You and Your Career:

• If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in Supply Chain Informatics, we are interested in hearing from you.
• We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start.  We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting and Supervision:

• The Supply Chain Informatics Advisor will report to the Senior Technical Advisor, Information Systems with no immediate supervisory obligations.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical advice in the development of large-scale supply chain information systems and digital tools including process definition, best practices and strategic approaches.
• Provide advisory insights and technical leadership in supply chain products’ planning, development and implementation stages as required.
• Product management and engineering support in the design and development of high-capacity supply chain information systems, and mobile applications for the cloud and local environments
• Provide subject matter expert advisory support, and work with the BA/QA team to evaluate business processes, anticipate requirements, uncover areas for improvement, and support the development, implementation and testing of solutions.
• Evaluate planned and existing supply chain digital tools and maintain detailed documentation for all products developed, including planning, user and technical documentation.
• Manage the product backlog in allocated projects, support the product management cycle, and work with the agile teams in activity, product, release and deployment planning.
• Perform DevOps roles including deployment of product updates, identifying production issues and implementing integrations that meet client needs.
• Development of system and technical architectures and promote overall, comprehensive, and efficient practices.
• As a key member of the agile team, support the entire software development life cycle (SDLC) processes in supporting the development of digital solutions.

Key Competencies Required:

• Ability to perform high level tasks that require critical thinking, strategic planning, and architectural capabilities for enterprise level solutions.
• Good grasp and understanding of supply chain programs
• Adequate experience in systems development using relevant programming languages like Java and Python, and database scripting (SQL, NoSQL, and distributed databases)
• Excellent knowledge of software development and software testing methodologies
• Sound knowledge of cloud-based environments
• Works well under pressure, skilled in crisis management, and problem-solving
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Well-rounded experience with multiple operating systems, virtualization technologies, and test environments
• Ability to coordinate and balance priorities of multiple projects and deliverables
• Ability to work in a fast paced, agile development environment
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrate strong problem solving and technical skills
• Knowledge of the trends in the software development domain
• Experience in driving ongoing improvements and efficiencies in operational practices, tools & processes

Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:

• Professional experience directly supporting the development, operations, maintenance, and/or security of mission-critical systems, with experience in supporting medium to large-scale supply chain systems