At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging and creating safe, inclusive spaces where everyone feels welcome-both here and Outside. We value individual differences and are dedicated to maintaining an inclusive work environment where everyone can bring the best of their experience and talents and truly thrive.
Position Purpose: In this role, the Sr. Programmer Analyst will be responsible for system configuration, development, integration, and ongoing sustainment of core Merchandising and Supply Chain platforms, including PTC FlexPLM and Blue Yonder supply chain solutions.
Overview:
These systems support how the business creates, develops, plans, forecasts, and manages product and inventory data across the enterprise. Candidates are expected to bring strong hands-on experience in at least one primary platform (FlexPLM or Blue Yonder) and demonstrate the ability and willingness to learn and support the other over time. While the primary focus is enterprise application configuration and development, there may be opportunities to contribute to data-driven and analytics initiatives in the future. This role also provides on-call support for all Merchandising and Supply Chain commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications (Blue Yonder, FlexPLM, VibeIQ, CLO3D, CLO-Set).
We offer:
Extraordinary employee experience
Flexible schedule
Working from home up to 5 days a week
Fitness subsidy
Education subsidy
3 paid days to enjoy outdoor activities
5 Personal/sick days
L.L.Bean employee discount
Asociación solidarista
Life and medical insurance
Company doctor
About the role:
Work collaboratively with IT partners and business stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of product, planning, and supply chain data across enterprise applications
Responsible for the ongoing health and sustainment of assigned platforms (FlexPLM and/or Blue Yonder), including monitoring performance, troubleshooting issues, and implementing enhancements
Configure and support COTS applications, integrations, and related tooling
Assist with technical content and execution of strategic projects demanding environment that covers multiple cross-functional areas.
Partner with vendors and implementation partners on configuration, development, and integration efforts
Prepare high-level solution designs and detailed technical specifications based on business requirements.
Prepare detailed specifications from which software packages are configured, integrations are made and/or programs are written.
Implement solutions through system configuration, integration, or custom development
Design, develop, test, debug, document, and maintain applications with a focus on performance and scalability
Collaborate with business area customers to design, develop, test, debug, implement, document and maintain applications.
Apply formal development methodologies and best practices
Develop and execute test plans for developed and purchased software; document results
Provide options for and estimates of viable solutions.
Participate in design and code reviews; contribute to development standards
Coordinate production problem resolution for assigned applications, including working with other technical teams.
Provide daytime and after-hours on-call support for FlexPLM, Blue Yonder, and other supported applications
Mentor and train less experienced team members
Adhere to security standards in support of PCI compliance
About you: Education Level: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related area. Years of Experience: 3+ Years in the role
English level: C1 (Advanced) Skills and Qualifications:
Leadership/Soft Skills
Flexibility, collaboration, negotiation, facilitation, natural curiosity to learn.
Develops respect and credibility within their team, IS and the business.
Can influence at multiple levels within LL Bean and with vendors.
Can effectively communicate with all levels of the business and IT from end-users and developers to managers.
Highly collaborative, effectively working with business and IS staff in the adoption, utilization, and support of software.
Sees the big picture, and how this role impacts the broader IS department and business.
Continually looks within and beyond their job, anticipating business needs and opportunities.
Excellent English language skills and comprehension
Initiative-taking, self-learner, and technically inquisitive
Technical Skills
Strong experience with PTC FlexPLM or Blue Yonder enterprise platforms
Critical thinking skills, development skills, systems analysis and design, program analysis and design.
Experience configuring and supporting large-scale COTS software
Integration experience across cloud and on-prem systems
Understanding of programming best practices
Ability to pick up new technical skills quickly.
Familiar with a "suite" of COTS software packages
System Integration Skills: Installation, deployment, customization, and integration.
Technologies:
JavaScript, Java, SQL, PL/SQL, REST, Soap, and Python
Databases: SQL Server, Oracle
Source Control and Issue Tracking tools (preferably GitHub, Jira)
API development and testing tools (e.g., Postman)
Methodologies:
Familiarity with both Waterfall and Agile system development methodologies.
Familiarity with overall practice of Requirements Definition, Systems Analysis and Design, Program Analysis and Design, Testing and Debugging.
TDD, Unit Testing, BDD
Additional Skills (Not Required, but a Plus):
Experience with forecasting, supply chain, and planning analytics
Experience with cloud-based applications and integrations
Experience with coding in object-oriented languages including, but not limited to Java, C#, JavaScript, or Python.
Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, SaaS computing model.
Project Management skills or experience a plus
Familiarity with Blue Yonder, FlexPLM, VibeIQ, CLO3D, or CLO-Set
Experience with Large Language Models
Proficiency in data science python libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, StatsModels, and Sklearn a plus.
General knowledge of supervised/unsupervised machine learning techniques. Experience with timeseries forecasting methods including statistical algorithms (such as Holt-Winters and AVS graves) and machine learning algorithms (such as MLR, GAM, and Prophet) a plus.
Experience with data wrangling, preparation, and cleansing for model ingestion a plus.
Knowledge of cloud-based data storage and hosting platforms such as Snowflake and Azure a plus.
Experience utilizing IT Service Management tools such as Service Now and Control-M
If you care about the outdoors, joining L.L.Bean is a great way to feel good about what you do. Our benefits package makes a good thing even better, with programs and perks designed to support your health and financial goals. Plus, maintaining a healthy work-life balance and re-charging outside are all part of the plan.
If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you'd be great at this role, we'd love to learn more about you! At L.L.Bean, we believe the outdoors brings out the best in all of us. We strive to reflect this every day in our commitments to employees and partners and in our efforts to promote belonging.
