SAP Quality and Automation Lead (Hybrid work schedule)

Position at Parts Town

See What We’re All About

As the fastest-growing distributor of restaurant equipment, HVAC and residential appliance parts, we like to do things a little differently. First, you need to understand and demonstrate our Core Values with safety being your first priority. That’s key. But we’re also looking for unique enthusiasm, high integrity, courage to embrace change…and if you know a few jokes, that puts you on the top of our list!

Do you have a genius-level knowledge of original equipment manufacturer parts? If not, no problem! We’re more interested in passionate people with fresh ideas from different backgrounds. That’s what keeps us at the top of our game. We’re proud that our workplace has been recognized for its growth and innovation on the Inc. 5000 list 15 years in a row and the Crain’s Fast 50 list ten times. We are honored to be voted by our Chicagoland team as a Chicago Tribune Top Workplace for the last four years.

If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves, go above and beyond and put your ambition to work, all while having some fun, let’s chat – Apply Today!

Perks

• Parts Town Pride – check out our virtual tour and culture!
• Quarterly profit-sharing bonus
• Hybrid Work schedule
• Team member appreciation events and recognition programs
• Volunteer opportunities
• Casual dress code
• On-demand pay options: Access your pay as you earn it, to cover unexpected or even everyday expenses
• All the traditional benefits like health insurance, 401k/401k match, employee assistance programs and time away – don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

The Job at a Glance 

Our SAP Quality & Automation Lead is the driving force behind testing excellence across our SAP landscape. In this role, you will own the strategy, execution, and continuous improvement of our SAP quality assurance and test automation programs, with Tricentis Tosca as your primary platform. You will build and lead a culture of quality across SAP project teams, ensuring that every enhancement, release, and system change is validated with rigor and confidence. Whether we’re deploying new functionality, integrating third-party systems, or migrating to S/4HANA, you will be the person who makes sure we get it right before it goes live.

A Typical Day 

Own the end-to-end SAP test strategy, including regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing across all SAP modules and connected systems.

• Design, build, maintain, and expand a robust automated test suite using Tricentis Tosca, ensuring broad coverage across SAP functional areas including SD, MM, PP, FI/CO, and GTS.

• Collaborate with functional and technical SAP teams during requirements gathering and design to embed quality considerations early in the development lifecycle.

• Lead and coordinate testing activities across project workstreams, including planning, scheduling, defect management, and stakeholder reporting.

• Partner with ABAP developers, solution architects, and business analysts to triage defects, validate fixes, and ensure root cause analysis drives lasting improvements.

• Establish and enforce test standards, best practices, and documentation templates including Test Plans, Test Cases, Defect Reports, and Test Summary Reports.

• Drive continuous improvement in automation coverage, test execution speed, and overall QA maturity across the SAP program.

• Mentor and guide team members and business testers on testing tools, methodologies, and quality best practices. 

To Land This Opportunity 

• You have a minimum of 6 years of experience in SAP quality assurance and testing, with at least 2 years in a lead or senior individual contributor role.
• You have hands-on, demonstrable experience with Tricentis Tosca for SAP test automation, including test case design, module scanning, and test suite management.

• You have Tricentis Tosca certification or experience with Tricentis Test Management for Jira (TM4J) and TricentisqTest (a plus) Neoload a must. 
• You have functional knowledge across multiple SAP modules (SD, MM, PP, FI/CO, GTS, WM/EWM) sufficient to design meaningful test scenarios and evaluate test coverage quality.
• Yourhave experience designing and executing integration test strategies for complex SAP environments involving third-party integrations via IDOCS, ODATA, CXML, CPI, or RFC calls.
• You have experience leading UAT efforts, including coordinating business stakeholders, managing test cycles, and driving sign-off decisions.
• You have experience testing in distribution or manufacturing SAP environments, including order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, and supply chain scenarios.
• You are familiar with SAP S/4HANA testing considerations and have experience supporting migration, upgrading testing cycles and enhancement deployment.
• You have experience with defect tracking and test management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Service Now.
• You can write, read, and interpret basic ABAP or scripting to support automation troubleshooting and test data management – full development experience is a plus, not a requirement.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting test results, risk assessments, and quality metrics to both technical teams and business leadership.
• You are highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple concurrent test workstreams without dropping the ball.
• You have a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• You love to work collaboratively with the team and believe quality is everyone’s responsibility – you’re here to lead that charge.

About Your Future Team

Our team’s favorite pastimes include corny jokes, paintball, and Guardians of the Galaxy. We like both dogs and cats, and we like coffee and tea…a lot (we’ll hear you out on whether Dunkin or Starbucks gets your vote). 

 At Parts Town, we value transparency and are committed to ensuring our team members feel appreciated and supported.   We prioritize our positive workplace culture where collaboration, growth, and work-life balance are celebrated. The salary range for this role is $120,722.12 to $176,414.35 annually) which is based on including but not limited to qualifications, experience, and geographical location.

Parts Town is a pay-forperformance company. In addition to base pay, some roles offer a profit-sharing program, and an annual bonus depending on the role. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) with match, employee assistance programs, paid time off, paid sick time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and professional development opportunities.

Parts Town welcomes diversity and as an equal opportunity employer all qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

We are an E-Verify employer.

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