Manager for K IT / EUS (End User Services), K Group

  • Application Deadline: March 16, 2025
  • Helsinki
  • Hybrid
  • Application Deadline: March 16, 2025
  • Helsinki
  • Hybrid

Are you enthusiastic about Power Platform & D365, trade and new challenges and can you think digitally? Do you want to take part in creating unforgettable customer experiences? Join K Group and write your chapter in a European trading sector success story.

Manager for K GROUP, K IT

K Group is looking for Manager to work in K IT End User Service Team. At K Group, you get to be a part of the versatile and constantly changing world of trade and IT. The employment is permanent.

You will focus on Microsoft Power Platform and D365 (Owner of specific Grocery Trade Business Applications).

Other focus area is to coordinate day-to-day activities in a large and very modern office environment. These activities consist mostly of service design with good communication. You also make sure that your areas costs and vendor management for consulting works are in agreed levels. You will also participate or lead development projects when needed.

To succeed in this role, we believe that you…

Are an experienced on Microsoft Ecosystem and you have deep understanding about Power Platform and D365. You understand the importance of business-oriented end-to-end processes. You actively work towards common goals, and you are not afraid to bring out new perspectives. You are proactive in your communication style and get excited about creating something new and implementing change.

We appreciate good understanding of

  • Power Platform services: Power Pages, Power Apps, Power Automate, Copilot Studio, Agents
  • D365 Sales, Customer Service and Customer Insights modules (F&O a plus)
  • Service Management skills
  • Power Platform administration, governance, PP CoE Starter Kit
  • Understanding of Power Platform and Dynamics License management

We also appreciate good knowledge of release management and development tools (e.g. Power Platform pipelines, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Jira, Confluence etc.), Azure (e.g. Azure Blob Storage), Entra ID and M365 services.

You already have solid experience in IT work in similar roles. For example, +5 years as technical specialist/lead/owner, consultant etc. It does not really matter whether you have worked in large corporations or in small to midsize companies. We see diversity as a positive thing in this team.

We appreciate technical certifications, especially those related to the Microsoft ecosystem. You are fluent in both Finnish and English. We highly appreciate your positive mind-set, can do attitude, able to describe service development in roadmap views, good communication and team working skills. You have the capability to take care of details and to see the big picture to ensure excellent services to our business customers.

In K IT we have invested heavily in digital development and the utilization of data, so new development opportunities are constantly emerging. With us, you can challenge yourself professionally and develop in the direction you want. As Finland's largest and one of the largest retail operators in the Nordic countries, the K group constantly opens new opportunities and career paths within the K group as well.

Check out from the video our vision in EUS to help everyday's "John Doe's" for having a better workday: https://t.ly/71fve

K Group offers the most attractive opportunities for driving forward the trading sector. You’ll be working in a key function of a leading sector company and innovate solutions for its core operations in the grocery trade, building and technical trade, and car trade.

Why Kesko and what benefits we offer?

  • You work on business-critical platforms and do really meaningful work: your work has a direct impact on our end-users daily work experience
  • You become part of a large organization of experts - we have more than 300 IT colleagues who are ready to support each other whenever needed
  • Your work in hybrid model. Our new and modern K-Kampus is located in Kalasatama Helsinki where you can find e.g. comfortable collaboration and break rooms, own gym and occupational health services, cafeteria and staff restaurant.
  • Modern tools and numerous opportunities for develop your skills further and grow as a professional.
  • Other employee benefits offered by the K Group: mobile phone benefit, culture and sports benefit (EPassi), staff discounts in K Group stores (Citymarket, K Supermarket & K Market, K-Rauta, Intersport, Budgetsport), own occupational healthcare services and leisure accident insurance.
  • You also have the option of a (use) car benefit according to the company's car policy.
  • We are offering you a superb opportunity to gain a strong overview of retail and B2B business IT services in rapidly developing and international environment. You will also have a chance to develop your skills further and grow as a professional.

Let’s make a good deal – join K Group.

For more information, please contact Sami Sinkko, Head of End User Services. Tel: +358 50 390 3043. The best time to reach is on Thursdays 09.00 - 12.00.

Applicants are required to take a drug test before an employment relationship can be established. Applicants will be subjected to the security clearance process.

Please send your application and CV with your salary expectation by March 16th, 2025 via CTA button above.

At K Group we have a dynamic work community that focuses on well-being at work. For example, we provide several opportunities for growth: training, e-learning courses, and other opportunities for professional development and career growth. We also Support work-life balance and encourage a positive work culture that promotes open communication, teamwork, and collaboration.

Work with great people

Matias
Data Scientist
"What makes my job unique is the opportunity to develop something new and useful for the customer from a vast amount of diverse data. When processing data, I get a comprehensive view of how Finns live."
Antti
Director of Energy, energy efficiency
"Big strides are now being made in energy saving and its exciting. There must be enough electricity for everyone during winter. In the big picture, I want to be involved in curbing climate change."
Milla
HR Specialist
"In HR, one can collaborate in a variety of ways with different units and stakeholders. You also learn something new every day and your coworkers are always there to support you."

