Application Architect - Manhattan Active Warehouse Management

Thornton Tomasetti; Waukegan (IL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan with strong employer 5

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Abbott's Waukegan, IL location seeks an Application Architect for Manhattan Active Warehouse Management. The role requires deep MAWM expertise, configuration, and integration strategy to deliver cost-effective warehouse solutions and optimize operations.

The candidate will lead technical directions, collaborate with functional teams, and oversee testing, deployments and performance monitoring within MAWM environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business administration or related field.
• 8+ years' experience in full life cycle of WMS projects and warehouse processes.
• Hands-on MAWM configuration, extensions and SCI reporting.
• Experience with SAP integration and interfacing legacy/non-SAP systems.

Responsibilities

• Partner with functional groups to assess business needs and document requirements.
• Provide technical advice on adoption/integration of new technologies and business impact.
• Develop technical solutions and advise on costs and risks.
• Serve as Manhattan Active functional configuration expert to develop and implement capabilities.
• Configure modules to design optimal solutions; lead performance monitoring and upgrades.
• Evaluate MAWM notes and upcoming releases; lead adoption discussions.
• Drive operational improvements and guide the technical team to meet objectives.
• Develop standards, publish findings and ensure policy compliance.

Skills

MAWM configuration

Manhattan Active Warehouse Management

ProActive extensions

Configuration Director tool

SCI reporting

SAP integration (non-SAP better)

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/engineering/business or related

Tools

MAWM

ProActive

Configuration Director

SCI reporting tools

SAP ECC / S4HANA integration

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life.

Benefits

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Opportunity

Our location in Waukegan, IL. currently has an opportunity for an Application Architect - Manhattan Active Warehouse Management.

This Manhattan Warehouse Management Solution (MAWM) configuration specialist will provide in-depth technical expertise and direction in the development and support of client area application systems/programming requirements and processes. For various size projects and system changes, they oversee and directly contribute to development and implementation of cost-effective solutions.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Partner with the functional groups to assess business needs utilizing structured interview processes to establish business priorities and document clear requirements
• Conduct investigation and collaborate with other technical subject matter experts to provide technical advice on adoption or integration of innovative technologies and corresponding business impact.
• Develop alternative technical solutions; advise on options, risks, costs and benefits, and impact on other business processes and system priorities.
• Serve as a Manhattan Active functional configuration expert to develop, test and implement significant new capabilities.
• Configure applicable module(s) to design optimal solution.
• Review, validate and enhance design, conduct performance monitoring and capacity planning; install, test and upgrade releases and associated products.
• Evaluate Manhattan Active notes, new functionality, and upcoming releases for assigned modules.
• Recommend operational improvements or devise innovative approaches to technical or process issues to meet business objectives.
• Develop, motivate, and provide direction to technical team in a way that facilitates the creation of a team environment and enables team to fulfill the department's operation objectives.
• Lead in the development of standards and procedures and publish/communicate findings via IOI’s, presentations, white papers, etc.
• Comply with all applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

• Required Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, business administration or another relevant discipline 8+ years’ combined experience in Information Technology, Computer Science or Computer Engineering in each of the following:
• 8+ years' experience in full life cycle of WMS projects.
• 8+ years' experience of Warehouse processes module design, configuration, testing, including:
• Hands on experience in configuration, extensions, SCI reporting of Manhattan Active Warehouse solutions (MAWM) and Warehouse Master data Warehouse: Inbound receiving, inventory management, put away, Quality inspection, picking, packing, and shipping and Integration to related warehouse Processes and peripheral solutions
• Supply chain systems implementations, development, configuration, and support including warehouse management systems (WMS), warehouse control systems (WCS), and material handling equipment (MHE) Planning methods and deep knowledge of various strategies
• Experience with peripheral systems and equipment such as label printing solutions, printers, scanners, MHE equipment such as conveyors, PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers), pick by light solutions
• Sound knowledge of interface mapping and integration with legacy/3rd party applications that support the warehouse eco-system.
• Handling and Storage Unit Management
• Experience in facilitating resolution of cross-team integrated topics
• Expertise in identifying root cause through analysis
• Strong understanding of Technology teams and processes
• Understanding of business operations and how they relate to customer support
• Experience and knowledge in integrating SAP with non-SAP systems, including internally developed and off-the-shelf software.
• Preferred
• Hands-on experience configuring and supporting Manhattan Active Warehouse Management (MAWM)
• Hands-on experience developing MAWM extensions with Manhattan’s ProActive developer tool
• Hands-on experience deploying MAWM configurations and extensions between environments using Configuration Director toolset
• Hands-on experience or working knowledge of SCI reporting with MAWM
• SAP ECC and S/4 HANA integration knowledge.
• Experience managing individual assignments within large WMS implementations strongly preferred
• Cloud based implementation and strongly preferred
• Misc: This is an onsite role at Abbott locations in IL. This is not a remote role/opportunity.

The base pay for this position is $113,300.00 – $226,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: IT Services & Solutions Delivery

DIVISION: BTS Business Technology Services

LOCATION: United States > Waukegan : J46

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: United States > North Chicago : K02

WORK SHIFT: Standard

TRAVEL: Yes, 20 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

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