Sr SAP Applications Developer - Kimball International, Jasper, IN

Role Description:

The Senior Applications Developer - SAP is responsible for providing systems architecture, application development, systems support and mentoring.

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.

Skills to Perform This Role:

Interpersonal Skills

• High integrity and ethical behavior
• Detail oriented, a self-starter, and enjoys working in a team environment.
• Inspires trust in relationships with people, honest
• Coaching and mentoring of people when needed
• Passion for the job and the company

Communication Skills

• Excellent listening skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication with all levels in the organization
• Ability to articulate technical issues and solutions to non-technical people
• Adept at using influence and persuasion appropriately

Leadership Skills

• Vision - have a clear and compelling view for how technology can help the business meet its goals and objectives
• Leading change - help inspire people in the IT organization to change
• Ability to lead change initiatives
• Clarity of focus - understands business objectives and helps develop roadmaps to deliver on those objectives

Business Skills

• Basic understanding of the business structure and goals for the furniture group and its business units

Technical Skills

• 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

Qualifications:

• Business and Solutions Modeling
• Data Modeling
• Application Design
• Software and Services Design
• Strong problem-solving skills, analytical and creative thinking
• Desire and ability to learn and grow
• Benefits Analysis
• Systems Behavior

Educational

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or relevant experience