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Are you a self-driven person looking to advance your career as a high-impact player on a team? If so, we have an exciting challenge for you and your future!

At HP Hood, we celebrate our differences. Our diversity of people, backgrounds, experiences, thoughts and perspectives are fostered to create an inclusive work environment. We are at our best when we respect and value each other – One Team, One Company!

Our culture is built on value commitments to innovation, quality, results, integrity, community, people, and collaboration that fosters a strong employee engagement, teamwork, safety and wellness.

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, wellness programs, employee discounts, 401k matches, tuition reimbursement, ongoing development, advancement opportunities and more. This position is also eligible for our bonus program.

Founded in 1846, today HP Hood is one of the largest and most trusted food and beverage manufacturers in the United States. Our portfolio of national and super-regional brands and licensed products includes Hood, Heluva Good, Lactaid, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze, Planet Oat, Hershey’s Milk & Milkshakes and more.

Job Summary:

The Sr. SAP ABAP Developer is responsible for SAP development including design, coding, and unit testing of RICEFW objects, integrations, and custom applications in S/4, Fiori, PI/PO, and EWM. Understand business requirements, challenges and opportunities and lead the design of the SAP ERP solution to meet established business objectives. Research technical solutions, identify options and provide recommendations to the SAP IT Technical Application Manager that represent the best interests of the organization. Partner effectively with the all-business functions, Functional Capability Leads and with third-party partners; facilitate alignment between these parties to optimally achieve desired results. Ensure delivery of quality deliverables that meet with internal coding guidelines and business expectations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop, test, and deploy SAP RICEFW objects.
• Respond quickly and efficiently when debugging, identifying root cause, and resolving production defects.
• Transform functional requirements into technical specifications, build, unit test, and deploy programs.
• Work with functional leads to re-engineer business processes and map processes to S/4 and FIORI functionality.
• Manage production incidents through proactive analysis and problem resolution to improve processes and systems.
• Ensuring deliverables meet quality assurance expectations.
• Keeping team members, clients and managers up-to-date on status and issues.
• Provide thought leadership in support of the design, build and deployment of SAP functionality.
• Interface with IT development staff and third-party software providers (SAP and others) as required for technical matters.
• Participate in: the development of test scripts; performance of unit, integration, regression and user acceptance testing; and assistance with performance testing.
• Participate in determining change impacts and assist with change management; develop and conduct user training.
• Continue personal professional development in the areas of development, project management, SAP and other relevant information technology tools. Continue to expand knowledge of the company's business with a focus on understanding the impact the business processes have on internal operations. Cross-train on business software applications used at the company, with an emphasis on maintaining knowledge of SAP S/4HANA ERP and FIORI.

Education and Experience:

• BSc/BA in Computer Science or Engineering, preferred, and a minimum of 10 years of experience coding in SAP ERP, with S4HANA experience strongly preferred. Must have cross-functional expertise in multiple modules of SAP with strong preference toward CRM and TPM. Any combination of FI, MM, SD, PP, TM, BPC, IBP, EWM, Ariba or Yard Logistics is preferred. Experience with WebIDE, HANA Studio and/or NWDS is preferred. Strong knowledge of enterprise-wide master data and transaction data objects. Knowledge of key integration points and adjacent software components.
• Experience working in a manufacturing or distribution company is preferred but not required.
• SAP ERP (S4HANA strongly preferred) full-scale implementation project experience supporting the enablement of enterprise-wide business processes within SAP Software Preferred. Experience with HANA Development Studio, Solution Manager, and HP ALM preferred.

Skills and Competencies:

• Extensive experience with CRM WebClient development, AIF, runtime analysis, PI/PO,CDS views, SQL Scripting, User Exits, ABAP OO, BTEs, IDOCs, Workflow, Interfaces, Reports, Smart Forms, Adobe Forms, Debugging and BADIs.
• SAP BW modelling skills would be great to have but not mandatory.
• Ability to be detailed-oriented while still maintaining a big picture perspective. Must have a solid understanding of corporate-wide functions, specifically how technology supports business processes. Excellent business acumen.
• Highly collaborative work style. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build successful professional working relationships. Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional, fast-paced project environment.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills. Will be expected to communicate to employees and suppliers at all levels (including company executives) via: face to face meetings, conference calls, written messages and project documentation. Ideal candidate must have excellent documentation skills, presentation skills and meeting facilitation skills.
• Creative and analytical. Strong problem solving and conflict resolution skills. Can do attitude.
• Ability to react under pressure to any given situation that may arise, in a professional manner and with positive results, in support of a multi-location, 7 X 24 environment.
• Ability to be the liaison between technology and the business.
• Ability to work independently, with limited direction, to achieve expected results.
• Basic to intermediate Microsoft Office skills, to include MS PowerPoint and MS Excel.
• Excellent coding skills.

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