Great Place to Work

  • A community of 40 000 employees

  • 5000 knowledge workers in Finland

  • 1800 experts at the K Kampus

  • 400 experts at the Tampere office

  • 1100 K-ruoka-, K-rauta- and Intersport retailers

  • Almost 2 million customer encounters every day

  • Operations in 8 countries

  • Finland's largest retailer

  • Retails sales 14 Billion €

  • 3 trades: Grocery, Building & technical and Car

  • 22 000 store employees around Finland

  • One of the world's most responsible stores

  • 1800 asiantuntijaa K-Kampuksella

  • 400 asiantuntijaa Tampereen toimipisteessä

  • 1100 K-ruoka-, K-rauta- ja Intersport-kauppiasta

  • Lähes 2 miljoonaa asiakaskohtaamista joka päivä

  • Toimintaa 8 maassa

  • Suomen suurin vähittäiskauppa

  • Vähittäismyynti 14 mrd. euroa

  • 3 toimialaa: Ruokaa, rakentamista ja autoja

  • 22 000 työntekijää kaupoissa Suomessa

  • Yksi maailman vastuullisimmista kaupoista

  • 40 000 K:laisen yhteisö

  • 5000 tietotyöläistä Suomessa

About the company

We are more than 1,000 entrepreneurs and 45,000 K-team members with an endless belief in building better commerce, over and over again. We believe in commerce and the strong spirit of entrepreneurship as the cornerstone of a thriving and prosperous society.

Whether your passion lies in cars, construction, customer service, or technology, we constantly have new opportunities for those ready to shape better commerce. Your work leaves a mark on the everyday lives of Finns—how we move, eat, and build. This house never stands still, and you can shape your own career path, moving across industries and companies.

We are the House of Doers, united by an authentic spirit of action. With teamwork and a customer-first mindset, we create better commerce every single day. So let’s roll up our sleeves and get things moving again – LET’S K!


Versatile opportunitiesTämä tekstiosuus on piilotettu työpaikkailmoituksista. Voit muokata timeline-osion otsikkoa yltä.

StudentsAround 6,000 summer employees work in the K-group every year in grocery and hardware stores, logistics, wholesale and offices. In stores, there are many opportunities for learning and completing a degree alongside work.

Knowledge workIn Finland, a group of approximately 5,000 K Group employees are planning and developing the ever-evolving K, working in different functions, e.g., IT, digital, marketing, purchasing, assortment management, finance, sales and business and concept development.

Store workIn the K Group, you can choose your workplace from a diverse range of chains according to your interests. In the store, you can develop into a specialist from a sommelier to the store's social media specialist and from a K-Merchant to an expert in the field of trade.

LogisticsThe Logistics Centres of the K Group's grocery store in Vantaa and Onninen in Hyvinkää are constantly looking for new employees. The job pays well and you can influence it yourself: K Group pays warehouse workers a competitive performance bonus on top of the TES (Collective bargain) wages.

Car salesmen & mechanicsAt K-Auto, we work with the most popular car brands in Finland: Audi, Volkswagen (both passenger cars and commercial vehicles), Seat, CUPRA, Porsche, Bentley. The development and training opportunities of one of Finland's largest car manufacturers and the world's largest car manufacturer, as well as the latest tools, are at your disposal.

Nuoret ja opiskelijaK-ryhmässä työskentelee joka vuosi noin 6000 kesätyöntekijää ruoka- ja rautakaupoissa, logistiikassa, tukuissa ja toimistoilla. Kaupoissa on paljon mahdollisuuksia oppimiseen ja tutkinnon suorittamiseen työn ohella.

AsiantuntijatyöSuomessa K-ryhmän toimistoilla uudistuvaa K:ta suunnittelee ja kehittää noin 5000 mm. IT:n, digin, markkinoinnin, hankinnan, valikoimanhallinnan, talouden, myynnin ja liiketoiminnan- ja konseptikehityksen osaajan joukko.

MyymälätyöK-ruoka- ja rautakauppojen, Neste K -liikenneasemien, Intersportien ja Budget Sportien, Onninen Expressien, Kespron tukkujen ja K-Auton myymälöiden ammattitaitoiset osaajat tekevät päivittäin töitä sen eteen, että kaupassa olisi kiva käydä.

LogistiikkaK-ryhmän päivittäistavarakaupan Vantaan ja Onnisen Hyvinkään keskusvarastoille tarvitaan jatkuvasti paljon uusia työntekijöitä. Palkka on hyvä ja pääset vaikuttamaan siihen itse: K maksaa varastotyöntekijöille kilpailukykyistä suoritelisää TES-palkan päälle.

Automyyjät ja mekaanikotK-Autolla töitä tehdään Suomen suosituimpien automerkkien kanssa: Audi, Volkswagen henkilöautot- ja hyötyautot, Seat, CUPRA, Porsche, Bentley. Käytettävissäsi on yhden Suomen isoimman autotalon ja maailman suurimman autonvalmistajan kehitys- ja koulutusmahdollisuudet sekä uusimmat työkalut.

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