Below are the 5 Supply Chain Analysts, 4 Project Managers & 4 Systems Analysts with JDA SCM & other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides supply chain managers, supply chain planners, product managers, software engineers, business analysts, functional consultants, developers and JDA implementation consultants with your industry & other systems experience on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

What contributions could a supply chain analyst with vast experience working in a distribution company bring to your organization? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Science in Operations Management and Information Systems as well as Master of Business Administration. Technical skills involve JDA WMS, Access, Business Objects, ASP.Net, SQL, and VB.NET.

Challenges like developing distribution solutions using Access, Business Objects, ASP.Net, SQL, and VB.NET development tools were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. Serving as a supply chain analyst-JDA WMS Super User) in a distribution center, has implemented and supported approved activities to increase supply chain value as related to the DLx and WMS application. Some of the tasks were guiding corporate technical resources and providing work direction for other analysts. Also, this individual was a 3M Six Sigma Green Belt trained and handled team projects resulting in $670,000 dollar savings.

Shared expertise by providing 3M oversight for 3rd party operation to ensure Systems and SOX compliance. Acting as a supply chain-technical/primary contact for site IT infrastructure, has created and analyzed data from multiple sources relating to key performance metrics. Moreover, has served as an Active Directory Administrator, JDA WMS site lead, as well as coordinated facility infrastructure move to new building. Furthermore, has functioned as a member of JDA WMS US implementation team, four successful warehouse implementations.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ a supply chain analyst with work experience in a healthcare system? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Technical Management with Concentration in Project Management and Masters in Networks & Communications Management. Professional certifications involve Six Sigma Green Belt Certification. Software skills consists JDA, SAP, Manugistics TMS, Oracle, PeopleSoft & OBIEE, QlikView BI and Minitab. Core competencies involve Business Support, BI Dashboard & Analytics, Financial Analysis, Data Mining, Forecasting, Vendor Management and Supply Chain Optimization.

Serving in a healthcare system as a supply chain analyst, has ensured the accuracy of cost analysis and that the data was efficiently & effectively reported out for strategic decisions and cost savings initiatives. Some of the tasks were supporting procurement analytics, rebates, audits and ad-hoc financial modeling, as well as analyzing large volumes of data & financial activities using Excel modeling (VLOOKUP, pivot tables, advanced formulas, macros, etc.) including contract processing and presenting results in a clear and understandable manner. This specialist has innovated and implemented a warehouse & par optimization tool across 21 hospitals that supported a companywide initiative resulting in balancing supply to demand, while reducing cost and operating at maximum efficiency.

As a regional planning manager, has spearheaded the cross-border optimization project streamlining the supply & demand amongst US & Canada while leveraging America’s resources, resulting in a synergy savings of $2.4M. Furthermore, has supported the supply chain department with business intelligence (BI) analysis and strategic & tactical planning, resulting in a 19% increase to the customer mapping compliance reported.

Would a detail-oriented supply chain analyst with work experience in distribution and telecommunications industries fit in your organization? Educational background is composed of BSBA Major in Finance and MBA with Specialization in Supply Chain and Strategic Management. Technical summary consists of JDA, AS/400, PIM, SMART, Cost Maintenance/Unique Purchase Order Tool, CrossLoop, LogMeIn System, MLS & PrimeAccess, Active CMA/Real Fast, ARGUS valuation software, HOGAN and Wizard. Other expertise involves forecasting, procurement, and purchasing through supply chain and inventory management, from comprehensive data analysis and querying.

Some accomplishments included improving supply chain processes; inventory optimization and supply chain and operations forecasting, processing transfer orders and purchase orders; as well as recommending inventory item purchases. While working in a distribution company as a buyer/supply chain analyst, has updated records on purchase orders and vendors internally via Oracle ERP, as well as worked on requirements gathering and documentation. As a business analyst-contractor in a communications company, has developed and performed detailed customer audits that identify revenue recovery and cost savings opportunities. Also, has isolated and researched negative or non-optimal margin services, as well as analyzed the business drivers, determined root cause and worked with functional and business teams to resolve issues.,

Shared expertise by carrying out data mining and extraction via queries of JDA, as well as data analysis and performance report creation. While employed in another communications company as a supply chain analyst, has improved supply chain processes; inventory optimization and forecasting. Furthermore, has managed distribution channels of telecommunication handsets and accessories for company owned stores and national retailers via JDA/SQL/Excel/Access/PowerPoint/Outlook/PIM.

