Solution Designer

This recruitment is carried out anonymously.

Metsä Group ICT is a group level service function having 250 employees. Group ICT is responsible for delivering and developing competitive ICT services to all business areas and group functions. As a strongly investing organization, we are now strengthening our Group ICT Solution Development function and looking for a proficient, experienced and service-oriented 

SOLUTION DESIGNER, MANUFACTURING EXCECUTION SYSTEM (MES)

to join us in Group ICT, ICT Production process application function, in our Espoo or Tampere offices or at one of Metsä’s mill site locations.

What do you get to do?

In this role you get to take responsibility for Metsä Board’s ICT solution development for manufacturing execution systems. You are in a key role in capturing development needs as well as implementing and coordinating their execution with internal stakeholders and external vendors.

Your responsibilities:

• Manage and/or participate in agreed implementation projects, and lead project definition workshops with business and vendor team members.
• Identify improvement opportunities within own area by understanding business processes and industry requirements, standards, and best practices.
• Create and maintain the solution documentation together with business, vendors, and other ICT teams and ensure that the documentation corresponds the existing business processes.
• 3rd tier application support for complicated incidents.
• Work with Metsä's ERP project and ICT teams to successfully implement the SAP S/4 HANA based system to Metsä Group.

In order to succeed

We are looking for a service minded team player with positive attitude, good communication and cooperation skills. You already have several years’ experience of production processes or manufacturing execution systems in industry, either in business or in ICT role. Most importantly you are action and development oriented, and you have result focused approach. We appreciate leadership skills and the ability to influence people in a matrix organization. A proactive way of working, quality and results should be on your focus as well as.

In addition, we hope you to have:

• Several years of relevant experience in ICT or production environment ICT and a relevant degree (e.g. BSc or MSc)
• Competence in IT solution design, development and implementation, especially in MES area.
• Knowledge and experience in mill automation systems (e.g. Valmet, Siemens) and IIoT.
• Knowledge of integration technologies.
• Vendor management skills in multivendor and international environment.
• Fluent Finnish and English language in written and spoken.
• Readiness for occasional travelling.

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Why Metsä?

We offer you a great opportunity to take part in developing the future of the forest industry. If you believe in renewal and want to promote the increased use of fossil-free materials, you are coming to the right place. With us, you always have the support of your team. Your own desire and interest open doors to good career development. Metsä offers great opportunities to grow into being a top expert in your field.

Above all, this position offers you diverse working days, challenging projects and a job that affects the present and future of Metsä. Our team builds new technology for our plants and mills and secures that the existing ones serve our business in the best possible way. More information about us and the role of ICT in Metsä you’ll find from the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_q6DgVjHFo 

Anonymous recruitment - how it works

This recruitment is carried out anonymously. Therefore, the following information will be hidden from the recruiters until the interview stage: name, date of birth, contact details, gender, mother tongue, dates of study and name of the educational institution. Attachments (CVs) are also hidden. HR recruiters have access to the applicants' contact details at the stage when they start inviting applicants for interviews.

Our recruiting system will guide you through the application process. You will be asked for personal data, but all the above mentioned information is hidden from the recruiters until the interview stage.

The application form includes questions to help you to present your skills and experience anonymously. Please reply to all questions to make your competences and skills visible. You can attach a CV to your application, but it is hidden at the initial stage of the recruitment process. If you are invited for an interview, recruiters will have access to your CV to support the interview.

Watch the video and read more about our anonymous recruitment at www.metsagroup.com/anonymousrecruitment

What to hear more? Call us!

For further information of the position, please contact Solution Owner Process Antti Hirvenoja, tel. +358 40 772 5465, best available on Fri 19.4 at 14-15, Wed 24.4 at 15-16 and Fri 26.4 at 14-15.

Apply for the job!

Submit your application using the link "Apply". Please note that attachments are not visible in anonymous recruitment before interview stage, so it is important to complete the application form carefully. Do it as soon as possible, as we will start processing the applications already during the application period. Include your CV and also tell us your salary request.

The search is open until 5.5.2024. We wish you luck!