Sr Engineer - SAP Techno Functional (SD, MM, FI)

Target • Brooklyn Park, NC

10d • $95,000 - $171,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Target is an iconic brand, a Fortune 50 company and one of America’s leading retailers. Target as a tech company? Absolutely. We’re the behind-the-scenes powerhouse that fuels Target’s passion and commitment to cutting-edge innovation. We anchor every facet of one of the world’s best-loved retailers with a strong technology framework that relies on the latest tools and technologies—and the brightest people—to deliver incredible value to guests online and in stores. Target Technology Services is on a mission to offer the systems, tools and support that guests and team members need and deserve. Our high-performing teams balance independence with collaboration, and we pride ourselves on being versatile, agile and creative. We drive industry-leading technologies in support of every angle of the business, and help ensure that Target operates smoothly, securely and reliably from the inside out. Use your skills, experience and talents to be a part of groundbreaking thinking and visionary goals. As a Sr. Engineer, you’ll lead application-level technical configuration, coding, and design. This position will support a product that will use a hybrid of open source and SAP technologies. SAP S/4 is currently predominantly leveraged for finance and sales audit processes at Target. Come use your SAP experience and love of all technologies to implement additional core modules, expand the use of SAC, and be a part of implementing and adopting emerging SAP solutions. Evaluate and participates in best for Target decision-making, accounting for several factors such as viability within Target’s diverse technical environment, maintainability, and cost of ownership. Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for best practice implementation options of SAP that align with Target's overall technical strategies. Lead or set strategy for testing and debugging at the platform or full solution stack. In complex and unstructured situations, serve as an expert resource to create and improve standards and best practices to ensure high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables. Lead the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services. Provide the team with thought leadership to promote re-use and develop consistent, scalable patterns that aligns with the broader SAP at Target patterns. Participate in planning services that have enterprise impact. Provide suggestions for handling routine and moderately complex technical problems, escalating issues when appropriate. Gather information, data, and input from a wide variety of sources; identify additional resources when appropriate, engage with appropriate stakeholders, and conduct in-depth analysis of information. Provide suggestions for handling routine and moderately complex technical problems, escalating issues when appropriate to the internal SAP Enterprise team and, at times, collaborating directly with SAP contacts. Develop plans and schedules, estimate resource requirements, and define milestones and deliverables. Monitor workflow and risks; play a leadership role in mitigating risks and removing obstacles. Lead and participate in complex construction, automation, and implementation activities, ensuring successful implementation with architectural and operational requirements met. Work with the broader group of SAP engineers to establish and enforce SAP standards and best practices to monitor, test, automate, and maintain IT components or systems. Stay current with Target’s technical capabilities, infrastructure, and technical environment. Develop fully attributed data models, including logical, physical, and canonical. Influence data standards, policies, and procedures . Install, configure, and/or tune end to end processes within SAP including master data, integrations, and analytic aspects with minimal guidance. Monitor data management solution(s) and identify optimization opportunities. Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.

Requirements

• 4 year degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of software development experience with at least one full cycle implementation
• Demonstrates strong domain-specific knowledge regarding Target’s technology capabilities, and key competitors’ products and differentiating features
• Communicates and coordinates with project team, partners, and stakeholders
• Demonstrates expertise in analysis and optimization of systems capacity, performance, and operational health
• Understands and develops solutions to foster data lifecycle management
• Maintains deep technical knowledge within areas of expertise
• Stays current with new and evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education
• Experience with at least a combination of 3 the following SAP technologies: Sales and Distribution (SD): Manages the entire sales process, including order management, pricing, shipping, and billing. Materials Management (MM): handles procurement related to TPO (third party order), vendor management, and potential inventory control. OData integrations: API level integrations for sales order, purchase orders, wholesale price and item data. Finance (FI): Manages financial accounting, including general ledger, accounts payable, and accounts receivable. SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP): Needed for possible future growth onto SAP's Cloud for integrations and analytics
• Experience in building highly scalable distributed systems

Responsibilities

• Lead application-level technical configuration, coding, and design.
• Evaluate and participates in best for Target decision-making, accounting for several factors such as viability within Target’s diverse technical environment, maintainability, and cost of ownership.
• Initiate and execute research and proof-of-concept activities for best practice implementation options of SAP that align with Target's overall technical strategies.
• Lead or set strategy for testing and debugging at the platform or full solution stack.
• In complex and unstructured situations, serve as an expert resource to create and improve standards and best practices to ensure high-performance, scalable, repeatable, and secure deliverables.
• Lead the design, lifecycle management, and total cost of ownership of services.
• Provide the team with thought leadership to promote re-use and develop consistent, scalable patterns that aligns with the broader SAP at Target patterns.
• Participate in planning services that have enterprise impact.
• Provide suggestions for handling routine and moderately complex technical problems, escalating issues when appropriate.
• Gather information, data, and input from a wide variety of sources; identify additional resources when appropriate, engage with appropriate stakeholders, and conduct in-depth analysis of information.
• Provide suggestions for handling routine and moderately complex technical problems, escalating issues when appropriate to the internal SAP Enterprise team and, at times, collaborating directly with SAP contacts.
• Develop plans and schedules, estimate resource requirements, and define milestones and deliverables.
• Monitor workflow and risks; play a leadership role in mitigating risks and removing obstacles.
• Lead and participate in complex construction, automation, and implementation activities, ensuring successful implementation with architectural and operational requirements met.
• Work with the broader group of SAP engineers to establish and enforce SAP standards and best practices to monitor, test, automate, and maintain IT components or systems.
• Stay current with Target’s technical capabilities, infrastructure, and technical environment.
• Develop fully attributed data models, including logical, physical, and canonical.
• Influence data standards, policies, and procedures .
• Install, configure, and/or tune end to end processes within SAP including master data, integrations, and analytic aspects with minimal guidance.
• Monitor data management solution(s) and identify optimization opportunities.

Benefits

• comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, life insurance and more
• 401(k)
• employee discount
• short term disability
• long term disability
• paid sick leave
• paid national holidays
• paid vacation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees