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Lead Applications Engineer (SAP)
Job ref: 30992 Category: IT
1. Salary Competitive
2. Location Equity House Wellingborough
3. Contract Type Permanent
4. Hours 38
5. Closing Date 24 June, 2026
6. Business Unit Booker Group
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Equity House Wellingborough NN8 1LT
About the role
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.
Main Responsibilities
8. Lead delivery across SAP and integrated systems within your domain
9. Contribute to solution design, ensuring systems are scalable, maintainable and aligned to SAP principles
10. Apply and maintain engineering standards and ways of working
11. Plan and deliver change across the domain, ensuring safe, structured releases
12. Work with Product teams and stakeholders to translate priorities into deliverable outcomes
13. Ensure solutions are production-ready, supportable and aligned to best practice
14. Maintain the stability, performance and reliability of services
15. Collaborate with Service and Assurance teams to enable smooth handovers and effective support models
16. Improve monitoring, documentation and knowledge sharing
17. Provide day-to-day technical leadership, support and guidance to engineers
18. Develop capability across SAP and associated platforms
19. Promote a culture of ownership, quality and continuous improvement
20. Manage dependencies across systems to support cohesive delivery
21. Work collaboratively with stakeholders, Product and Engineering teams to deliver successful outcomes
You will need
22. Strong experience working with SAP and integrated enterprise systems
23. A track record of supporting delivery of change within service-critical environments
24. Good understanding of system integration, interfaces and enterprise platforms
25. Experience mentoring or supporting other engineers in a collaborative team environment
26. Ability to balance live service support with delivery of change
27. Strong organisational, analytical and problem-solving skills
28. Confidence working across teams and managing competing priorities
29. Effective communication skills, with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders
30. Exposure to HR/Payroll, Finance, Customer, Product or Supply Chain systems (desirable)
31. Experience working in governed or regulated environments (desirable)
What's in it for you
At Booker, along with being a great place to work and giving you an opportunity to get on in your career, we also offer the following fantastic package of benefits:
32. A Booker colleague card with 10% off purchases at Booker and double discount events up to three times a year.
33. After 3 months service, a Tesco colleague discount card with 10% increasing to 15% off most purchases at Tesco for a 4 day period after every four-weekly pay day, ie. thirteen times a year. In addition to 10% off at Tesco Cafe and 20% off all F&F purchases.
34. 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile for yourself, along with further great deals through-out the year.
35. Up to 30% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. Terms and conditions apply.
36. Free eye test when you spend £50 or more. You can also save 30% when you spend £50 or more on glasses, prescription sunglasses and contact lenses.
37. 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy.
38. Exclusive access to discounted RAC breakdown cover rates
39. An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including a cycle to work scheme.
40. After 3 months service, you can join our annual Save As You Earn share scheme which allows you to buy Tesco shares in the future at a discount.
41. Retirement savings plan (pension) - save up to 5% and Booker will match your contribution.
42. Life Assurance - You are covered for death in service life cover of up to three times annual pay
43. Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family.
44. A great holiday package