Senior Developer Robotics and Automation

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Immediate Superior: AMEE Regional Technology Lead
Location: Johannesburg or Cape Town 
Function: Digital & Technology
Sub Function: Digital & Technology - Operations
Type of Contract: Permanent 
Reference Number: 133458 
Closing Date: 09/04/2025   This role is part of the Global D&T department of HEINEKEN International and Specifically the AME Regional team, D&T is proud to bring cutting-edge innovation, strong technology, and advanced analytics to HEINEKEN. With speed and agility, we ensure HEINEKEN has the technological competitive advantages it needs to deliver on its ambition.    You will be part of the AME HyperAutomation Hub team (AHH), which is one of the regional hubs within the Technology stream. AHH is a fusion team focusing on embedding technology into business by identifying & implementing automation opportunities across HEINEKEN AME Operating companies, aligned with the governance and platforms offered by Global Smart Technologies team, which consists of different product teams specialized in RPA (MS Power Automate, UiPath), Low Code solutions (MS Power Platform, OutSystems), Cognitive AI.
As Senior developer R&A you have a primary task to develop, support, and implement different automation projects following global governance, you should have good experience in the application of standard software development principles. In addition, as an expert you would be supporting business stakeholders with automation identification, contribute in preparing, designing and refining the requirements to maximize value out of potential automation use case You will be working with our HEINEKEN business teams within our OpCos and Global products teams. As part of the team, you will also support hub team with internal projects like driving Proof of Value’s and process optimizations.   Key responsibilities:

• Develop, support, and implement new or existing applications using primarily Microsoft Power Platform (Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, Dataverse in compliance with HEINEKEN standards and guidelines.
• Ensuring optimum performance, availability, and security of solutions are in accordance with security standards and policies, having governance and control adhered in all stages.
• Liaise with business SMEs to be a point of contact for automation technical expertise, this can include contributing to: 
  • Awareness workshops
  • Ideation 
  • Deep-dives
  • Training
• Translating functional requirements of potential automations into technical designs and creating technical documentation.
• Integrate automation solutions with other global solutions and the HEINEKEN data lake.
• Deliver product enhancements with the allocated timescale and quality standards that minimize rework and aspire a zero-defect culture.
• Pro-actively exploring new technologies, products and features that can be combined with current toolkit.
• Contribute to Proof of Value’s and other internal team projects. 
• Actively participating in all the team agile ceremonies: daily scrum meeting, sprint planning, refinement, and retrospective

  Experience and Education: 

• You have Bachelor/Master’s degree, preferably in Business Informatics, Computer Science, Engineering.
• You have Power Platform certifications (PL200/300/400/500/600/ or 900) , OutSystems or other automation technologies.
• UiPath certification and experience will be advantageous.
• Hands-on developing experience working on Power Platform projects for at least 3-5 years.
• Successful record of automation projects implementation
• Interpret and design database models (SharePoint, Microsoft Dataverse, and SQL)
• Ability to combine different technologies in a single solution.
• Project Management skills, experience in leading independently automation projects.
• Supporting and coaching junior team developers
• Contribution into workshops facilitation and presentations
• Experience with supporting Team Leader, team coordination, workload management
• You take ownership of projects to ensure success.
• You can argue convincingly and make appropriate recommendations regarding the most suitable technology for business process / problem.
• You are analytical, structured and have great quantitative skills.
• You have excellent communication skills (both verbal and in written)
• You have the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical people.
• You are a great team player, and you can work effectively at all levels of the product team with the ability to influence others to move toward consensus.
• You can identify and understand multiple stakeholder perspectives and bring an open mind to understanding and build on the views of others.
• You have a can-do and hands-on attitude while dealing with some uncertainty in requirements & features to deliver MVP solutions.
• You are able to work in a high-pressure, dynamic and deadline driven environment with rapid release cycles.
• You have experience with working in an Agile environment.
• Preferably you have experience with working with additional technologies like OCR, IDP and/or Process Mining

Nice to have:

• Familiar with Azure DevOps

• Experience with the Python programming language

• Experience with scripting programming languages

 

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply. Heineken Beverages (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd) is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values inclusion and diversity. You must be fully eligible to live and work in South Africa to apply.