Business Systems Specialist
Date: Nov 6, 2025
Location: Papendrecht, NL
Company: GKN Aerospace Careers
Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.
GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
Working as a member of the global Infor CoE team (Center of Excellence), you are supporting and driving best practice usage of the ERP and ERP related solutions across our Civil and Defense Business Lines. While initial focus will be within the Netherlands, support and engagement across our global sites will also be included.
We are in the process of transforming the Baan ERP software into the latest version of Infor LN across our GKN Fokker business, and this is an exciting time to join the team, as we strive for standardized ways of working across our Aerospace and Defense business.
Job Responsibilities
- ERP LN implementation support
- Work with the functional owners / key users in the business
- Tests and verifies system functionality within new and existing systems and solutions.
- Works alongside the other global IT functions (including IT operations, security, project management and IT business partners)
- Ensures the business is aware of the latest capabilities and drive standard application best practices
- Patching/updating systems
- Controlling and supporting the change request process
- Business support; incident management, training, discussions, etc.
- Supporting / supervising projects including work with external parties
- Keep up to date with professional knowledge
- Optimize business processes with latest technology
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in IT/data/business analysis
- Minimum 5 years of experience
- Infor LN knowledge is nice to have
- Good communication skills
- Capable of communicating complex technical ideas in business language and turning business objectives into actionable technical plans
What do we offer
We are committed to offer you a challenge but also a great opportunity to learn and grow. We want to offer youa career that can go to many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. By being part ofGKN Fokker Aerospace that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry, you will know that youwill be working towards being the most trusted partner in the aerospace industry.
We will offer you:
- A gross monthly salary on Grade L1 depending on your experience, role readiness and according to the CLA Metalektro,
- 8% holiday allowance,
- 40 paid holidays for full-time employment in line with the Collective Labor Agreement Metalektro (27holidays and 13 ADV days),
- An excellent pension scheme (PME) and travel allowance,
- A pleasant and informal working environment, in which we work together to achieve the best result for ourcustomers.Next to a competitive package, we will offer you a world of opportunities: we want to see your career fly! Wewill support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities.
How To Apply
Are you interested in the position and do you meet the requirements? Use the "apply now" button, if you have any questions you can reach out to Ioanna Dimitriadi via ioanna.dimitriadi@fokker.com. We are committed to offer you a challenge but also a great opportunity to learn and grow. We want to offer you a career that can go to many directions thanks to our breadth of international opportunities. By being part of GKN Fokker Aerospace that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry, you will know that you will be working towards being the most trusted partner in the aerospace industry.
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
