Senior ERP Specialist-Business Solutions (18 Months Contract)

Requisition ID: 186482

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: Business ERP Program

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: Ontario; Alberta; Nova Scotia

City: Mississauga / Calgary / Stellarton

Location: Tahoe Office, Calgary Office, Foord St. Office

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a 18 months contract opportunity for a Senior ERP Specialist-Business Solutions. This role can be based out of one our main offices including: Stellarton, NS; Mississauga, ON; Calgary, AB.

Here’s Where You’ll Be Focusing

As an Senior ERP Specialist-Business Solutions with Sobeys, you will:

• Responsible for collaborating with the Business Process Tower Leads for ensuring that the ERP business process design provide s an end-to-end view of steps, roles and
• interactions within and across teams and business functions, SAP modules, and other enabling systems and data
• Responsible for collaborating with the Business Process Tower Leads for ensuring that change impacts are captured within and beyond the functional teams
• Collaborates with all Leads to understand and document end-to-end business process integration points from each functional area; facilitates and contributes to cross-
• functional solution, testing and deployment discussions and relevant program activities (e.g., business process documentation, etc.)
• Collaborates with Business Analysts, Senior Business Analysts and Process Architects to scope and plan process work aligned with program/project needs
• Responsible for for supporting connections between Leads for all areas to enable an integrated solution; collaborates closely with the IT resources to relay the connection points between functional areas and help identify the testing and deployment integration points
• Responsible for contributing to defining, and tracking the activities for the business readiness scorecard for business process integration
• Actively identifies issues and risks and develops mitigation tactics; reports on integration status update during Lead’s meeting
• Provides support to Business Solution Lead on reporting systems integration status updates, issues, risks, mitigations to Steering Committee
• Provides support to Business Solution Lead to ensure that the integrations meet the business requirements and are in adherence with Sobeys methodologies and standards and regulatory compliance
• Supports cross-functional activities (e.g. meetings, workshops, etc.) pertaining to the integration of a new system with existing applications / systems
• Collaborates with Business Solution Lead, OCM Lead and Training Lead to develop content and train end-users on proper use and maintenance of the integrated systems; provide ongoing support to ensure adoption of new ways of working
• Responsible for contributing to cutover and hyper care planning and execution; contributes to cutover decision-making and participates in cutover and hypercare
• taskforce
• Responsible for collaborating with external stakeholders, including third party partners / vendors within the Program
• Collaborates with the Value Management Lead to identify, articulate and track business value delivered by the ERP Program, in alignment with the Program vision, objectives, and guiding principles as set by Program Sponsorship
• Collaborates with Program stakeholders (e.g. tower leads, business process owners, etc.) to identify areas where the ERP Program can create business value such as improved efficiency, reduced costs, and enhanced business processes.
  
  

What You Have To Offer

Your experience and resume will show us:

• Undergraduate Degree in computer science or Business and a minimum of 5 years experience in IT projects and processes.
• Experience in conducting IT process analysis, documenting “As Is” and “To Be” processes while applying best practices around process management.
• Experience in developing and deploying standard enterprise-wide process methodologies.
• Experience in large scale transformational programs. S/4 Retail ERP Transformation experience will be an asset.
• Retail industry experience preferred.
• Ability to apply technology and architecture principles to business strategies.
• Experience in working with outsourced service providers and vendor management.
• Strong communication skills: ability to communicate technical issues to help others make sound decisions.
• Comfortable with ambiguous tasks - giving them shape, context and defining a plan.
• Strong ability to build trusted cross-functional relationships.
  
  

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

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We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off
  
  

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.