What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Engineering Manager – Pricing and Promotions position at Genuine Parts Company?
Company Background
Established in 1928, Genuine Parts Company is a leading global service organization specializing in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. Our Automotive Parts Group operates across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australasia, France, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal, while our Industrial Parts Group serves customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia. We keep the world moving with a vast network of over 10,700 locations spanning 17 countries supported by more than 60,000 teammates.
Position Purpose
Seeking world-class talent to join the world’s leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services operating 5,500 locations and servicing more than 20,000 locations in the U.S and Canada. Specifically, this role will head an engineering team with responsibility for implementing the technology strategy and execution for GPC’s unified commerce platforms. Close collaboration and alignment with a wide variety of both internal stakeholders and external vendors will be required.
Responsibilities
GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.
Established in 1928, Genuine Parts Company is a leading global service organization specializing in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. Our Automotive Parts Group operates across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australasia, France, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal, while our Industrial Parts Group serves customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia. We keep the world moving with a vast network of over 10,700 locations spanning 17 countries supported by more than 60,000 teammates.
Position Purpose
Seeking world-class talent to join the world’s leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services operating 5,500 locations and servicing more than 20,000 locations in the U.S and Canada. Specifically, this role will head an engineering team with responsibility for implementing the technology strategy and execution for GPC’s unified commerce platforms. Close collaboration and alignment with a wide variety of both internal stakeholders and external vendors will be required.
Responsibilities
- Partnering with the cross-functional GPC team, implement the strategy and roadmap for modernizing the Pricing and Promotions platforms
- Implement the technology platforms architecture and execute on roadmap to support build out the new commerce related capabilities needed for the unified commerce strategy
- Overall engineering accountability for the Pricing and Promotions Domain
- Responsible for delivery and support of the platform
- Responsible for simplifying the complexity of current platforms and reducing the technical debt and total cost of ownership
- Partner with peer leaders to accelerate and embed agile methodologies across the organization to increase customer-backed problem solving, to increase pace of solution delivery, to accelerate innovation and to enhance cross-functional collaboration
- Recruit, manage, and motivate a team of engineers and Engineering managers to develop best-in-class solutions
- Lead other Engineering managers
- Other duties as assigned
- GPC has two work locations to choose from: Duluth or Atlanta office.
- We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work a hybrid remote schedule.
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or Engineering fields, or equivalent experience
- 10 or more years of experience in software engineering delivery (including 4 years in leadership role)
- Technologist & engineer at heart who is comfortable in understanding the technology direction and being hands on with the execution of the strategy.
- Must exhibit a deep understanding of modern technology stack and agile delivery models, demonstrated focus on customer experience, and must have a proven track record of modernizing legacy technologies at scale.
- Exceptional abilities in building and maintaining strong working relationships and organizational savvy
- Consistent track record of leadership, teamwork, and delivering high impact results
- Extensive experience building enterprise grade systems/applications supporting business priorities
- Experience with public cloud offerings is a plus
- Experience managing delivery resources in multiple time zones is a plus
- Experience with delivery of PriceFx or other SaaS Price Management solutions is a plus
- Experience managing 25 FTE team of internal and extended delivery resources
- Must be able to attract, retain, and develop engineering talent.
- Experience with Pricing and Promotions domain (e.g. Pricing Management Systems, Promotion Management Systems) is a plus
- Experience leading leaders
- Strong fiscal prudence to maximize technology investments against critical business priorities across the enterprise
- High level communication and presentation skills
GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.
