Systems Engineer Sr. Manager - SAP (Remote)

The Home Depot

2d•$170,000 - $280,000•Remote

About The Position

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger. Position Purpose: The Systems Engineer Sr. Manager is responsible for attracting, retaining and developing top talent focused on market needs, and inspiring Systems and Software Engineering teams to provide quality service to drive a highly stable software engineering platforms in support of The Home Depot's business. The Systems Engineer Sr. Manager focuses on guiding and executing the implementation, maintenance, and support of hardware, software, and systems necessary to enable sales, drive efficiency, and build customer satisfaction. Within their Systems Engineering teams, Systems Engineer Sr. Managers, work closely with business stakeholders and the stores and DCs. They support system planning reviews and communicate with, and present across, all levels of the organization. The Systems Engineer Sr. Manager is a strategic leader that is skilled and experienced in generating innovative ideas for growth within their respective area and across the systems and software engineering organization. The Sr. Manager must exhibit the ability to lead managers and their teams and drive change management and process improvement.

Requirements

Must be eighteen years of age or older.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.
6-8 years of relevant work experience
Proficiency in complex SAP SD/MM configurations and custom development with strong knowledge of core SAP S4 architecture concepts.
Proficiency in working as part of a collaborative, cross-functional, modern engineering team
Proficiency in guiding more junior team members through software engineering fundamentals in a professional setting
Proficiency in managing and growing team members in a professional setting
Proficiency balancing workloads across teams
Proficiency managing and growing vendor relationships; experience with vendor negotiations
Experience with networking, system and hardware design and architecture, DBMS concepts, SQL programming, and client server concepts
Experience with system and environment analysis, design, and optimization
Experience monitoring the operational status and performance o application
Experience working with cloud platforms such as GCP and Azure
Proficiency in supporting a 24x7 retail operation

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP, Cloud technologies; Micro services; Devops; SRE; CI/CD; web technologies (e.g., Java, spring, spring boot, angular, JVM etc.) & SOA/distributed applications architectures.
Deep experience in SAP Order Management functions and classes with ability to understand entire SAP workflow starting from quote to revenue.
Experience in THD Canada Order Management workflow/processes and core understanding of how business processes map to standard SAP functions.

Responsibilities

Strategy & Planning: Drives Systems Engineering by reviewing performance and directing work efforts of Engineers and vendors to ensure alignment with company, stakeholder, and end user priorities
Aligns Systems Engineering efforts across products and projects
Understands enterprise goals and KPIs to ensure value is delivered against them
Gains a thorough understanding of end user needs, both existing and potential, and uses that knowledge to help design infrastructure that exceeds expectations
Communicates with key user and operational groups to understand business needs
Elicits ideas and assists team members with gaining shared understanding of systems engineering techniques
Markets and promotes Systems and Software Engineering capabilities so that end users understand the team's capabilities and the associated benefits
Presents complex design concepts and rationale to multidisciplinary teams, as well as to key stakeholders and business partners
Contributes to and makes recommendations for strategic plans in support of key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner
Delivery & Execution: Provides guidance on configuration, debugging, and support for software engineering applications in SAP.
Documents, reviews and ensures that all quality and change control standards are met
Guides field and corporate roll-outs of technology
Guides the stand up of necessary system software, hardware, and equipment (physical or virtual) to meet changing infrastructure/software needs
Reviews specifications for complex technology solutions
Provides regular status to leadership regarding progress of Systems Engineering efforts
Reviews and approves purchase requests for hardware and software
Makes suggestions that help drive operational excellence to create internal customer satisfaction and meet operational metrics
Support & Enablement: Removes roadblocks and obstacles that may impair Systems Engineers to help ensure efforts meet strategic, financial, and technical goals
Receives and prioritizes escalations and incoming requests from product teams and stakeholders
Guides the production of in-house documentation around solutions
Monitors tools and proactively helps teams struggling with systems issues
People: Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to Systems Engineering professionals
Attracts, retains, and develops top talent
Conducts annual and mid-year reviews, reviewing individual development plans and providing performance feedback
Fosters collaboration with team members to drive value and identify and resolve impediments
Advocates for the end user and stakeholder by becoming associated with the product, empathizing with and understanding user needs
Guides more junior team members in strategy, alignment, analysis, and execution tasks
Participates in and contributes to learning activities around systems engineering core practices (communities of practice)