DevOps Engineer, Transportation Management

Job description

We are a leading chemical company, with the best teams developing intelligent solutions for our customers and for a sustainable future. Our success as a company relies on the engagement of our employees. We encourage our employees to develop their strengths, and we recognize their achievements. For you, this means a wide variety of job roles, and exciting opportunities for learning and career development.

Description

 BASF has been a committed partner to Greater China since 1885. With large production sites in Shanghai, Nanjing and Chongqing, BASF is a major foreign investor in the country’s chemical industry, and operates the Innovation Campus Shanghai, a global and regional research and development hub. BASF posted sales of more than €7.3 billion in 2019 to customers in Greater China and employed 9,230 people as of the end of the year. For further information, please visit www.basf.com/cn/en. Objectives:

·  The DevOps Engineer understands functional requirements, translates them into solution designs and drives the implementation. This person is responsible to design and implement state of the art solutions within a complex environment according to enterprise architecture and IS strategy. This person has a deep knowledge in specific functional areas and relevant technologies and IS solution spaces. This person also is an expert in functional and technical customization options and can steer externally delivered services and provide quality assurance for solutions. Main Tasks:
·  Collaborating with the Product Owner to create and refine user stories and acceptance criteria
·  Using design and coding best practices to build high-quality components and solutions
·  Working with the Product Owner to confirm that the code and acceptance tests reflect the desired functionality
·  Conducting research, design, prototyping and other exploration activities
·  Participating / creating Iteration plans and Team Objectives
·  Developing and committing to Team Objectives and Iteration goals
·  Creating unit tests and automated acceptance tests
·  Design of automated acceptance test cases
·  Continuous improvement of the team’s process Requirements:
·  Bachelor's or Master's degree required with preference in Applied Sciences (Information Technologies or Business IT) or Supply Chain
·  At least 4 years professional experience in a consulting or functional role with focus Transportation Management (alternative: Warehouse Management or Yard Management)
·  Excellent technical expertise and experience on S/4 HANA (Transportation Management)
·  Experience with agile delivery methods and virtual work environments
·  Excellent customer focus
·  Excellent analytical skills
·  Strong communication and interpersonal skills
·  Strong proactive thinking and entrepreneurial drive
·  High developed ability to think sustainably
·  High innovative orientation
·  High ability to collaborate for achievement
·  High conflict management skills
·  Flexibility and mobility with respect to assignments at the internal business partner
·  Fluent language skills in English and relevant Chinese languages (written and spoken); an additional business-relevant language is a plus