Sr. IT SAP Systems Engineer

Employee Type:
Full time

Location:

IL Oak Brook Job Type: Information Technology Job Posting

Title:

Sr. IT SAP Systems Engineer

Tree House Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At Tree House Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families.

We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future. Named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to “Engage and Delight – One Customer at a Time.” Guided by our values—Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together.

We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results. We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate. Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.

• Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period – you’re eligible from your first day!
• 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.
• Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).
• Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform – DevelopU – with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.
• An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals.
• Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
• Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior SAP Systems Engineer with 10+ years of hands‑on SAP Basis experience to provide technical leadership and operational support for a complex enterprise SAP landscape. The role will be responsible for the availability, performance, stability, security, and technical lifecycle management of the SAP technology platform. The position requires a strong technical professional who can independently manage day‑to‑day SAP Basis operations while also leading SAP upgrades, patching, performance optimization, security remediation, system refreshes, disaster recovery activities, and cloud initiatives.

The successful candidate will work closely with SAP Functional, Security, Infrastructure, Network, and external SAP managed service teams to resolve complex technical issues and deliver SAP projects. As an additional responsibility, this position will administer and coordinate the SAP Change Advisory Board (CAB) process, supporting SAP change reviews, approvals, documentation, and change management compliance. This is a hybrid position, requiring a combination of on‑site and remote work.

The candidate should be comfortable working in a collaborative enterprise environment, providing production support, participating in maintenance activities, coordinating SAP changes, and serving as a senior technical escalation point for critical SAP issues.

You’ll add value to this role by performing various functions including, but not limited to:

• SAP…