Sr SAP Applications Developer - Kimball International, Jasper, IN

Kimball International - Jasper, IN

Full-time - Mid Level

Jasper, IN

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers

About the position

The Senior Applications Developer - SAP is responsible for systems architecture, application development, systems support, and mentoring within the organization. This role focuses on enhancing technology solutions that align with business goals, ensuring effective communication, and promoting best practices in development and project management.

Responsibilities

• Participate in writing business cases, cost justification and functional specifications.
• Create, review, and maintain conceptual designs.
• Create and maintain technical specifications for complex application, integration, or infrastructure solutions.
• Mentor Developers on best practices used for development.
• Perform design reviews on completed projects.
• Research and prototype applications and technologies which align with the goals and objectives of the business.
• Participate in requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, testing and support of processes and technology that are simple, standard and support the vision and goals of Kimball International.
• Participate in the construction of development standards and the adherence to those standards that will be used throughout the implementation and support process.
• Collaborate with the Kimball Business Units to support and enhance technologies such as ERP, EDI, business intelligence, systems integrations, mobile and web applications.
• Collaborate with Senior Applications Developers on creating and documenting the technical design.
• Promote strategy to reduce costs through standardization and automation.
• Promote the use of standard application functionality.
• Stay current with technology trends and best practices.
• Identify methods to use Information Technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness within Kimball International.
• Ensure that effective communication is applied at all times to all parties for project status, support issues and general questions.
• Monitor support tickets for high priority issues and work with manager to disposition.
• Build and maintain business relationships to ensure proper alignment to our business strategy.
• Develop, execute, and maintain documentation for processes and projects.
• Support Vision and Guiding Principles of Kimball International and the goals of the Business Units.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or relevant experience.
• Multiple programming skills such as SAP ABAP and Microsoft ASP.Net.
• Database development skills such as Microsoft SQL Server.
• Integration applications such as BizTalk.
• Business Intelligence skills such as Microsoft PowerBI.
• Web based services.
• Migration planning.
• Technology management utilities.
• Security.
• Mobile applications and devices.
• Strong problem-solving skills, analytical and creative thinking.

Nice-to-haves

• Basic understanding of the business structure and goals for the furniture group and its business units.
• Desire and ability to learn and grow.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid holidays
• Professional development opportunities