Bostik is a major manufacturer of Adhesives and Sealants and is a member of the worldwide Arkema group with global sales in excess of $9 billion.

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with Business units to document business processes and develop strategies and solutions
• Identify business needs within Sales/Distribution, EDI, Warehouse Management & Logistics, document these requirements, propose changes, and engage the business units to define solutions.
• Translate business requirements into technology-based designs and solutions.
• Responsible for analyzing, designing, and developing functional specifications for implementations and enhancements with application interfaces.
• Ensure solutions comply with local & global business requirements are correctly costed and properly presented for evaluation by the Global Steering Committee.
• Supported Business to implement and manage the EDI interface and setting up of new EDI customers.
• Partnered Business to implement and manage the 3PL process for Toll, Bluestar, and Calm Distribution centers.
• Member of the APAC SAP Competency Centre to manage and support SAP throughout the Australian business.
• Provide training to Customer Services, Warehouse, and Logistics personnel.
• Extract data from diverse sources to build and generate reports and visualizations using Power BI
• Salesforce assistant administrator.
• Ensured interfaces between SAP & local applications are managed successfully.

Accomplishments:

• Partnered the Global SAP team with the implementation of SAP into the Australian operations providing expertise within the Sales and Distribution, EDI, and the Logistics SAP modules
• Responsible for the implementation of a new comprehensive EDI interface that automated the conversion EDI documents to a common repository allowing the user enhanced functionality in processing EDI orders.
• Implemented Cross dock order Staging Process in WM based on Business requirements
• Set up processes and communications to integrate our 3rd party external warehouses and carriers into WMS.
• Partnered with the APAC SAP team to develop the Transport Management module which allows the allocation of deliveries to selected carriers, automates the production of transport documentation, carrier-specific labeling, and electronic distribution of manifests to the carriers.
• Implementation of RF technology into Bostik’s WMS which increased the warehouse efficiency by providing greater accuracy with inventory information, improving labor efficiency, and decreasing order fulfillment time.
• Partnered the Sales & Marketing BU in simplifying the company’s pricing structure and provide tools to extract and report pricing, manage automated pricing increases, and implemented a portal to track and manage ad hoc pricing changes.
• Designed, developed, and implemented a Risk Management Database portal allowing the HSE department to log, assign, and track relevant incidents.
• Led the implementation of a module that allows cross-docking and scan packing functionality which integrates seamlessly with WMS.
• Partnered with the global team to migrate all global processes and EDI servers to a new configuration.

Pacific Brands IT is moving towards a centralization of services, which is dependent on the full Implementation of JBA Logistics and Manufacturing modules.

Responsibilities:

• Development and implementation of new applications and the maintenance and support of existing applications.
• Act as a lead technician with technical, functional, and application expertise with a focus on estimation and design
• Develop functional and technical specifications.
• Design, code, and test the modifications
• Prioritize and oversee team activities to meet deadlines and quality standards.
• Liaise with end-users to ensure the requirements are met
• Manage modifications within the project team.
• Provide technical advice to management
• Perform a key interface role with clients
• Provide advice and guidance to junior staff

Responsibilities:

• designing specific work units
• preparing Technical Specifications by performing analysis/investigation of functional requirements
• producing appropriate Technical Design documentation
• consulting with supervisors/users
• providing technical supervision/guidance to other staff in developing their programming skills
• coding of complex programs and testing programs to ensure they meet specification requirements.