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Your Opportunity as the Lead Developer, PLM

The J.M. Smucker Co. Commercial Operations organization enables people, process and/or technology solutions that support Concept to Commercialization capabilities and help our business perform, transform, and grow. The Lead Developer on the PLM team realizes this purpose by serving as a cloud developer specific to PLM, Formulation and Regulatory specific applications. This role requires in-depth knowledge of development languages, learning new cloud solutions quickly, excellent communication, the curiosity to solve problems and influencing junior developers. Being a part of the PLM Center of Excellence (COE) has built in direct relationships with internal business customers. This role is expected to build in depth knowledge of Formula/Commercial/Regulatory business concepts and end-to-end process flow.

Location: Orrville, Ohio (Close proximity to Cleveland/Akron)

Work Arrangements: Hybrid - onsite a minimum of 9 days a month primarily during core weeks as determined by the Company; maybe more as business need requires

In this role you will:

Deliver solutions:

• Participate as a heavy contributor to PLM specific development efforts and/or manage the technical delivery of medium to large projects, which may include directing other team members on development activities.

• Build work plans to complete required technical activities and align with architectural principles associated with the project.

• Design solutions across a set of PLM owned applications and integrations. This could include creating technical project deliverables such as high-level solution designs and technical specifications for a range of solution needs. This person will factor scalability, supportability, security, and re-usability of design.

• Build solutions involving complex and/or newer technologies, often requiring research and experimentation to complete. This person will apply varied delivery frameworks to achieve speed to value.

• Lead integration, performance, and load testing efforts, and help identify and implement opportunities for automation and AI use.

• Provides in-depth input on cutover planning and mock cutover exercises, striving for minimal disruption. This person will be consulted as a key resource during go-live activities and hypercare support.

Support and maintain existing solutions:

• Facilitate troubleshooting and fixes for complex software issues including performance.

• Facilitate development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

• Champion overall supportability of new capabilities and guide maintenance plans.

• Implement standards and continuous improvements for release/version management.

• Set expectations with business customers on delivery of ITP service performance.

Drive process excellence:

• Model quality and consistency in execution, seeking and providing feedback on what is working well and what is not.

• Implement improvements to development standards, code promotion processes and/or change management.

• Promote and identify reusable code opportunities to drive efficiency and standardization across development solutions.

What we are looking for

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of work experience as a developer, with either a Bachelor's Degree in a STEM discipline or specialized training in development/cloud development

• Experience with technical delivery in formal development roles across multiple technologies including cloud/SaaS

• Experience with entire software development lifecycle (SDLC)

• Experience delivering assignments independently within formal project frameworks (Agile, Traditional/Waterfall, DevOps)

• Broad knowledge of development languages, with proficient depth in Java, .NET or similar

• Advanced skills within enterprise toolsets for integration, reporting, process orchestration and/or scheduling

• Application of multiple data structures, algorithms, formats and integration methods

• Ability to evaluate, articulate, estimate and recommend design approaches for technical solutions in addressing complex concepts and requirements

• Ability to conduct integrated test scenarios, troubleshoot and debug developed code, and select best balanced alternatives in support of solution objectives

• Ability to train and mentor other resources on technical topics and delivery techniques

• Presentation and facilitation of technical topics with broad audiences

• Demonstrated ability to manage work across multiple resources (internal or contracted)

• Ability to implement modern IT concepts (Cloud Computing, Infrastructure as Code, DevOps) within domain

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):

• Experience in CPG industry

• Experience implementing or supporting Centric C8 PLM, Dassault Biovia 3DX, Dassault Biovia Science Cloud, Oracle P4P, and/or Genesis Nutrition

• Experience in Java, JavaScript, C#, SQL, XML/JSON, REST/ API Development

• Experience with data integration and ETL tools, particularly Kafka, Rabbit MQ, or SnapLogic iPaaS

• Experience developing solutions on major cloud service provider platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Experience with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) implementations within an integrated enterprise environment

• Experience in using AI for Process Improvement and/or enhanced development delivery

The Right Place for You

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