Below are the 2 Supply Chain Analysts, 2 Business Analysts & 5 Systems Analysts with various systems & industry experience. The Thor Group® provides supply chain analysts, business analysts & systems analysts with your SCM systems and industry experience on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Is impacting your organization with a supply chain analyst who worked in manufacturing, telecommunications and entertainment industries a current business consideration? Educational background is composed of AAS in Computer Electronics Engineering and BA in Information Systems/Supply Chain Management. Software skills involve JDA planning (AS/400), Oracle, PeopleSoft and SAP-ARIBA. This professional has a wide range of experience in strategic procurement & supply chain most recently, as senior supply chain analyst; working within various inventory & procurement management systems to analyze forecasted demand, vendor supply, and fulfillment requirements for supply chain operations.

While employed in a manufacturing company as a supply chain analyst, in charge of the support for both regional and global procurement activity for assigned facility, MRO and other NPP categories. Also, has assisted global commodity managers for non-manufacturing agreements to help improve current cost reductions/cost avoidance based on specific site utilizations. Some of the tasks were performing data analysis for MRO projects to find competitive pricing in multiple regions globally, as well as conducting reverse eAuction for janitorial supplies in Americas to realize $23,000 in cost reduction savings overall. Moreover, has carried out DM Management, master data management of new suppliers, catalogs, and product category codes required in new or existing SAP purchasing systems.

Part of the job as a strategic procurement/purchasing pro in a telecommunications company was maintaining CPE open PO reports for accuracy in due dates, JDA functionality output and accrual/outlook accuracy.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ a supply chain analyst with extensive work experience in a healthcare system? Educational background is composed of BA Business Management/Marketing. Technical skills involve PeopleSoft SCM, Lawson, ShoreTel, Lotus Notes, Outlook, Alpha, Aspen, Internet, SAP and Oracle.

Serving in a healthcare system as a supply chain analyst, maintained materials management database on PeopleSoft software system including the item master, item location, manufacturer codes, and requisitions. Other duties were facilitating the delivery of high quality customer service for immediate support and service needs. Part of the job was to manage service and supply contracts for fifteen hospitals in the Health System, as well as meet with vendors, negotiate contracts, and prepare RFPs. Additionally, was responsible for item set up, maintenance and updating system with new products as well as preparing rebate and compliance reports. Moreover, placed and verified purchase orders from electronic requisitions and computer order forecasts with assigned vendors for all hospitals.

As a commodity manager, developed and maintained partnerships with suppliers, both foreign and domestic. Furthermore, established supplier pricing for assigned products through RFQ and bidding process, including specification review, sourcing review, price negotiations, terms negotiations, and final contracting. Additionally, routinely reviewed copies of agreements and service contracts up for renewal and negotiated new contracts as necessary.

Could your organization use a senior business analyst who is experienced in a general hospital and a healthcare system, as well as proficient in PeopleSoft SCM and PeopleSoft HCM? Technical proficiencies cover PeopleSoft SCM, PeopleSoft HCM and Cerner. Educational background includes Bachelor’s in Interdisciplinary Studies.

Some impact contributions of this senior business analyst included analyzing the ERP data to increase profitability and reduce costs, as well as reviewing and testing various PUM/JIRA updates for Oracle PeopleSoft systems. This individual worked with new users of newly acquired hospitals to train them how to use the system, while also adhering to the supply chain guidelines. Key roles covered testing integration between Cerner and PeopleSoft, as well as working with OR staff for order fulfilment based on replenishment times. The job consisted of working with finance team to determine billable versus non-billable items, building of departments and accounts, as well as working through workflow approvals for items ordered by department.

Tasks covered working with recently acquired hospital OR/cath lab teams to train staff to replenish par areas, in addition to ordering special items for cases. Experience in training OR staff and multiple other areas of the hospital staff for order fulfilment, purchase order history and various other areas related to using PeopleSoft was applied. An additional role involved applying experience in supply chain working with inventory and warehouse teams to effectively reduce the amount of waste (expiring products) to keep what was necessary on hand, versus keeping bulk. An additional task covered working with different teams to determine best course of action when dealing with issues that were affecting all teams.

