Quality assurance expert, Outokumpu, Avesta

Outokumpu is an international stainless steel company.Our vision is to be the undisputed number one in stainless, with success based on operational excellence.Customers in a wide range of industries use our metal products, technologies and services worldwide.We are dedicated to helping our customers gain competitive advantage.IT Delivery is a centralised, multinational organisation based in Finland, Sweden and UK providing complete IT Services, Support and Development to the Outokumpu Group.We seek a business oriented Quality assurance expert with testing as main focus are a to work in our IT Architecture and Quality Team within the IT Delivery Organisation (ITD).ITD is a centralised, multi-national organisation based in Finland, Sweden and UK providing complete IT Services, Support and Development to the Outokumpu Group.The role will provide a good opportunity to further develop established business knowledge, communication skills and leadership qualities, as well as enhance existing IT expertise Main responsibilities: Working as a Quality assurance expert you will develop our group standards for documentation and testing of IT solutions as well as the working processes in the testing area.You will also do reviews of projects and participate in planning of testing activities inside projects.The IT landscape of Outokumpu is growing more and more integrated where tailor made applications in combination with SAP are supporting the business.The amount of integrations is constantly growing.The demand for quality assurance and testing in new projects and changes to existing services is increasing in order to secure a reliable IT support.At the same time is the need for rapid adaptation of IT support to changing business needs limiting the time frame for delivery.You will work inside the IT Architecture and Quality Team (AQ) which contains our IT architects focusing on Application, Integration and Information architecture as well as common platforms for application design and development.The AQ-team is responsible to develop and maintain the Outokumpu IT architecture vision together with IT top management.The team is also responsible to ensure upcoming projects alignment with the strategy.The work is performed in close cooperation with IT professionals working at all our major sites.The ability and willingness to travel is essential. Qualification: . Education level equal to an academic degree .Training or substantial experience in testing and quality assurance . Communication skills (to our customers as well as internally) .Good understanding of application and database structures . Experience of project management within the IT area .Excellent English knowledge, oral as well as in writing.