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WE ARE HIRING

The Haerens group is a fast-growing family business, active in high-tech fire and security doors, international museum installations and high-tech glass under the brands Eribel, Meyvaert, Vitrotec and GMC Haerens. Our team consists of more than 450 dedicatedemployees, 3production sites in Belgium and multiple hubs/production sitesabroad (UK; France, Romania, Spain, Poland).

Within our group, we are looking for a

Business Application Manager - CRM, ERP

As a Business Application Manager (BAM), you will oversee the lifecycle of corporate software—including CRM, ERP, and specialized tools—to ensure they align with business goals, run reliably, and remain secure. You will bridge the gap between IT and business users, managing vendor relationships, application upgrades, user access, and training.

• Design, configure, maintain, and upgrade our business software applications in the fields of CRM, ERP and Business Reporting (cloud based).
• Act as a key stakeholder in our business software upgrade projects:
  • Legacy CRM applications to Dynamics 365 Sales
  • Legacy ERP applications to Dynamics 365 Business Central
  • Legacy Business Reporting applications to Microsoft Azure Data Lake and Microsoft Power BI.
• Strategic Alignment: Work with stakeholders and external partners to ensure that our stack of business software enhances business efficiency.
• Support & Troubleshooting: Provide high-level technical support, analyse system malfunctions, and ensuring high availability and performance.
• Governance & Documentation:
  • Create and enforce application standards, security protocols, data integrity checks, and user documentation.
  • Design, maintain and document our core business processes in collaboration with the different business entities and ensure that the business software support these processes.
• Vendor Management : Manage vendors relationship, and follow-up the budget for software licenses and support.
• Software Asset Management (SAM): Build and maintain the comprehensive list of business application software and its related items (users, roles, licenses, etc.).

• You have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a computer science or equivalent through experience.
• You have 3 or more years of experience in a similar role.
• You are able to understand and analyse business requests, provide conceptual solutions and turn them into reliable, scalable solutions for all users.
• You have proven experience in BPM (Business Process Modelling).
• You have proven relevant work experience(s) with some of the following technologies:
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
• Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate and Power Virtual Agents).
• Microsoft Cloud Technology (especially Azure).
• Microsoft SQL Server.
• CAD / CAM software.
• Product Configuration software / Configure Price Quote (CPQ).
• You have proven work experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• You are fluent in English and have a very good professional knowledge of Dutch and French (spoken and written).

• You fully recognize yourself in our core values: Passionately committed, Solution driven, Team, Care.
• You have an eye for detail and work accurately.
• Your communication skills help you to work together constructively and effectively within a team and with stakeholders.
• You have a strong interest in business application management and are driven to continue to strengthen your expertise.
• You consider short work trips to the various locations as a nice extra in the job.
• A commercial attitude and business acumen can be an added advantage in building and maintaining certain partnerships and relationships.

• A versatile position with a lot of variation and autonomy in a dynamic and fast-growing international environment.
• Working at group level to support all activities with the potential for international challenges.
• Being part of a loyal, collegial and driven team in which everyone helps each other to become better together.
• A progressive HR policy with attention to each individual, with many development opportunities.
• Autonomy around your time schedule and flexibility in work location, with our modern office on the outskirts of bustling Ghent as a base in combination with trips to our sites in Rijkevorsel and our foreign BUs (currently France, Spain, Poland, Romania, UK).
• Various initiatives around well-being at work: a runners' club, relaxed lunch room, healthy food, etc.
• An attractive salary package including a company car, fuel card, group and hospitalisation insurance, meal vouchers, eco vouchers, the possibility of a bicycle lease and other job-related benefits.
• 12 ADV days on top of statutory leave and public holidays.