Below are the 4 Business Analysts & 4 Systems Analysts with various systems & industry experience. The Thor Group® also provides business analysts & systems analysts with your SCM systems and industry experience on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this business analyst who is experienced in petroleum, technology and manufacturing industries, as well as proficient in JD Edwards SCM, JD Edwards World and Oracle? Technical competencies involve JD Edwards SCM, JD Edwards World, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Oracle, PeopleSoft and Kronos. Educational background includes BA/BS Degree in Business Administration/Information.

One of the important contributions of this business analyst involved analyzing the implementation of Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne across a multi-company environment. The job entailed designing new business processes, data conversion, system interfaces, RFSmart, Kronos, Optio /Transform Designer 5.2 form designing and implementing ERP/SCM solution for multiple locations including Houston, Minnesota, Canada, Dubai, Germany, Aberdeen, Singapore and Jakarta. This individual successfully implemented and currently supported client with warehouse/inventory management, sales order management, manufacturing processing and financial reporting.

Skills involved serving as a senior consultant in technical/application for implementing SCM distribution and manufacturing modules. Assistance was provided in interfacing the AutoCAD to JD Edwards work order system; support was also provided to the corporation. Functions involved managing the implementation of PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne, in addition to designing and implementing ERP/SCM solution for multiple locations. An additional role consisted of successfully implementing warehouse management, sales order management, manufacturing and financial reporting. Apart from providing support to the organization, one of the responsibilities covered developing the client day to day procedure and transferring knowledge to the client’s personnel. Other skills included general accounting, financial reporting, fixed assets, job cost, contract/service billing, accounts payable, procurement, warehouse management, inventory management and sales order management.

Does a senior business analyst with experience serving the IT and retail industries pique your interest? Technical background includes JDA Software (E3, Intactix, Arthur), SPI (Seasonal Profiling by Intellect), MMS, JD Edwards OneWorld, Rational Rose (RUP), Use Case diagrams, various estimation methodologies (Use Case point, Function point, Complexity based), Photoshop, Flash, Visio, Version Control (PVCS, CVS, Visual SourceSafe, Aldon), DB2/400, SQL Server, Oracle, J2EE, Web technologies and AS/400. Expertise is also in custom developed system integration/ implementation; client requirements study; gap analysis; estimations for system development; and other functions. In addition to a BSCM (Basics of Supply Chain Management) certification from APICS, this analyst is a Sun Certified Java Programmer for the Java 2 platform 1.4 with an additional IBM certification on Application Development with Websphere Studio V5.0.

Serving a mid-tier department store chain, this senior business analyst was in charge of implementation of JDA E3, SPI, MMS, and Arthur Allocation. Aside from preparing a project plan for system implementation, another duty was to conduct system testing, integration testing and participate in end to end testing for the entire retail portfolio applications (Arthur planning, Arthur Allocation, Retail Ideas, JDA MMS, JDA E3, SPI, Intactix, APM(Advertising and Promotion Management), Lawson). Contributions included taking care of issue resolution with the help of JDA customer support and in-house support team.

As business analyst for a large duty free retailer, responsibilities were for the design and implementation of the interface for third party store replenishment tool. Also carried out was the implementation of interfaces between the client system with warehouse system.

Could your organization use a senior ERP analyst who is experienced in a healthcare services provider, as well as proficient in PeopleSoft SCM, PeopleSoft Query Manager and Meditech? Technical proficiencies cover PeopleSoft SCM, PeopleSoft Query Manager, PeopleSoft PS / nVision for General Ledger Rel 9.2 Meditech, SQL Developer and Business Intelligence Publisher. Educational attainment includes Master of Business Administration in Industrial Marketing and Bachelor of Science in Computer Information System.

Primary tasks of this senior ERP analyst included spearheading the migration of SCM as well as finance data from Meditech to PeopleSoft 9.2 and timely troubleshooting ad-hoc issues. Resolving 500+ user requests was done by using ServiceNow to ensure seamless movement of PeopleSoft Supply Chain and Finance modules. Key roles covered developing 100+ ad-hoc PS queries for business users and 30+ reports via BI Publisher and fixing issues with nVision reports. The job involved adding 50 vendors to EDI transmission to process EDI 810 and 850 for improved data accuracy with less manual errors.

Contributions in another job involved managing data in Meditech Item Master by using MS VB Script and in MS SQL, in addition to using data repository. The vendor master was operated to monitor vendor performance and identify/ mitigate risk. Active functional/ technical support to non-clinical legacy systems and Meditech 5.X system was delivered. Assistance was provided in the utilization of ATSS payroll and time management system to ensure uninterrupted delivery of services. The Item Master and Vendor Master were optimized by reducing redundant items by 168K and vendors to 4K respectively. Areas of expertise included strategic planning/ analysis, database management, and process optimization.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this business analyst who is experienced in petroleum, manufacturing and technology industries, as well as proficient in Oracle SCM and Oracle EBS? Technical competencies involve Oracle SCM, Oracle EBS, Data Loader Pro, SQL Plus, TOAD and Java. Strengths covered having extensive experience in Oracle ERP e-Business Suite environment as a functional consultant, lead and project manager for Oracle EBS (R12/11i) in Manufacturing and SCM modules. Educational attainment includes Master of Science in Computer Science and Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science.