How can a supply chain analyst who worked in retail and transportation industries help your organization? Technical proficiencies involve JDA, SAP, Mainframe, Roadnet, Territory Planner, Mobilecaste, Oracle, Citrix, AS/400 and WMS. Areas of expertise include Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Continuous Improvement, Program Management, Relationship Management, Strategic Analysis & Planning, Training & Facilitation, Operations Management, Contract Negotiations as well as Process Design & Administration. This individual is an accomplished and dedicated professional skilled in supply chain management and materials logistics.

Working with challenging issues such as overseeing supply chain operations within the delivery centers shipping and receiving functions for $20M in annual deliveries from 25 major delivery centers, encompassing 38 satellite operations and 224 routes per day have vetted this specialist’s work experience. As a supply chain analyst in a retail company, has cultivated relationships with and managed the performance of third-party logistics service providers. Also, has spearheaded the development and implementation of key continuous strategies resulting in reduced costs, enhanced shipment accuracy, slashed annual transportation-spend, and increased service levels.

With a “can do approach” in the area of overseeing the operational delivery of a nationwide logistics service supporting a $3.8B global office products and services supplier have been career objectives. Acting as a senior transportation analyst, has provided supply chain leadership and guidance in the management of logistics, ocean/surface transportation, container administration, and domestic product distribution. Furthermore, has administered the logistics of 55 inbound routes of replenishment deliveries for 2K retail locations.

Would hiring a supply chain analyst with work background in retail and nonprofit industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Associate of Applied Science. Computer skills involve JDA, as well as Unisys A 17-I Mainframe and NX 48822-32 computer systems.

Acting as a supply chain analyst in a retail company, has managed a $30M open to buy inventory budget on a yearly basis, worked with automated inventory reconciliation processes and support documentation, as well as generated and tracked merchandise purchase orders from vendor to the respective distribution center. This professional has established weekly routine with business unit team members including Merchant, Planner and Allocation Analyst. Some of the tasks were maintaining accurate and up to date files and correspondence documentation, utilizing time management skills to ensure the service level requirements are met for each item on a weekly basis, as well as communicating with distribution centers on problem resolutions. Also, has performed inventory accuracy and balancing.

While working as an administrative assistant- merchandising, has provided administrative assistance and management support services to company’s Merchants and Store Operations. Additionally, has worked with company’s merchant teams to assist with clerical tasks and data entry related to specific merchandise department of the company.

How can a senior project manager with experience working in software, telecommunications and data systems industries help your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BS in Industrial Management and MBA. Professional certifications involve PMP (Project Management Professional) Certification. Software proficiencies involve JDA, Clarity tool, as well as programming experience in Assembly Language, FOCUS RDBMS, and Clarion. Background also includes commercial software development and design, both independently and for JDA Point of Sale (POS) applications. Experience includes multiple recent JDA Cloud implementations primarily using Oracle and MS SQL Server Databases, often with interfaces to JD Edwards, SAP and other ERP systems. This professional has received a nomination for JDA Performer Award based on performance in managing large complex implementation of JDA software product set for a major client.

Working with challenging issues such as focusing on managing Category Management, Demand/Fulfillment, Point of Sale and Sales and Operations Planning projects have vetted this specialist’s work experience. As a senior project manager in a software company, has managed multiple concurrent implementations of projects for national retail and manufacturing clients. Projects required management, scheduling and coordination of development and implementation tasks for project team members from both the US and India. These projects were primarily JDA Cloud implementations.

With a “can do approach” in the area of managing projects for different product areas including end to end implementations for both JDA and non-JDA clients utilizing established JDA and other PM methodologies have been career objectives. Clients included retailers and manufacturers with primary work supporting Retail Operations. Furthermore, has returned to JDA in 2013 as Full-Time Senior Project Manager based on recommendation from the JDA Vice President of Consulting.

Would hiring a project manager with work experience in retail and software industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of BA course. Areas of expertise involve JDA retail systems (MMS) training: warehouse management, purchasing cost management, MMS analyzers, MMS technical, advanced logging, SDI and Sales Audit. Technological proficiencies consist of JDA, ROBOT, AS/400, COBOL, PL/1, DB2, VSAM, JCL, Clist, CICS, Natural, Adabas, Supernatural, CSP, Focus and RPG III.

