Encore Technologies is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer. The Senior Platform
Engineer (ERP) participates in all aspects of transportations system solutions including process design, system set-up and configuration, user training, testing, go-live support, and continuous improvement across the RNDC network of facilities. As part of the IT Deliver Platform Engineering Team you will be a key member of the fast paced, creative thinking, highly motivated group of Platform Engineers that play a crucial role in helping the company meet growth objectives and profitability goals.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned:
- Coordinates ongoing maintenance, changes, and updates to transportation systems
- Analyzes data, gathers, develops, and documents solutions to meet evolving business requirements
- Provides guidance to operational leadership on system capabilities and functionality, gathers and analyzes data to support suggested direction
- Works with business stakeholders to understand business processes to define and analyze business requirements
- Supports Operations teams through training, implementation and support of transportation systems including Manhattan TMS, Descartes Route Planner, and Velocitor POD.
- Develops creative solutions to help solve complex system or procedural issues of the business utilizing existing technology
- Develops reports, alerts, dashboards, and health checks that are essential to the business and the heath of transportation systems
- Leads moderate to large projects with a focus on delivery and quality of timeliness
- Tests and supports integrations with boundary systems
- Works with vendor partners in the implementation of third-party systems
- Support implementation by developing documented implementation plans, configuring systems, training users, and providing post implementation support
- Evaluates level of effort and articulate technical requirements; identify impact, risk, and benefit of alternative solutions
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, preferable in warehouse and logistics management of Industrial Engineering
- Three to five years’ experience in system implementations or related experience
- Experienced with process design and process improvements
- Descartes Route Planner implementation experience preferred
- Manhattan Associates TMS implementation experience preferred
- Ability to communicate technical information to Operations Managers and other stakeholders in an easy to understand way
- Ability to develop new methods or tools to solve complex problems with no existing solutions
- Ability to read and communicate technical documents in a straightforward way
- Proficient SQL skills
- Proficient in the use of Rest APIs
- Proficient in the use of BI and Analytic tools
- Proficient in the use and management of supply chain systems; complex configuration
- Understands common supply chain system integration methods and formats, sockets, ftp, delimited, json, xml, Python etc.
Other Requirements: Ability to travel 25-50% of the time (some weekends), On call 24/7 during a one-week call rotation as scheduled.
Encore Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences within our workforce.