Operations Systems Engineer

Overview

Great brands reflect culture. The best ones help shape it. At Foot Locker, we’re rooted in sport, powered by style, and driven by the communities that move both. From Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker to Champs Sports, WSS, and atmos, our brands sit at the intersection of sport, style, and self-expression.

Great brands reflect culture. The best ones help shape it. At Foot Locker, we’re rooted in sport, powered by style, and driven by the communities that move both. From Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker to Champs Sports, WSS, and atmos, our brands sit at the intersection of sport, style, and self-expression.

As part of the DICK’S Sporting Goods family, you’re backed by the resources, reach, and career opportunities of a world-class sports company. That unleashes Foot Locker to keep pushing forward with the agility and edge that define the brand. We’re looking for great people who want to influence culture and the generation that is shaping what’s next.

Whether you’re building strategy, shaping innovations, or creating unforgettable customer moments, you’ll contribute to decisions and experiences that define our brands’ impact in the communities we serve.

Come change the game with us.

This position will sit onsite at our Junction City Distribution Center.

• Develop and maintain expert-level knowledge of system functions, configuration options, operational workflows, and integration touchpoints.
• Learn and understand WMOS configuration, including wave templates, allocation rules, batching logic, putaway/picking strategies and pack/ship flows.
• Drive overall performance, configuration improvement, and stability across WMS, WES, and WCS platforms.
• Analyze system behavior and operational workflows; identify opportunities for optimization, reconfiguration, or enhancement to increase throughput and reliability.
• Work with GTS resources to provide details and examples of issues in support of incident ticket initiated by Operations teams.
• Develop, maintain, and update Business Requirements Documents (BRDs) for new features or operational changes.

• Participant in functional testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Design and maintain test scripts, validating end-to-end process integrity across WMS-WES-WCS integrations.
• Partner with vendors (e.g., Manhattan, Fortna, Trew/TKO, Beumer) to manage enhancements, monitor roadmaps, and resolve high-impact issues.
• Maintain documentation on systems, integrations, infrastructure, and support procedures.

• Support for distribution center operations, diagnosing complex issues across WMOS, WES, and WCS.
• Conduct root cause analyses (RCA) and define corrective actions (CA) for recurring issues.
• Balance proactive system monitoring with rapid response to production incidents to ensure operational continuity.

• Write SQL queries to troubleshoot system behavior, generate analytics, and pull operational data.
• Partner with data teams to develop and enhance dashboards
• Perform analytics to support operational decisions, system enhancements, performance metrics, and cost/benefit evaluations.
• Deliver ad hoc reporting and insights to Supply Chain leadership.

• Lead communication across Engineering, Operations, IT/Global Technology Services, and vendor teams to ensure alignment on initiatives, statuses, and priorities.
• Mentor and guide engineers, analysts, and operations teams in system usage, capabilities, and best practices.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, data-driven decision making, and customer-centric operational support.
• Drive process improvements using Lean principles and structured problem-solving methodologies.

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience with Manhattan WMOS preferred.
• 2+ years experience with WES and WCS platforms, ideally including Fortna WES, Trew/TKO WES, Cirrus or Beumer WCS.
• Advanced SQL and Microsoft SQL Server 2019 experience.
• Excellent…