JDA/Blue Yonder (Red Prairie) WMS Business Solutions Analyst

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Job description

Overview:
JOB SUMMARY The JDA/Blue Yonder (Red Prairie) WMS Business Solutions Analyst is accountable for delivering high quality, comprehensive systems designs, business requirements and business cases to the IT organization that will help to improve business efficiency and productivity once implemented.

Responsibilities:
DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

Proactively solves complex problems

Fixes and develops changes to Red Prairie WMS and WLM applications to meet functional and technical designs following best practices and development standards and guidelines

Analyzes, debugs, and resolves defects in applications

Supports production, archive, and QA systems; analyzes and resolves system problems in a timely manner; resolves end user service requests as assigned

Supports business operations on weekly on-call rotation

Engages with IT business systems analysts and stakeholders to understand functional requirements, and contributes to completion of functional specifications

Analyze existing warehouse processes and identify opportunities for improvement, leveraging WMS features to enhance operational efficiency

Completes unit and system test application changes to ensure quality of work

Collaborate with IT, supply chain, and operations teams to ensure successful implementation of new processes or system updates

Participate in project planning, scheduling, and execution for new WMS implementations, upgrades, and integrations with other systems (e.g., ERP, TMS)

Prepares technical documentation on application specifications

Works with minimal guidance; regularly participates in reviews of assigned and completed tasks

Prioritizes and plans work activities; sets goals and objectives; uses time efficiently; communicates activities and results on a weekly basis

Takes a customer-centric approach to problem solving; solicits feedback to improve service; meets commitments

Liaise with JDA Blue Yonder technical support and third-party vendors to resolve complex system issues or implement new features

Qualifications:
QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Skills and Abilities:

2+ years of programming, development and analysis with JDA (RedPrairie) WMS and WLM

Working knowledge of WMS EMS alerts, configuration and maintenance

Lead for change control, development, code promotion, modifications, and enhancements, system refreshes and restores

System configuration setups and policy maintenance

Monitor and tune performance in functional support areas using workload analysis and other predictive tools to tune system for optimal performance, policy maintenance and system configuration

Working knowledge of WMS servers, server architecture and application software

Experience with data refresh mechanisms for all environments

Assist and support server patches and maintenance updates

Strong experience with Logistics and Supply Chain technologies including RF, label printers, Material Handling Equipment and Vocollect

General knowledge of workflow, middleware and web server technology

Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills

Demonstrated ability to develop and write technical documentation

Ability to balance, prioritize and organize multiple tasks

Ability to work collaboratively in teams and across organizations

Ability to apply creative solutions to business problems assuring business needs are effectively met

Desired Skills and Abilities

Experience with ERP application integrations with WMS

Experience with 3rd party integration software

Functional Experience with JD Edwards, 2+ years

JDA Track and Trace working knowledge

Education/Experience/Certifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Supply Chain, or Management Information Systems and 2+ years of experience

OR, Associate degree in Computer Science, Supply Chain, or Management Information Systems and 4+ years of experience

OR, 5+ years JDA WMS experience and 2+ years Supply Chain/Warehousing experience, in lieu of degree

Travel Requirements:

Some: Up to 25% supporting WMS go-lives, IT meetings

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