Acting as a project manager in a retail company, has used JDA-AS/400 in managing a team of analysts/programmers who maintained, improved, and troubleshot problems with the JDA software. The JDA subsystems included POM, stock ledger, inventory, sales audit, warehouse, transfers, RTV, price management, cost management, and SKU management.

While working as a JDA project manager, has performed successful data conversion to the JDA Merchandise Management Systems (MMS) on the AS/400 from multiple MVS and AS/400 systems. This professional has led a team of 20 analysts and programmers to create conversion and interface strategies, data mapping, specifications, program creation, and cycle testing. JDA Business Application Analysis (BAA) reviews were performed on all systems to determine modifications to user workflow and the JDA software. Furthermore, wrote the balancing specifications for the stock ledger, inventory balances, general ledger, purchase order, and accounts payable systems.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this project manager with experience working in manufacturing and retail industries? Educational attainment is composed of BS in Business Administration, Major in Transportation and Logistics. Professional certifications involve CPIM-Certified in Production and Inventory Management and PMP Certification. Technical skills consist of JDA (Manugistics), DB2/AS400 ERP and Oracle SQL.

Contributed to the organization’s success by serving as a project manager for JDA Supply Chain and Transportation Management Planning upgrades (7.2 to 7.6) that was completed on-time, within budget, and with high quality deliverables. Serving in a manufacturing company as a supply chain systems manager, has assisted with development of integrations between DB2/AS400 ERP and Oracle SQL Database, as well as established Maintenance Mondays with planning team to ensure integrity of the Master Data.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by translating business needs into technical terms, developing work breakdown structures (WBS), and obtaining buy-in for achieving project milestones. Also, has interfaced with IT developers and business analysts during requirements gathering sessions, as well as integrated Business Planning Team Lead/ Finished Goods Working Capital Improvement Team Lead. Moreover, has worked with cross-functional team to map current state systems/business processes and roadmap for future systems/processes to support the rollout of Integrated Business Planning/Working Capital Improvements.

Is impacting your organization with a project manager who worked in manufacturing and software industries a current business consideration? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Master of Business Administration. Technical skills involve JDA SCM applications, Oracle, Perl scripting, Rational IBM ClearCase and ClearQuest, UNIX and Windows. Professional certifications: ITIL V3 Foundation Exam (CSME), Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB), Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI, Certified Supply Chain Practitioner (CSCP)-APICS and Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)-APICS.

While employed in a software company as a project manager/sr. solution architect, has led the delivery of global solution design for supply planning across customers’ seven (7) domestic and two (2) international facilities. This professional has improved the efficiency and effectiveness of central corporate planning process by instituting a standardized planning process across customers’ plant level planning organizations. Some of the tasks were assisting the development teams in extending the utility of packaged software solution through web based user configurable applications.

Part of the job as a solution architect was to serve as industry solution expert for five concurrent customer SCM solution implementations with cumulative measured value of approximately $13.8 million, through inventory reduction, lead-time reduction, and improved delivery performance. Furthermore, has engaged a key repeat customer in a sales cycle resulting in license and consulting revenue of 700K.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this systems analyst with experience working in retail and software industries? Educational attainment is composed of BS in Computer Science. Professional certifications involve Lean Six Sigma-Yellow Belt. Technological background consists of JDA, RPG II / RPG III / RPG IV / RPG ILE / RPG Free OCL / CL / CL ILE / SEU / SDA / RLU / RDA / Query 400 / SQL, Sequel/Viewpoint / ESend / Abstract, Hawkeye Pathfinder / Seagull J Walk / Aldon /RDi.

Contributed to the organization’s success by carrying out ongoing development and maintenance in RPG and SQL over the JDA MMS retail management product. Acting as a systems analyst in a retail company, has reported writing via Help systems Sequel/Viewpoint, as well as designed and developed a change management system, including daily operational support of all iSeries activities. Moreover, has provided project support as Architect, Analyst, Designer, and Developer. Projects included stock ledger stabilization, hierarchy reclassification, MMS to POS sync, employee number expansion, price exception reporting, Customer warranty, and Canadian PO inventory tracking.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by performing maintenance and enhancement of JDA’s Merchandise Management System (MMS / PMMi). While employed in a software group as a technical specialist-product development, has worked on all aspects of the software development cycle including design, documentation, modification, testing and support.