Could your organization use a business analyst who is experienced in IT services, manufacturing and business services industries, as well as proficient in Oracle SCM, Oracle EBS and Siebel? Technical proficiencies cover Oracle SCM, Oracle EBS, SAP and Siebel. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronics).

Primary tasks of this business analyst included handling relevant technical communication with the SAP technical team, as well as designing/ mapping business processes in Oracle Order Management and Advanced Pricing module. Programs were constructed per the supplied standards. Key roles covered designing, implementing and testing fix (for bug reports), while also addressing change requests to programs. Test plans were created and executed.

Contributions in another job involved analyzing and providing resolutions to issues reported by business users related to Order Management and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) modules. Interaction with users was done whenever clarification was required. The resolution was provided either via phone or through service request based on the nature of the issue. This individual provided functional input and user support to all network/ remote users. Presentations were prepared for the end users to ease their working pressure and reduce the fatigue jobs. Preparing documents of the transitions attended at the client site was part of the duties. Other technical skills covered Oracle Supply Chain Management function, Order Management, Inventory and Purchasing modules. Knowledge was shown in other Oracle App modules like Complex Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (CMRO), Pricing, Shipping Execution, Accounts Receivables, Bills of Material and Work in Process.

Is having a senior IT systems analyst who has experience in manufacturing and aerospace industries a good move for your organization? Software knowledge covers JD Edwards (JDE) SCM, JD Edwards Finance, JDE World/ OneWorld, SAP, ABAP, SQL/Oracle, MS Access, VBA, HTML, JavaScript Corena, Solumina, Lotus Notes, ACL, Adobe, and Macromedia Flash. The individual graduated with Master of Science in Management and Bachelor of Science in Information Technology.

In a manufacturing firm, this senior IT systems analyst designed and implemented JD Edwards security comparison tool to compare user profile. Part of the job was providing JDE purchasing module support for end users. Analysis was done to JDE support tickets and necessary changes were implemented to reduce support tickets. Another task was leading ACE activities such as standard work, value stream mapping, quality control and root cause analysis in the supply chain management group. Achievements included creating support reminder workflow tool which improved the support ticket disposition metrics.

Another position required acting as lead for JDE Finance accounts receivable/ accounts payable (AR/AP) module and user security implementation for a manufacturing plant, as well as project lead for AR commissions module in JDE AR OneWorld bundle-3 Upgrade. Waterline Project Planning application was created in MS Access for HS IT group. Aside from leading core finance workflow projects, the individual designed and implemented weekly status reporting system for IT finance tower.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this sr. SAP SCM system analyst with experience working in government, commercial services and transportation industries? Educational attainment is composed of BS Business Management. Professional certifications involve CERT: VA Contracting Officer and CERT: Software Asset Management. Technological know-how involves SAP Modules: SCM, MM, HR, IM, SRM 6.0 & 7.0, WM, and SAP Solution Manager 7.0 and 7.1.

Contributed to the organization by developing and validating exercise training data across 25 clients for Navy ERP customer as part of a multisite implementation of ECC 5.0, SCM 6.0, SAP modules. Serving in a government agency as a sr. SAP SCM system analyst, responsibilities included managing the creation of Enterprise, Local Fund & Generalized data across 25 training clients, as well as testing data across 25 training clients. This professional staged data across multiple clients for the following program areas: Incoming Funds, P-Card Holder, PR Creator, MILSTRIP, Manual Contracts, Manual Training PO, and Manual Funding.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by supporting the Purchasing and Inventory Management areas of the MM module. Acting as a SAP SCM system analyst in a commercial services company, performed analytical work to manage, regulate and coordinate the large scale, complex procurement of goods and services using SAP MM, SRM 6.0 and SCM. Other responsibilities included delivering trainings: purchasing, invoicing, goods receipt processing (Procure to Pay Scenarios), as well as using automated authoring and training tools.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this sr. systems analyst with experience working in a health network and a healthcare system? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Public Relations. Technical skills include Lawson S3 ERP v7.2.4 thru v10.0.1, Lawson RQC, EMSS, MSCM, EDI and PunchOut.

