Application Specialist

Lely Industries

Maassluis, Netherlands

What is your role?

In this position you - together with your (international) colleagues - are responsible for the daily control, security management and support of our digital products in a third-line position. This function is housed within the Digital Operations Center (DOC), a team that is responsible end-to-end; from the PC on the dairy farm to the cloud platforms in Azure.

You maintain contacts with Lely regional offices and colleagues in Product Development - from product specialists to product developers - all over the world. All in all, this is an extremely versatile position, with great growth opportunities and ample opportunities for personal development.

Your role:

After internal training, you provide third-line support for questions, problems and bugs regarding our digital products such as Lely Horizon. Lely Horizon is the management system developed by Lely itself for modern dairy farming. Horizon collects all data from the various Lely products used at the company. You can think of the milking robot, feeding robot and manure robot.

You delve into complex technical issues by gathering relevant information from the field, analyzing the root cause of common problems and testing variables and scenarios. Your colleagues from Product Development appreciate your analysis and way of thinking; the joint focus is on improving the products through a solution-oriented approach.

You occasionally visit a Lely branch to build a good relationship with colleagues abroad.

What is your experience?

You have at least 3 years of relevant work experience in IT and would like to contribute to a revolution.

We are looking for someone who has the following qualities:

Bachelor’s level with a technical/IT background, obtained through education or work experience;
Experience with Agile/Scrum/Lean methodologies;
Creative team player with an open mindset;
Experience with database systems such as SQL;
Knowledge and experience in documenting steps taken;
You are currently living in the Netherlands with a valid work permit and have a fluent command (oral and written) of English;
After the internal training, you are prepared to work 24/7 hotline duty (one day every nine days);
Good analytical and problem-solving qualities;
Proactive attitude.

What do we offer you?

An amazing job at an international company that is at the forefront of the agricultural sector to make the dairy farmer’s life easier, more sustainable and more enjoyable. This is your chance to share and once again enrich your specialized knowledge.

Working in an international environment at one of the most innovative organizations in the Netherlands;
Working at the hypermodern Lely Campus in Maassluis;
Excellent working conditions, including 27 vacation days & 13 scheduled days off;
A salary range between € 3800,- and € 6000,- gross per month, in relation to your knowledge and experience;
An open working environment including flexible working hours and opportunities to work remotely;
Freedom in organizing your own work;
Good environment for personal development & growth;
Our Lely Academy with a range of different training courses;
#FitatLely program with our own Lely Gym where you can exercise for free, (online) sports lessons, masterclasses about working from home and other activities in the field of Body, Mind or Food.

...and its own barista on the Lely Campus who makes the best cappuccinos from fresh milk, straight from the farmer.

Recruitment & selection agency, consultancy and/or secondment agency?

We appreciate the interest, but we are seeking all our candidates directly. We understand that you, as an intermediary, want to present the candidates with our great positions and thus contribute to our ambitions, but this is not how we have organized our recruitment. This means that all unsolicited profiles offered on Lely vacancies will be treated as direct applications.

About Lely

A sustainable, profitable, and enjoyable future for dairy farmers by combining robotics, engineering, and farming expertise. That's what we believe in.

It all began 75 years ago with a dream of two brothers in Maassluis. Since then, we have been an innovative leader in automated systems for dairy farmers worldwide. With 2,500 specialized professionals, we constantly strive towards new agricultural revolutions. We operate not only from our Campus in Maassluis (the building with the highest sustainability performance in the Netherlands) but also from other international locations. Together, our aim is to make dairy farming interesting for the next generation.

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