Is impacting your organization with an IT system analyst with work experience in manufacturing and retail industries a current business consideration? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Masters of Business Administration. Professional certifications involve All Kronos training certifications, all Manugistics training certifications and Bottom-Line Project Management Training Certification. Software knowledge consists of JDA Manugistics SCPO 7.6, JDA TMS 7.6, Manhattan TMS, PowerChain Inventory 6.2, SAP GTC, JDE one world, Kronos iSeries 7.0, Kronos WFC 4.2, Kronos Connect 2.0, Maximo 5.2, Actuate Report, TabWare 8.1, Crystal Reports 8.1 and ClearCase.

While employed in a manufacturing company as an IT system analyst, was responsible for supply chain applications (JDA SCPO and JDA TMS), Talend ETL, Kronos and JDE. This specialist has upgraded JDA TMS and SCPO from 7.6 to 8.2 as technical lead and was responsible for requirement gathering, system design, installation, development, unit testing and system testing. Moreover, has upgraded Manugistics TMS and SCPO from 7.2 to 7.6, as well as designed, developed and implemented all interfaces between JDE (company’s ERP application) and Manugistics TMS and SCPO by using Talend ETL tool and Oracle PL/SQL.

Part of the job as a senior IT analyst in a retail company was to upgrade Manugistics SCPO and DPEE from 5.3 to 6.1.7. The upgrade significantly improved supply chain management efficiency. Major activities included requirement gathering, developed UNIX and SQL scripting, QA testing, and Maestro scheduling.

What contributions could a systems analyst who worked in retail, manufacturing and real estate industries bring to your organization? This experienced Business Systems Analyst has sound knowledge in the areas of researching, analyzing and resolving user issues and has proven ability to develop and document user and technical solutions. Software knowledge consists of JDA E3 ASR and AWR Replenishment System, JDA Retail Ideas Data Warehouse System and JDA MMS System.

Challenges like serving as a liaison between business clients and information services teams to identify effective technology solutions were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. This professional has identified and documented business and technical requirements, researched optional solutions, facilitated system design, performed QA testing, facilitated user validation testing, and advocated for productivity / process improvements using JDA system.

Shared expertise by successfully implementing the rollout of JDA E3 ASR and AWR Replenishment System leading the Merchandising Department through technical design specification meetings, thorough analysis of integration requirements, documentation of business requirements, QA testing, UAT and postproduction support. Moreover, has served as administrator to JDA Retail Ideas Data Warehouse system. Also, has functioned as key technical resource for integration activities and data cleansing throughout processes. In addition, has implemented design and integration of various projects into JDA Retail Ideas Data Warehouse, such as E3 ASR and AWR Sales as well as Purchase Forecast Data assisting the Merchandising team in providing future projections to vendors and Store to Store in-transit data from JDA MMS System.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ a JDA systems analyst with experience working in retail, manufacturing and IT services industries? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Arts in Management and Communications. Professional certifications involve Supply Chain Management Certificate. Core qualifications involve Systems Analysis, Inventory Management and Process Improvement. This professional is known for managing Forecast Models, analyzing Trends and managing Forecast Tools. Technical skills consist of JDA, SAP and AS/400.

Serving in a retail company as a systems analyst (JDA), has managed JDA 8.3 upgrade for allocations as project lead; meeting and exceeding business expectations (Fulfillment/Retail Planning). This professional has provided technical support for cross-functional departments within the organization, responding to inquiries via phone and email, prioritizing issues and solving problems utilizing diagnostic tools (Fulfillment/Retail Planning). Also, has coordinated with three separate business units to determine effectiveness of implemented solutions and recommended long term solution (Fulfillment/Retail Planning).

As a manager for replenishment and inventory planning (JDA, SAP, AS400), has driven POS replenishment processes and team for products in 50,000 locations with 51M pockets. Other duties were communicating with clients to determine and implement process improvements, driving service and reduction of costs and headcounts. Moreover, has managed a staff of 6 Replenishment planners. Inspired customer service best practices and standardized operating procedures through training and development of assigned personnel.