Principal Developer SAP Logistics

Job Title: Principal Developer SAP Logistics

Desired Work Location: Dallas, TX / Miramar, FL

Onsite Requirements: Prefer Onsite, can do Hybrid

Skill Set required: Must have S/4 Implementation with development skills in Logistics. Prefer FIORI development.

Overview

The Developers role is to develop and enhance in-house software applications or extensions by coding with atechnical language to meet business requirements and business objectives.

This can includes taking technicalspecifications and developing an application or integration of data between applications, testing, as well as,completing the appropriate technical documentation.

The developer will use best practices in softwaredevelopment and adhere to SGWS development standards, as well as, focus on quality and innovation.

The developer may also be responsible for delivering support to end users in the organization for specific code,including troubleshooting code.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve in a team leader capacity with large-scale Application Development projects / programs
• Holistically design solutions in a complex environment. Needs to consider impact on entire landscapein the design. The solutions must be sustainable for the long term
• Research/troubleshoot, maintain & configure software, create test scripts and test applications andinterfaces
• Lead the technical portion of projects schedule and run meetings, coordinate with the business andother key stakeholders
• Mentor and coach others
• Research, evaluate and recommend software and hardware products
• Design and implement architecturally compliant system landscapes
• Make recommendations to enhance processes, procedures and policies relating to systems functioningor performance
• Determine priorities and pivot accordingly
• Identify and mitigate risks with timely communication to stakeholders
• Drive progressive improvements to enhance processes, functionality etc.
• Apply best practices
• Communicate with all teams in ETP and with the business across the business
• Lead the build-out or expansion of coding standards initiatives
• Maintain a working knowledge of Software Code Development leading practices and serve as athought leader to the SGWS organization
• Participate in Agile teams
• Provide coaching and development to junior developers
• Improve efficiency of team to resolve problems
• Identify, recommend, and implement process improvement opportunities for ApplicationDevelopment programs
• Facilitate Code Development / Engineering training and education programs for the SGWS team
• Recommend opportunities to lower testing costs or improve systems quality through alternative staffingmodels (e.g., gig, offshore, 3rd party)
• Providing coaching and development to others
• Oversee the work of 3rd party Development teams
• Drive the development of business and technical process documentation and training materials
• Drive the collection of required information to develop work scope around solutions to attain businessrequirements along with data needs as required.
• Serve as liaison between Divisions/Functions and IT on projects and enhancements
• Collect and evaluate information, formulate as well as test hypothesis.
• Can drive technical validity of solution.
• Coordinate issues resolution activities with varied stakeholders
• Review entire problem logs and identify recurring problems.
• Record projects status along with open issues every week.
• Ensure to follow up on problems and process independently related to solutions engineering.
• Participate in seminars, trade shows, and oversee internal demonstration facilities etc.
• Develop meeting structure and present at meetings
• Determine opportunities to redesign business processes to achieve better business results
• Determine opportunities to automate business processes and functions
• Educate the team on the goals of the business
• Manage process conformity and compliance
• Lead the development of business and technical process documentation and training materials
• Lead the definition of project requirements by identifying project milestones, phases, and elements;assist with project budget needs
• Lead the monitoring of project progress by tracking activity, resolving problems, publishing progressreports, and recommending actions
• Understand, communicate, and reinforce standard business process concepts
• Establish and maintain relationships with team members within IT and across functional teams
• Assess situations, determine the problem(s) and propose a solution that provides value to the business
• Lead business requirements as well-formed user stories and acceptance criteria
• Drive Behavior-Driven-Design (BDD) process
• Structure requirements to facilitate automation of acceptance tests
• Fill the role of a Solution Lead on a project/Technical Project Manager coordinating with the overallProject Manager on all work for technical teams and oversite on technical design
• Perform code review to see whether standards are adhered to
• Mentor in coding best practices, configuration best practices, technical design and quality assurance
• Expert in their technology and familiar with best practices in these
• Determine opportunities to redesign business processes to achieve better business results
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor?s Degree
• 6 years in a software/application development or comparable experience
• Change Agent with Managerial Courage
• Delivers Results
• Holistic / Big picture thinking
• Strategic mindset
• Teamwork & Collaboration
• Strategic thinker
• can develop a plan to meet a long-term objective
• Executive presence
• Coaches team members
• Facilitation Skills: Can facilitate sessions and present to the executive level
• Can influence outcomes
• Has long term potential for a leadership role in ETP
• Strong analytical, mathematic, and problem-solving skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Strong capability to execute tasks with quality
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellence in communicating and presenting complex information to technical and nontechnicalstakeholders
• Self-directed
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders across a variety of functional disciplines
• Ability to develop and manage an action plan
• Experience working in large complex technology projects
• Experience working with offshore teams
• Excellence in communicating and presenting complex information to technical and non technical stakeholders
• Extensive experience across the entire project life cycle (SDLC), be it implementing new software orenhancing existing functionality
• Experience with interfaces into and from platforms (using APIs, ESB, SAP PI etc.)
• Deep understanding of business functions of supporting applications
• Experience mentoring and developing Developers
• Experience evaluating and improving Code quality / standards
• Experience interacting with the Business community
• Experience coordinating and leading development teams / projects? Command of Agile Development processes
• Ability to demonstrate Agile delivery values
• Openness
• Team and stakeholders agree to be open about all work and challenges
• Commitment
• Personally commit to achieving the goals of the team
• Respect
• Respect your team members to be capable and independent
• Courage
• You have courage to do the right thing and work on tough problems
• Focus
• Everyone focus on the work in the sprint and the goal of the scrum team. Rise and fall as a team
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree (computer science, information systems, software engineering)
• Experience mentoring and developing Application Developers
• Experience working with, and directing, third-party Application Developers
• Command of Agile Development processes
• A Wholesale/Distribution/CPG background including accounts receivable, complex pricing and tax laws
• Leading and directing offshore application development programs