Lead Applications Engineer SAP

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As our new Lead Applications Engineer (SAP) , you'll take a hands-on role leading engineering across a portfolio of SAP-aligned systems within a defined business domain. This role is key to strengthening technical leadership, improving consistency in how our applications are engineered and supported, and creating clear ownership across a growing estate. You'll support the design, delivery and ongoing stability of services, ensuring they are secure, reliable and well run, while enabling continuous improvement. Working closely with domain teams, platform services and our central Product function, you'll help bring structure and consistency to engineering delivery. This is a hands-on position, combining technical expertise with leadership, where you'll play a vital part in how we build, evolve and support our platforms. You will be responsible for Lead delivery across SAP and integrated systems within your domain Contribute to solution design, ensuring systems are scalable, maintainable and aligned to SAP principles Apply and maintain engineering standards and ways of working Plan and deliver change across the domain, ensuring safe, structured releases Work with Product teams and stakeholders to translate priorities into deliverable outcomes Ensure solutions are production-ready, supportable and aligned to best practice Maintain the stability, performance and reliability of services Collaborate with Service and Assurance teams to enable smooth handovers and effective support models Improve monitoring, documentation and knowledge sharing Provide day-to-day technical leadership, support and guidance to engineers Develop capability across SAP and associated platforms Promote a culture of ownership, quality and continuous improvement Manage dependencies across systems to support cohesive delivery Work collaboratively with stakeholders, Product and Engineering teams to deliver successful outcomes You will need Strong experience working with SAP and integrated enterprise systems A track record of supporting delivery of change within service-critical environments Good understanding of system integration, interfaces and enterprise platforms Experience mentoring or supporting other engineers in a collaborative team environment Ability to balance live service support with delivery of change Strong organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills Confidence working across teams and managing competing priorities Effective communication skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders Exposure to HR/Payroll, Finance, Customer, Product or Supply Chain systems (desirable) Experience working in governed or regulated environments (desirable) Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, as well as six support centre locations across the UK. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we're a place where Everyone's Welcome. We know life looks a little different for each of us. That's why at Booker and Best, we always

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