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Company

American Expediting · 3 days ago

System Administrator

United States

Full-time

Remote

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Is one of the in-house guru and manager of the American Expediting Finance system with secondary focus on the AmEx TMS systems

Will have focus on Microsoft Dynamics financial system

Preferred experience with an industry TMS system but will train on the technology

Works with the business on training, familiarity of the systems

Responsible for strategy and evolution of the Finance/TMS systems and supporting systems

Works directly with vendors on system changes and upgrades

Attends tradeshows and events to stay knowledgeable on industry trends and technology needs

Works closely with the sales and American Expediting customers on their requirements and works with the Finance/TMS systems to ensure technology is evolved for future needs

Works directly with the integration team to ensure custom

Create processes and procedures for customer integration to improve on boarding time in effort to start business as soon as possible

Train and mentor team associates on solutions and best practice in support of implementations and continuous improvement.

Participate in integration meetings with prospects/clients to determine system requirements and specifications relative to integration mapping and product configuration.

Translate client/business requirements into system requirements, technical specifications, and logical data mappings for integration.

Assist with analysis of customer or operational requirements and solution design.

Provide subject matter expertise in development of system requirements and Concept of Operations.

Assist in the development of test plans, data and cycles to ensure that all requirements identified in the requirements gathering phase will be validated.

Support User Acceptance Test (UAT) process assuring proper deployment of the solution meeting 4 bottom lines (Scope, Time, Cost & Quality)

Provides knowledge, training, and expertise of integration tech internally and externally

Monitoring of data transfers and integration to ensure optimal uptime and operational flow

First contact for Business, Customers and Partners for all EDI/API related topics

Assist with Creating EDI / Web Services mapping specification / descriptions

Assist with developing BRD (Business Requirement Document Tool) for clarifying to the customer what the scope is.

Qualification

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Microsoft DynamicsTransportation Management SystemsECourierDispatch ScienceSQLOracle DatabaseMS Power BIEDI/API technologiesConnectShipProShipZendeskMicrosoft OfficeProject Management softwareProject management tools

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, Business, Applied Math, Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Education substituted with relevant Years of experience working in the logistics field.

2-5 years of experience in information Technology within warehousing, distribution or supply Chain Operations with thorough Knowledge in Supply Chain Systems and Processes.

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to communicate with various levels of the organization as well as various levels of the customer’s organization.

Experience in Project leadership or application development within small or large company.

Knowledge of the Microsoft Financial systems or ERP systems.

Knowledge of Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and or Freight Management Systems (FMS).

Anticipate travel at 25% throughout the US and Canada, with possible increase in needs for travel during project realization.

Experience Microsoft Dynamics and/or ERP/Financial systems.

SQL/Oracle Database.

MS Power BI.

Microsoft® Office Software (Excel®, Word, PowerPoint®, Visio® and others).

Project Management software or project management tools (Confluence® or Wiki, Jira®, Project Plan).

Preferred

Preferred experience with an industry TMS system but will train on the technology.

Preferred experience with eCourier and/or Dispatch Science.

Preferred experience with Zendesk but will train.

ConnectShip, ProShip Small Parcel.

EDI/API technologies (yet to be determined).

Company

American Expediting

American Expediting Company is the nation's premier provider of time-critical, mission-critical package delivery services, including cold chain management, next flight out, and managed transportation services.

Founded in 1983

Folcroft, Pennsylvania, USA

201-500 employees