Systems Development Manager

McLane is one of the largest and most stable supply chain services leaders in the United States. We've been at the forefront of delivering retail and restaurant solutions for convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores, and chain restaurants for over 125 years. Our vision is to be an agile, innovative, and unified supply chain partner that delivers a superior customer experience, improves the lives of our teammates and community, and produces best-in-class returns.

The Systems Development Manager is a hybrid remote position which will require the candidate to report and work from the office three days a week. Therefore, interested candidates should be within a 50-minute radius from Temple, TX.

Responsible for application development activities utilizing Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application modules. Reviews, coordinates, and schedules development projects, support and maintenance activities and other related departmental requirements. Provides overall direction and guidance to assigned project resources and direct reports. Reviews and evaluates work of direct reports and prepares performance evaluations and related merit and bonus recommendations. Clearly and effectively communicates and reports information to leadership, peers and business stakeholders as required and needed to facilitate collaboration and effective delivery of solutions to McLane business.

BENEFITS:

* Day 1 Benefits available: medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA/HSA and company-paid life insurance.

* Get paid early. Get paid fast.

* 401(k) with annual company match.

* Paid holidays, vacation time, sick leave accrual, college tuition reimbursement, and more!

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Select, train and supervise Applications Development staff on Oracle team including Project Manager(s), Business Analyst(s) and Application Developers.

* Conduct performance appraisals for direct reports in a timely fashion and initiate merit and bonus administration.

* Conduct regularly scheduled team and 1:1 meeting to ensure open and clear communication with direct reports.

* Provide the guidance, support and continuing training necessary to ensure a highly qualified and capable technical staff.

* Take ownership and responsibility for all projects and support tasks related to the success of the systems assigned to Oracle team.

* Develop Applications Development and maintenance/support plans for team consistent with the development and maintenance life cycles o Included in these responsibilities are project and resource plans, on-call support schedules, budgets, team/department objectives, etc.

* Collaborate with other Applications Development Managers, Architects, and Directors to ensure that solutions are well thought-out and cohesive across the enterprise.

* Allocate team resources to support projects owned by Oracle team and projects owned by other teams based on the business priority.

* Review project control information on a regular basis to ensure that projects are on schedule and on budget and institute corrective action as needed.

* Facilitate the development of timely and well-designed solutions by promoting the selection, procurement and use of current and future/trending development tools and methodologies.

* Ensure the enforcement of Information Systems and company standards including Applications Development lifecycle, coding standards, project reporting, resource management, and sound systems development practices and methodologies.

* Guide the team in working with Oracle Support to resolve issues related to the functionality owned and supported by Oracle, should be able to coordinate Oracle Web Conferences and participate in escalation of Service Requests as needed.

* Communicate and coordinate with all areas of the Technology department (including Architecture, Computer Operations, Quality Assurance, Security, Information Technology/Infrastructure, Auditing and User Management) to ensure everyone is informed and aware of project priorities, schedules and support/maintenance needs.

* Communicate with Technology and Business leaders on a regular basis to establish project priorities, provide status updates and to resolve issues and concerns.

* Maintain a close working relationship with Business stakeholders to ensure that information needs are recognized, well developed and translated into meaningful and user-friendly solutions.

* Maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of the systems analysis, program analysis, and project management functions especially as related to Oracle e-Business Suite (EBS) applications Approximate % of time traveling: 15-25%

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

* Bachelor's degree with 10 or more years of IT Oracle EBS experience of which at least 3 years is with V12 or higher.

* At least 5 year of management experience within the Applications Development and/or technology solution delivery space.

* 12+ years if Oracle SCM Functional/Technical experience with at least 8 in R12.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

* Demonstrate effective people and project management skills and capabilities.

* Demonstrate understanding and ability to independently execute all the phases of the Applications Development Lifecycle including creation of business requirements, detailed design specifications, creation and execution of test plans, creation and execution of solutions implementation activities, etc.

* Demonstrate understanding of business functions and needs in an environment with many competing priorities.

* Demonstrate effective time management skills.

* Demonstrate effective trouble-shooting skills.

* Demonstrate ability to create own analysis tools and techniques to monitor and manage team performance.

* Exhibit strong positive professionalism and encourage others to do the same.

* Demonstrate a high tolerance for stress and pressure.

* Demonstrate business phone and email etiquette.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

* Office environment

Candidates may be subject to a background check and drug screen, in accordance with applicable laws.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.