Functional Designer - #143101

Stark a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is looking for a Functional Designer who is as passionate about great service as we are.

We provide a fulfilling and enjoyable work environment with ample opportunities for career growth, along with a competitive salary, staff discount, life assurance, and 34 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays).

What you’ll be doing: 

Define functionality and manage key configuration of existing and new core system software applications, ensuring they are fit for purpose while maintaining systems integrity and security

You Will Be Required To

• Deliver core systems functionality to meet the commercial requirements of the UK businesses
• Provide functional support to the technical and business analysis teams during proof of concept, system design and implementation project phases.
• Steer the design and configuration of core trading and finance applications to produce solutions
• Work with business representatives to interpret business requirements into functional specifications that facilitate 3rd party suppliers to deliver effective solutions
• Work with internal and external Quality Assurance departments to ensure software is thoroughly tested and of requisite quality prior to live release
• Build and maintain strong relationships with technical colleagues, business contacts and 3rd party software and service providers
• Become a skilled and knowledgeable systems expert in order to assist the business commercially and to facilitate the resolution of systems issues
• Ensuring work is correctly prioritised and actioned to meet project deliverables, business expectations and agreed deadlines
• Propose functional efficiencies that will improve application functionality, security and integrity
  
  

What you’ll need to have: 

• Exposure to agile delivery methods including Scrum and Kanban
• Experience dealing with third party software development, test and maintenance suppliers
• Systems analysis and system testing skills
• Experience of the technical aspects solution delivery including programming, scripting, database querying, etc.
• Knowledge of the core and ancillary systems developed and licensed by Kerridge Commercial Systems
• Process management / process design and workflow experience
• Experience of working with data files and interfaces to a detailed level
• Report design and production experience
  
  

What’s In It For You

Discretionary bonus 

A wide range of voluntary benefits including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare and more. 

Access to a wealth of health and wellbeing services including access to online GP appointments and mental health support  

• Generous employee discounts 
• Access to discounts with hundreds of your favourite high street and online retailers 
• Retirement savings plan  
• Life assurance 
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave for anyone expecting or adopting a child 
  
  

 

Why STARK? 

We're proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We're a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.  

If you're ready to take your career to the next level and join a team that is dedicated to providing great service, we want to hear from you. Apply today! 

What's next… 

If your application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have. 

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best. 

Stark Building Materials UK is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis. 

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