Cardinal Health is a healthcare services and products company, and they are seeking an Engineer for Application Development and Maintenance. This role involves developing, enhancing, and sustaining software systems, specifically supporting the Kinaxis application and its users through various IT requests and enhancements.
Responsibilities:
- Fully understand both functional and technical capabilities of Kinaxis and related integration utilities as well as needs of users and business processes
- Build a strong working relationship with the Planning IT team members as well as the Kinaxis COE team members
- Manage issues, document, escalate as appropriate and ensure resolution
- Develop and implement Kinaxis and integration related resources to support both project and run related enhancements
- Develop and deliver training for enhancements to the Kinaxis COE and IT team members as required
- Document test results and solutions and support CAH change management process as required
- Coordinate testing, data validation and planner data input with business users during system deployments
- Investigate reported user issues. Work with end users and IT partners to bring resolution
- Gather requirements of end-user community for enhancements and work with team members to develop standard, harmonized requirements
- Anticipate future needs of end-users and initiate activities to close gaps before issues arise
- Ensure weekly completion of demand and supply plans to all downstream nodes via associated tools
Requirements:
- 4-8 years of experience, preferred
- Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
- Knowledge of demand and supply planning, forecasting, inventory and supporting business processes, preferred
- Kinaxis experience strongly preferred
- Experience with other supply chain planning tools a plus
- SAP APO, ECC or S4 experience, preferred
- Data analysis and scripting skills are a plus
- Relational database skills are a plus (SQL, Oracle, Access)
- Ability to grasp complex issues, even in circumstances where there is incomplete or conflicting information, or conflicting views expressed by those involved
- Ability to steer multiple stakeholders towards a common goal and to reach consensus
- Excellent communication skills, oral and written
- Ability to work autonomously in an international context