Specialist, IT Applications

SpartanNash•Indianapolis, IN

About The Position

As a member of the C&S Wholesale Grocers family of companies, SpartanNash is a food solutions company that delivers the ingredients for a better life. A distributor, wholesaler and retailer with a global supply chain network, SpartanNash distributes grocery and household goods, including fresh produce and the Our Family® portfolio of products, to locations in all 50 states. Our braggingly happy team members — ranging from bakery managers to order selectors; from IT developers to vice presidents of finance; from HR Business Partners to export specialists — create braggingly happy customers spanning national accounts, independent and chain grocers, e-commerce retailers, U.S. military commissaries and exchanges, and the Company’s own brick-and-mortar grocery stores, pharmacies and fuel centers. Ready to contribute to the success of our food solutions company? Apply now! Location: 1133 Kingwood Avenue - Norfolk, Virginia 23502 Position Summary: This role is responsible to provide technical expertise in specialized area of application systems analysis and programming for company information systems/programs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree (Required) in Business Administration or related field or equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
Seven years Information Technology experience in applications systems analysis and programming.
Fully proficient in and applies Application Systems Analysis and Programming knowledge.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate IT programming in a non-technical manner.
Must have excellent planning/project management, organizational, prioritization, analytical and problem-solving skills.
Strong knowledge of MS Office, MS Project and Visio required.
Ability to interact with management across the entire organization.
Ability to travel up to 10% based upon department and customer needs.

Responsibilities

Participate in assigned projects as the technical expert in area of specialization.
Formulate/define system scope and objectives for assigned projects.
Devise or modify procedures to solve complex problems considering system capabilities and limitations, operating time and form of desired results.
Prepare detailed specifications from which programs will be written.
Responsible for program design, coding, testing, debugging and documentation.
Responsible for project quality assurance review as assigned and overseeing and monitoring the work of team members.
Instruct and review the work of other systems analysis and programming personnel and provide leadership, on-the-job training and mentoring to other team members as necessary.
Provide feedback and leadership in design sessions, strategy guidance and problem resolution sessions.
Plan, lead and monitor activities for assigned project(s), which may be large, complex projects.
May be responsible for project financial estimates and managing the project budget.
Initiate continuous improvement and act as a cross-functional team leader.
Maintain current knowledge of industry trends and best Information Technology practices; make recommendations to improve current programs and processes.
Participate in the on-call support rotation.
Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed.