Lead Applications Engineer (SAP) in Wellingborough

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.

About the role

• 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).

Benefits

• A Booker colleague card with discounts on purchases.
• A Tesco colleague discount card after three months of service, providing further savings on high‑street purchases.
• Monthly discount deals with Tesco Mobile.
• Discounted insurance and service offers through Tesco Bank.
• Free eye tests and savings on glasses and contact lenses.
• 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy.
• Access to discounted RAC breakdown cover rates.
• An exclusive deals and discounts website.
• Participation in our Save As You Earn share scheme.
• Retirement savings plan (pension) with a company match.
• Life Assurance covering up to three times the annual pay.
• Health and wellbeing support, including 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP.
• A generous holiday package.

About Us

Booker is the UK's leading food and drink wholesaler, serving independent retailers, caterers and small businesses. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, 8 distribution centres, 5 Best Food Logistics sites, and 6 support centre locations across the UK. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means we hope everyone feels represented and can be themselves at work. We welcome conversations about flexible working and are committed to an inclusive recruitment process. We’re proud that Booker is a Disability Confident Committed Leader.

Please note that we can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, warehouses, or driving roles. Some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date due to high applicant volume. We will offer individual interview feedback to candidates who attend an interview.