Staff Engineer - Supply Chain Technology

Established in 1928, Genuine Parts Company is a leading global service provider of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added solutions. Our Automotive Parts Group operates across the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australasia, France, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal, while our Industrial Parts Group serves customers in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia. We keep the world moving with a vast network of over 10,700 locations spanning 17 countries supported by more than 63,000 teammates.

About the Role

Seeking world-class talent to join the world’s leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added services operating 5,500+ locations and servicing more than 20,000 locations in the U.S and Canada. This role will function as the Staff Engineer for Supply Chain to build the next generation Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) encompassing Transport Management Systems (TMS) at GPC. As an engineering leadership role, you will provide technical delivery of WMS and TMS applications, working with a highly talented team to build and run one of the world’s largest automotive and industrial replacement parts operations.

This individual must be a technologist and engineer at heart, comfortable enabling new technology and hands-on execution of strategy. They must exhibit a deep understanding of modern technology stacks (Cloud) and agile delivery models, with a demonstrated focus on customer experience and a proven track record of modernizing technologies. Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, techniques, and technology with the ability to apply them in solving business problems is required. Exceptional abilities in building and maintaining strong working relationships, organizational savvy, and high-level communication and presentation skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and build-out of various functions of Warehouse Management and Transport Management Applications on the Manhattan Active platform (MASC).
• Lead technical implementation of the Manhattan Active Warehouse Management and Transport Management systems.
• Review business context for solutions to company challenges, define the vision and requirements for solutions, recommend potential options, select the most optimal option, and develop a roadmap for the selected solution.
• Initiate both group and one-on-one meetings with senior management to gain a clear understanding of business drivers, functional requirements, and solutions.
• Collaborate with external consultants, vendors, and partners in building architecture roadmaps and solutions.
• Lead design and architecture discussions for IT platforms, engaging with other staff engineers and engineering teams across different business units to ensure secure and scalable solutions.
• Use AI tools and technology with an ‘AI first’ mindset to solve business problems.
• Direct the identification and recommendation of appropriate solutions, upgrades, replacements, or decommissioning options incorporating business and technology productivity, usability, and total cost of ownership.
• Communicate the architecture to stakeholders and collaborate with existing domain architects in the formalization and adoption of IT standards and procedures.
• Lead architecture, design, and code reviews with engineering teams.
• Provide oversight on delivery to ensure industry best practices, standards, automation, quality, timeliness, operational readiness, continuous improvement, and cost-effective solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to lead engineers and the technical team within a WMS domain.
• Participate in support calls as needed and ensure production issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Travel as necessary to distribution center locations to support go-live initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering fields, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 8 years’ (12+ preferred) experience in software engineering and technology, specifically in Warehouse Management applications.
• Experience in implementing WMS/TMS applications (e.g., Manhattan – MASC (preferred), JDA, Oracle).
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and time spent outside of comfort zone acquiring new skills.
• Technically creative and open-minded.
• Enterprise-level software development experience (non-academic) with demonstrable experience in Java, REST, SOAP, Spring Cloud, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, NoSQL, Containerization, and Security.
• Experience in building and operating applications running on Public cloud environments (GCP) including DevSecOps practices.
• Knowledge of AI tools and techniques to solve business problems.
• Experience running high-throughput, low-latency, end-user-facing microservices.

Location

GPC has two work locations to choose from: Duluth or Atlanta office. We offer a Flexible Work Policy that permits eligible employees to work a hybrid remote schedule.