UTZ Certified IT Specialist Traceability

Do you want to be involved in the international dynamics of sustainability, where ideals and pragmatism meet?

UTZ Certified is a label and program for sustainable farming worldwide. Our mission is to create a world where sustainable farming is the norm. Sustainable farming helps farmers, workers and their families to fulfil their ambitions and contributes to safeguard the world’s resources, now and in the future.

UTZ Certified is one of the largest programs for responsibly produced coffee, tea and cocoa in the world, working across all continents with leading brands and retailers, such as Sara Lee, Mars, Nestlé, Heinz, Ahold and IKEA.

UTZ Certified is headquartered in Amsterdam and works closely with its partner network in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The traceability department is looking for an

IT Specialist Traceability

UTZ Certified has developed an innovative traceability system called Octopus (Java, Sugar CRM, Liferay Portal, Jasper, Ubuntu, VMWARE ESX), enabling commodity industries to show transparency and give insight in the different levels of sustainability throughout the supply chain. UTZ uses Octopus for its own certification scheme, but also offers it to other sustainability programs in an application service-providing model.

Together with the functional project managers in your team and the external IT partners you will work on the continues improvement of the traceability system and other supporting applications. You are responsible for the technical coordination in the areas of architecture, infrastructure, security, and software development. With your ICT background you rapidly gain an understanding of the technical and functional side of Octopus. Your service-orientation and interpersonal skills enable effective communication and implementation.  You have a hands-on attitude that you use to explore new technologies and know how to quickly obtain knowledge.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Technical coordination in the areas of architecture, infrastructure, security, and software development
• Technical operation of Octopus and other IT-systems
• Perform risk assessments and impact analyses of the traceability system

The IT Specialist Traceability reports to the Traceability Manager.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

• BBA/MSc working level;
• Minimum 10 years of relevant work experience as system manager or developer
• Expert in Linux, Apache, PHP, IPTables Firewall, Perl
• Excellent understanding of industry practices in IT security and infrastructure
• JAVA or .Net software development experience
• Ability to translate business requirement into ICT solutions
• Fluency in English and Dutch, other languages are a plus
• Independent and team player, organised in a dynamic environment
• Eagerness to achieve results, strong interpersonal skills
• In possession of a driving license

UTZ CERTIFIED provides a dynamic and international working environment with entrepreneurial drive and an innovative approach.

Employment is based upon 40 hours/week. This position implies irregular travel. We can only consider candidates who have a work & residency permit for the Netherlands/EU. Please note that we will check your references after the last interview.

This is your opportunity to create real value for a meaningful global sustainability initiative!

Please send your application before March 13 to Thamar Zijlstra (application@duurzaamheidwerkt.nl), mentioning IT Specialist Traceability in the subject line. For more information please contact Thamar Zijlstra on +31 (0) 6 41 89 98 46

More information about UTZ Certified: www.utzcertified.org.