Sr. Business Systems Engineer

About Grainger: 

Grainger is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. We achieve our purpose, We Keep the World Working®, by serving more than 4.5 million customers with a wide range of products that keep their operations running and their people safe. Grainger also delivers services and solutions, such as technical support and inventory management, to save customers time and money. 

 

We're looking for passionate people who can move our company forward. As one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, we have a welcoming workplace where you can build a career for yourself while fulfilling our purpose to keep the world working. We embrace new ways of thinking and recognize everyone is an individual. Find your way with Grainger today. 

Position Details: 

 We are seeking a Business Systems Engineer accountable for the SAP ECC functions of Purchasing and Material Master records within our Supply Chain Management Team. The team is accountable for managing the central master material records for logistics, ensuring accuracy, for the source of truth through our SAP systems.​ Partner with Grainger’s procurement team to support effective and efficient procurement processes and systems, which in turn provides quality products and services to serve our customers.

This role is a functional/technical role, and the candidate should have experience with ECC custom programing, configuration, and business processes. You will have experience designing, troubleshooting, writing, integration testing, and supporting ABAP development as required. This position functions as a liaison working with stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies, and information systems.

 

As a Business Systems Engineer, you will:

• Implement, configure, develop, maintain and optimize enterprise-grade commercial software platforms that enable Grainger’s core business processes (Order Mgmt, Supply Chain and Warehouse, Finance and HR).
• Possess a deep understanding of the core business processes enabled by these tools and are able to translate business requirements to the most optimal, performant, reliable, scalable and secure solution that meets the need.
• Are responsible for seamless operation of/integration between complex systems in a rapidly-evolving ecosystem that includes traditional ERPs (on-prem, hybrid, cloud), best-in-breed specialized tools and SaaS platforms, as well as fully-custom solutions.
• Demonstrate Grainger’s core Engineering principles and continuous improvement mindset including a stewardship for both the overall Business Systems Platform and improving our data-first culture.
• Share responsibility for the growth of the Engineering discipline at Grainger through community involvement, internal centers of practice, mentoring and coaching other Engineers.

 

You Will:

 

• Design, configure and/or develop, deploy, optimize, monitor and improve systems and business applications. Clearly demonstrates understanding of the implications of their usage on the business.
• Contribute to capability roadmaps and conducting technology research for innovation and continuous improvement. Translate complex business requirements into detailed technical specifications and deliverables
• Specialized with core technical and functional domain experience within respective team (beyond where necessary, demonstrates curiosity). Defines nonfunctional requirements in accordance with Engineering best practices (Security, reliability, performance, etc.)
• Partners with administration and operational teams to improve key service practices. Documenting debt and waste. Develops sustainable feedback loops for continuous improvement. Builds sustainable systems with proactive monitoring and observability, builds with suppor