Senior Application Developer - SAP Operations

Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials - from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

• The Senior Application Developer is a thought leader in a field of expertise. That is the Plan and Make space focusing on business planning, inbound logistics, production and transportation management. This person is expected to partner with business leaders but also able to design, configure, maintain, integrate and implement related software applications within the organization. With minimal supervision, this job performs complex software application testing, quality assurance, configuration, installation and support to ensure smooth, stable and timely implementation of new software and updates to installed applications.

• SAP REQUIREMENTS SOLUTIONING: Capture and analysis of business requirements. Research and provide solution alternatives and implement the preferred recommendations.
• SAP APPLICATION CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT: Builds complex application configurations to meet user and business requirements while identifying improvements to complex application support processes and procedures.
• SAP APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT: Performs advanced design, testing and deployment of new development, updates, or fixes of application version releases.
• USER COMMUNICATION & SUPPORT: Plays a key role and keeps an open channel of communication with users to respond to complex application support requests and needs.
• APPLICATION SUPPORT: Conducts complex technical application support activities to deliver on business outcomes.
• STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT: Partners with multi-functional teams, including developers, product managers, other workstream leads, project leadership, and business partners to ensure solutions align with standards and project goals.
• WORKSTREAM LEADERSHIP: Represent Operations workstream to project leadership; Plan workstream staffing and budget; Coach, develop, and mentor individual team members.

• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.

Preferred Experience:

• Professional experience with functional and technical configuration in SAP - Experience with SAP-IBP, MM and PP
• Proven experience in SAP within the Plan and Make space and integrations from an end-to-end process point of view
• Confirmed stakeholder management, presenting to and influencing executive leaders.
• Excellent problem solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.