Focus of this business analyst was on the use of Oracle SCM, INV, PIM, RICE, and PO. Important tasks included analyzing the current functionality and understanding the client’s need to propagate data. Skills involved conducting several review sessions with key business users to gather detailed requirements and gaps, as well as developing and maintaining BR-100, MD-050 and TE-040 for all RICE components affected. This individual conducted technical discussion and review sessions with technical development team to communicate requirements and change requests on custom programs from the business. Responsibilities consisted of managing all INV and PIM RICE components, in addition to handling enhancements to audit transactions sent to CATS.

Key roles involved executing functional, integration and performance testing of INV, PIM and audit RICE components. Setting up the attribute group and catalog for new CFAS Attributes in PIM, in addition to assessing business rules required for validation of those attributes were included in the list of duties. Designing the interfaces that interacted from PIM to other modules was also completed.

What opportunities can employing a senior JDE systems analyst who worked in professional services, petroleum and technology industries give your organization? Proficiency in computer systems included JD Edwards (JDE) SCM, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (E1), JD Edwards World, Salesforce, SAP BusinessObjects, AS/400 DB2, MS SQL Server, and MySQL. The professional has a proven track record of evaluating, planning, and implementing applications to support an organization’s immediate needs as well as longer-term growth requirements. Educational background includes BS in Marine Engineering.

Duties of this senior JDE systems analyst involved managing JDE upgrade and data migration. The job called for leading a project to convert ERP 8.0 data and merge with current E1 9.0 environment. A technical solution was provided to transfer custom objects B7334 to current spec release. A project to migrate ERP 8.0 data and custom spec to E1 9.0 was planned. Tasks involved proposing environments configuration, resources plan and task plan, along with providing technical support to complete system data, control table and business data analysis. Solutions were defined to merge ERP 8.0 based on E1 9.0 configuration and next numbering. The job required designing and building standardized data integration/ETL process flow between JDE and 3rd party applications. The individual built interface between JDE and employee recognition program.

Part of another job was collaborating closely with business teams of finance, supply chain, human resources, and IT personnel to achieve this goal while maintaining the ability to audit and trace data particularly for financial compliance. The job called for collaborating with financial, supply chain and human resource users to review functions along with migrated data.

Would a detail-oriented system analyst with experience working in a general hospital and a healthcare system fit in your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Engineering. Technical skills involve Lawson SCM, SQL (Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server, including creating and loading tables, views), Crystal Reports, Unix, Perl, Java, HTML, C+, ProC, Cobol, XML, VB, CICS, JCL, and IMS.

Some accomplishments included supporting all Lawson Applications, Security, Business Intelligence, Supply Chain and Crystal Reports. While employed in a general hospital as a system analyst, provided DB2 access and query support, as well as set up team access to connect and use TOAD to run SQL. Some of the tasks were doing SQL tuning using TOAD to provide faster queries, as well as supporting apps using VB. Moreover, served as a lead technician for development, enhancement and maintenance of Lawson programs and queries. For an AS/400 shut down project, acted as lead for project and defined what will be archived, where data will be stored and setup user access. This professional created tables to store the data using SQL and wrote queries, programs and reports to allow the users to view or update the data.

Shared expertise by performing programming, SQL debugging, modification and enhancements, as well as Lawson Security roll out support. While working in a healthcare system as a system analyst, supported Oracle 10 database queries, updates and stored procedures.

What contributions could a systems analyst with experience working in education, metal fabrication and IT solutions industries bring to your organization? Educational background consists of Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Business Administration. Technical skills consist of Epicor, Lawson, Vantive and Business Objects. Professional certifications involve AMA-Information Technology Project Management and Basics of Supply Chain Management (APICS).

Challenges like working on a 9-month project that involved a migration from Lawson to Epicor Financials were welcomed and successfully completed. While working in the education sector as a systems analyst, participated in Package Selection, Requirements Definition, Business Process Analysis and related Re-engineering as well as Change Management activities. Also, was responsible for reporting project status and managing budget and project schedules. Other duties were participating in the application training, and setup, as well as presenting the project plan and methodology to the chief executives of the company.

Shared expertise by partnering with project teams and internal customers to gather, analyze, synthesize and document functional requirements. This application analyst was responsible for the financial ERP system Lawson and Epicor. Part of the job was to support CRM application (Vantive) and enterprise reporting (Business Objects) activities. Some of the tasks were assisting with the creation and delivery of user training within these applications. This individual engaged in the documentation for Sarbanes-Oxley 404 IT control audits.

What contributions could an SAP SCM analyst who worked in technology software, computer hardware and commercial services industries bring to your organization? Software skills include SAP-SCM (Supply Chain Management), SAP-SD (Sales and Distribution), SAP-EDI/IDOCS (Electronic Data Interchange) and SAP-MM (Materials Management).

Challenges like providing BPO SAP application support and functional MM configurations for the hydrocarbon bulk purchase and sales model were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. Concentration was on the Purchase to Pay procedure. While working in a commercial services company, configured MM enterprise structure elements, including new plants/terminals and service fees, as well as coordinated with FI/CO and SD to integrate configurations.

Shared expertise by serving as a SAP SCM analyst responsible for providing BPO SAP technical and business process support analysis for oilfield supply chain management. While employed in a technology software company, managed configuration of MM, IM, WM modules in SAP 4.7, as well as provided 24 hour on-call support rotation for MM WM issue analysis and resolution. Moreover, monitored goods movements and resolved inventory movement issues within WM, as well as provided post Go-Live production & maintenance support for SAP 4.7 onsite at two satellite client sites. This professional documented and provided training for client specific SAP MM WM IM support processes.