• Job Description

  Req#: 5001048940406

  Company Summary

  Job Title

  Application Developer

  Location

  Amscan Inc. - Chester

  Full-Time/Part Time

  Full-time

  Job Description

  Company Overview:

  
  Party City Holdco Inc. (PCHI) is a global leader in the celebrations industry, with its offerings spanning more than 70 countries around the world. PCHI is also the largest vertically integrated designer, manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of party goods in North America.

  PCHI operates across multiple businesses within its Retail Division and Consumer Products Division. On the retail side, Party City (partycity.com ) is the leading omnichannel retailer in the celebrations category, operating more than 750+ company-owned and franchise stores. The Consumer Products Division includes design and manufacturing entity Amscan, an industry leader in celebration décor, tableware, costumes, and accessories.

  PCHI is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, N.J. with additional locations throughout the Americas and Asia.

  Job Overview :

  As an Application Developer, you will be responsible for analyzing and designing program logic to address changes in existing programs, developing new programs, and resolving program malfunctions. Your role involves preparing detailed technical specifications, design documents, and programming. Additionally, you will test and debug programs, participate in systems unit tests, and create or update procedural documentation. You will also be responsible for the implementation of programs. This role requires a top technical contributor who ensures the timely completion of projects, break-fixes, and adherence to service-level agreements.

  Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Maintains and alters existing application programs
  • Designs and writes new programs of moderate to high complexity and scope, working with applications systems designs and specifications utilizing standard procedures and techniques
  • Prepares programs requiring a wide variety and extensive number of internal processing actions
  • Develops analysis and design of systems and programs
  • Produces, tests, and documents program code
  • Analyzes source and content of data
  • Verifies coded logic by testing and correcting programs via unit tests
  • Integrates individual programs into existing job streams
  • Produces technical specifications from functional specification documents to include detailed flowcharts to show processing logic for programs
  • Assures compliance with defined internal standards and IT General Controls
  • Collaborates with core corporate business functions, including but not limited to Purchasing, Sales, Customer Service, Supply Chain, and Finance
  • Assists with order fulfillment for our online businesses, including Order Processing, Customer Service, Billing, Item Assortments, and partner inventory feeds
  • Supports DC Bypass, including Order Processing, Vendor Order Management, logistics partner integration, and Billing

  Skills Required:

  • Knowledge of IBM i ERP systems and development tools, primarily RPG and SQL.
  • Knowledge of SDLC processes and procedures.
  • Knowledge of the Office 365 suite or similar.
  • Demonstrates analytical thinking and troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to meet project deadlines.
  • Ability to be flexible and adaptable when dealing with change and work as part of a team

  
  Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, management information systems, related technical field, or relevant work experience.
  • 5+ years of Software Development required – RPG and SQL.

  Requirements

  Skills Required:

  • Knowledge of IBM i ERP systems and development tools, primarily RPG and SQL.
  • Knowledge of SDLC processes and procedures.
  • Knowledge of the Office 365 suite or similar.
  • Demonstrates analytical thinking and troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to meet project deadlines.
  • Ability to be flexible and adaptable when dealing with change and work as part of a team

  Req Num

  7913

• About the company

  Helping others create unforgettable moments is what we live for. That's why our team of party scientists create innovative products, brainstorm wild party ideas, and meticulously track trendy trends (unicorns are sooo IN right now). It doesn't matter if you're celebrating taco Tuesday or your grandma's 100th birthday, every party deserves to be extraordinary, especially when it comes to the Halloween season.

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