist
IT Strategy and Planning - Specialist
Project Management - Expert
Radio and Satellite Communication - Beginner
Achievement Oriented - Advanced
Solution Oriented - Advanced
Business Requirement Analysis - Expert
Applications and Software Development - Expert

**Key Result Areas**:

- Manage new projects implementation
- Providing support as and when required
- Manage the performance management, training needs of IT Applications team
- Supporting the recruitment process of IT Applications staff as and when required
- Manage the Budget plans for the IT Applications
- Follow and contribute to system processes and policies

**Interactions and Working Relations**:
**Internal**:

- Supply Department - To support in running the procurement process through SAP MM module
- HR Department - Support required for SAP HR module
- Finance Department - Support required for SAP FIN module

**External**:

- External Vendors - Implementing solutions of the organizations

**Financial Authorities**:
Not Applicable

**Qualifications, Experience and Job Skills**:
**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or any related field
- Master’s Degree is preferred
- ITIL and/or PMP certificate is a must

**Experience**:

- 10 years of related experience of which a minimum of 3 years in managerial position, preferably in a similar industry

**Job Specific Skills**:

- Advanced knowledge of SAP system administration, database administration, and backup/recovery administration
- Advanced knowledge of SAP ERP, SAP NetWeaver Portal, TREX, Hana Cloud platform and Solution Manager.
- Advance Knowledge of Microsoft development framework, Azure, DotNet, and o365.

**Head of Applications**:

- Department: Information Technology- City: 1101

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