Supply Chain Applications Analyst

Description

SUMMARY:

The Supply Chain Application Analyst is an individual contributor position on the Supply Chain Planning and Analytics team, responsible for being the subject matter expert on key transportation management systems and supporting analytics vendor relationships. This role supports the transportation operations teams, and the technology development teams, requiring a deep understanding of logistics processes and the ability to efficiently translate operational needs into technical requirements.

In addition, this role analyzes the productivity of the current application landscape and both internal and external support structure, enabling leaders to provide recommendations improvement opportunities

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate with transportation operations teams to catalog how enterprise transportation applications function within operational processes, including the applications strengths and opportunities
• Support the transportation operations teams by translating operational pain points, requests, or needs into technical requirements
• Own the management of minor system projects, keeping the vendor, VS IT Teams, and VS Ops Teams focused and aligned
• Execute steady state configuration changes and updates within the system to meet business objectives
• Spearhead the system testing process on behalf of the business, include tasks such as defining the test cases and data requirements, developing testing scripts, organizing progress and defect communications, and executing the testing
• Manage the utilization and continuous improvement of Supply Chain Planning and Analytics Jira board
• Act as the “trusted advisor” for business operations teams, assisting with any system related SOP creation, associate training, recommendations for new opportunities
• Analyzes application and analytics landscape, identifying opportunities to streamline, standardize, or enhance cross-functional collaboration

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