Application Support Engineer – SAP FICO

at Spectrum Brands
Published April 9, 2019
Location Middleton, WI
Category Default  
Job Type Full-time  

Description

Division Information

Spectrum Brands utilizes a Shared Services model that enables resources to be leveraged across the organization. The Shared Services team is made up of information technology, human resources, indirect sourcing, finance & accounting professionals that support all business units. Shared services teams are headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin but have members across the country.

Job Summary

The Application Support Engineer is a member of the Application Support team responsible for supporting the applications and business processes that run our business activities. This includes application Help Desk requests for problem resolution, basic application configuration adjustments, and coordination small to medium efforts to execute report/program enhancement requests. They develop customer response and other key metrics, which will be critical to provide transparency and enable continuous improvement to take place.

The Application Support Engineer is responsible for coordinating and/or resolving application and system problems, or any incident that is disrupting the application service that business users depend on and will collaborate with other team members as well as customers.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

Identifying and Manage Technology Solutions (25%)

  • Responsible for assisting business in using technology more effectively by creating and supporting training in use of software tools
  • Use complex problem-solving skills to brainstorm solutions and utilize project management skills to work together and implement corrective solutions for the business
  • Work with cross functional teams to drive solutions and efficiencies

Application Development Support (25%)

  • Provide day to day support to end users of business applications
  • Configure SAP tables for assigned process (primary individual responsible) to maximize system effectiveness in meeting business needs.
  • Foresee, anticipate and address potential issues before they become critical
  • Manage incidents, requests and enhancements for the organization and architect solutions, workaround, root cause analysis
  • Provide assistance and cover for other team members where required

Customer Service (10%Communicate with internal and external business partners effectively

  • Keep partners apprised of progress as needed
  • Take ownership of request/issues and follow through to completion
  • Work with the team to develop and implement Continuous Improvement initiatives
  • Contribute with new ideas /processes that will improve workflow and efficiency
  • Ensuring that client systems are fully operational, and any loss of service is restored in a timely and efficient manner

Help Desk Resolution (30%)

  • Assign and resolve Help Desk tickets. If unable to resolve, seek assistance of SAP through OSS notes, etc.
  • Ensure that solution and application support documentation is maintained to the highest quality and accuracy and post it in the internal knowledge base
  • Present and explain technical information to diverse audiences in a commonly understood way to transfer knowledge
  • Make timely recommendations to effectively solve problems, using independent judgment consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures

Metrics and Reporting (10%)

  • Identify trends and propose solutions to prevent issues
  • Review/report metrics for department operations related to area of responsibility
  • Identify, define and develop key measurements and develop the process to collect metrics for monitoring
  • All other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Profile

  • B.S. degree in a business related field. Experience will be considered in lieu of degree.
  • A minimum of 5 years business experience. Prior end-user, implementations or user support experience desired.

Required Skills

  • Must be able to perform duties within a work team to maximize the team effectiveness
  • SAP module configuration experience
  • Knowledge or willing to expand knowledge on other applications (example: OnBase and Taulia desired).
  • Proven End-User perspective knowledge of the SAP system
  • Ability to distinguish between technical and process problems and/or solutions
  • Ability to use Service-Now, Microsoft Teams, Sharepoint, Project management tools, Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint to identify, solve and communicate results
  • Experience operating in a business capacity within one of the SAP major areas of concentration
  • Experience interfacing with consulting resources to solve business issues
  • Effectively work with technical and business people
  • Ability to research using the Internet and other sources to identify solutions to business issues
  • Must have excellent communication skills
  • Must be able to express self well, verbally and in writing
  • Ability to have acute understanding that other people within the business depending on your services, and know how to respond to that dependency. This may be via acknowledgement, updates and problem resolution
  • Ability to understand the logic flow of programs and forms is advantageous

Work Environment

  • Working conditions are normal for an office environment
  • Occasional travel up to 10%

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.

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