Contributed to the organization by being responsible for implementations/upgrades, maintenance, regulatory updates, security and support of Infor’s Lawson (v9.0.1); day-to-day application support of Oracle’s PeopleSoft (v9.0) and other applications including Omnicell Point of Use and IBM’s Maximo Enterprise Asset Management system. As a sr. systems analyst in a health network, has served as first point of contact to Finance, Decision Support, Materials Management and Procurement areas for technical and application support as well as partnered with 5 Application Support Administrators (ASAs) to resolve issues. Also, has analyzed business processes and created specifications for development of interfaces and custom solutions. Moreover, has worked with business units on new projects, assisted with test plan development, documentation and ensured compliance with IT standards.

Significant accomplishments included serving as a project leader and primary technical resource for projects: Lawson ERP Upgrade 7.24 to 8.0.3, Lawson ERP Upgrade 8.0.3 to 9.0.1, Bespoke VsysOne System for Volunteer Services, IBM Maximo Asset Management for Facilities/Biomedical Engineering, as well as Omnicell Supply Point of Use for Supply Chain and the OR, IRAD, and Cath Lab.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this systems analyst with work experience in semiconductor, confectionery and financial services industries? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Finance. Technical skills include Epicor SCM, ERP Administration and Development (Adage and Vantage), SQL Server Administration, SQL/T-SQL Development as well as SQL Integration & Reporting Services.

Contributed to the organization by maintaining Microsoft FRx and Epicor Advanced Planning databases. As a systems analyst, worked on Microsoft FRx utilizing ETL packages to pull data from main Progress database, as well as Epicor Advanced Planning pulled data from main Progress database using the Epicor application. Some of the tasks were migrating corporate intranet and Sales Order Configurator sites from SQL 2000 to SQL 2008, as well as creating and maintaining linked database (Progress SQL linked to SQL 2008). Part of the job was to maintain system for users in four countries, as well as move datacenter from California hosting site to Billerica and Shanghai.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by supporting Supply Chain department on weekly/monthly forecasting projections. Serving as an applications development manager in a confectionery company, created processes to track lot and non-lot controlled inventory throughout plant. Additionally, was responsible for new development to match evolving business processes (written in OpenRoad). Some of the tasks were handling daily maintenance requests by all users, as well as co-leading project in fact finding, planning and implementation of project objectives and goals.

What possibilities can recruiting a senior business analyst who worked in retail, manufacturing and construction industries offer your business? Technical background includes using JDA Software (particularly Warehouse Management or WMS), AS/400 and VBA. Other proficiencies are in querying, data analysis and control language use. This analyst was also trained as JDA Merchandise Management Systems Power User & Consultant. Membership is also with the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA).

Working in a company specializing in distributing paper products, this senior business analyst manager’s primary responsibilities include performing data analysis, forecasting and data variance investigations. Part of the job was providing 24/7 technical/ user support for US and UK JDA WMS programs. This manager traveled to the UK to implement JDA WMS into three distribution centers. Training was done for management and hourly team members in all functions of the JDA WMS, including receiving inventory, allocation, processing transfers/orders, shipping, and inventory checks/balances.

Another job in the same company called for analyzing JDA warehouse management systems to ensure that all jobs and files in the WMS were processing correctly. Contributions included creating inventory control programs using MS Excel complex formulas, VBA, SQL databases, and macros, which increased e-commerce production by 95% and web order audits by 75%, resulting in more production with less inventory variances.