From R&D to Financial Systems,

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued Team Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms team. We offer the experience of a large organization, however, operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage Team Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

Pay Rate: $140,680 175,850 per year.

The Technical Lead will provide leadership, coordination, support and subject matter expertise for multiple assigned systems and modules (systems may include SAP and other systems supporting assigned business functions). This includes hands-on performing and coordinating the design, specification, configuration, customization, development, testing, documenting, and delivery. Responsible for support of software solutions relating to the master data, configuration, customization, reporting, and transactions associated with these processes. Provides senior technical guidance and assistance to other business systems team members, as well as business users.  Successfully functions as the highest-level technical resource within assign functions and as a technical leader within the IT Department.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Project Analysis, System Design and Project Management:

• Definition of business problems and opportunities, gathering and documentation of requirements, analysis and organization of information to support formation of projects, analysis of technology and infrastructure alternatives and implications.
• Translation of a conceptual alternative into a descriptive model, specification, data flow diagram or other relevant method that defines the system components which must be delivered, and the method for delivering them. Includes functional design, technical design and design validation.
• This position will be responsible for project management of small to mid size projects and oversight of the project activities of other application support specialists and functional analysts.
• Direct the planning, execution and support of the assigned projects, including project initiation, control of projects during execution and project completion/closure. Ensure project plans are in accordance with overall business objectives. Prepare and maintain detailed and summary level project plans. Prepare periodic management status reports and lead status reporting meetings. Collect and monitor data portraying the status of deliverables related to key milestones. In conjunction with IT Management, identify the staff with the skills required for successful execution of projects. Enforce the disciplined use of Foster Farms methodology in the planning and management of all assigned projects. Track and manage project budget

SAP/non-SAP Production System Support:

• Will provide primary end user support for the assigned modules. This includes troubleshooting, diagnosis, and resolution of end user problems as well as performing routine system maintenance checks and corrective actions such as maintaining, adjusting, and manipulating interfaces to SAP or other assigned systems where applicable.
• Will contribute to ongoing system improvement efforts. This includes collecting requirements from business users, researching available solutions, developing and documenting conceptual design alternatives, communicating effectively conceptual designs, writing technical specifications and, potentially, coordinating development work with IT Development staff, building and configuring prototypes and prototype documentation, communicating with and educating business users, conducting unit testing, conducting and coordinating integration and user acceptance testing, working with security team to ensure appropriate system authorization, migrating to production, preparing comprehensive and thorough design and training documentation, training subject matter experts, providing post-implementation support efforts interacting regularly with end users, engaging in troubleshooting and root cause analysis of production issues, and providing continuous improvements to all aspects of design and processes.

Technical Team and Department Leadership:

• Will provide technical leadership, assistance, guidance, and QA monitoring to other application support specialists and functional analysts. Provides technical leadership and guidance to team management.  Through subject matter, application, and technical expertise, identifies, recommends, and socializes improvement and roadmap solutions with business and IT leadership.

Additional Job functions:

• With Sr IT Management makes independent decisions related to planning and managing strategic and tactical projects sponsored by the Company Executive team. This involves collaboration with the business sponsor(s) in the identification of potential projects, and direct involvement in all aspects of the prioritization, planning, initiation, execution, management, tracking, and closure of assigned projects in accordance with Foster Farms systems development life cycle methodology. The position requires day-to-day evaluation of the progress of multiple projects and multiple business functions/systems and making decisions with respect to scope management, solution design alternatives, staff assignments, issue resolution and any other activities necessary to successfully deliver projects on time, on budget and at a high level of quality.
• This position will work as a member of the Business Systems Team having daily contact with team members, subject matter experts, business end users, and business and IT management to design, develop, test, document, implement, and support the assigned projects and business solutions. This position will provide enterprise-wide support of these business/functional systems/modules. Must be able to effectively influence IT and business staff at all organizational and management levels. Provide day-to-day direction to assigned project staff, including IT, non-IT Foster Farms personnel and vendor or other contract staff. Must build and maintain productive relationships with outside technology and service providers. Coordinates and leads efforts of IT Infrastructure and other Business Systems support staff.
• Additional duties as assigned by manager.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. Master’s degree preferred.
• At least 10 years total information technology experience, 7 years of which are related to the SAP and/or other assigned systems.
• Must be capable of working to a structured work plan with aggressive milestones and have strong problem-solving skills, sound judgment, critical thinking, and decision-making ability.
• Must be highly goal and results orientated.
• Must be hightly self-motivated and driven – must be capable and willing to learn complex systems with minimal supervision.
• Extensive experience with all software development lifecycle phases and activities.
• Extensive experience learning and documenting complex business processes.
• Demonstrated project management experience for mid-sized projects.
• Must be effective teacher/mentor to educate other team members in SAP capabilities and best practices.
• Must possess excellent critical thinking skills and be capable of envisioning creative solutions to complex and challenging business process/system issues.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with varying levels of management, users, and team members, both written and verbal.
• Excellent technical skills (e.g. SAP, MS Office suite, MS Project, etc.)
• Must possess specific and in-depth skills, knowledge, and experience with multiple facets of assigned systems that may include SAP ECC
  • Specific SAP and non-SAP systems, their design, processing, interfacing/integration and data.
  • Master Data components utilized within assigned systems.
  • Reporting and analytics utilized by assigned systems.
  • Extensive experience with system integrations, especially SAP modules, which may include Finance and Controlling (FICO), Sales and Distribution (SD), Materials Management (MM), Production Planning (PP) and Manufacturing execution in both a Repetitive and Process Manufacturing Environment, Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), Transportation Management (TM), Project Systems (PS), Quality Management (QM)

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new Team Members.