Monday, July 16, 2007

The Sports Authority - Lead Project

[rmiug-jobs] Digest Number 4015

15. Seeking Lead Project, Collaborative Commerce in South Denver area
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Posted by: "Natalie Berman" nberman@thesportsauthority.com
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Date: Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:10 pm ((PDT))


The Sports Authority headquarters in Englewood, CO is seeking a Lead
Project, Collaborative Commerce.


PLEASE SEND QUALIFIED RESUMES TO nberman@thesportsauthority.com OR
apply
online directly at www.sportsauthority.com
.




THANKS!





MANAGEMENT & REPORTING STRUCTURE


This position reports to and works closely with the Director,
Information Management.



POSITION PURPOSE

Provide overall technical leadership to the Collaborative Commerce
team.
This includes developing and maintaining the Collaborative Commerce
architectural roadmap and leading/executing the technical aspects of
corresponding initiatives supporting collaborative processes, both
internal to TSA and business to business (B2B).



PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

* Technical Lead of the Collaborative Commerce/B2B team.

* Develop and lead the technical execution of the Collaborative
Commerce architectural roadmap which includes B2B, Portal, Product Item
Master (PIM) and workflow applications.

* Currently X12 EDI-centric, provide on-going education to IS
and the business regarding current and emerging B2B technologies and
solutions.

* Lead other new initiatives including implementation of a B2B
gateway and piloting and adoption of EDIINT (AS2/AS3).

* Working with various groups within Software Engineering, lead
various strategic initiatives. These include the development and
implementation of a Trading Partner Portal (hosting a product catalog,
vendor managed inventory, etc.), data quality management and vendor
compliance management systems, and global data synchronization with
these trading partners.

* Administer the technical and mechanical functions of B2B/EDI
troubleshooting and education with our merchandise vendor partners.

* Plan technical execution of major projects in support of
collaborative commerce initiatives.

* Work with the Business Intelligence Group's Application
Architect to design, build and configure information/analytics delivery
mechanisms to both the TSA business and external trading partners.

* Develop technical documentation as required to support
Collaborative Commerce applications.

* Provide technical support to the Collaborative Commerce team.





PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

* Minimum 5+ years systems/applications experience, with
increasing responsibility.

* BS Degree MIS, Information Technology, or business related
degree with equivalent experience.

* Desired Technology Experience: EDI/mapping (Trusted Link
preferred), other B2B, Object-oriented development - J2EE and/or .NET;
Database (Oracle and/or MS SQL Server), XML, Web Services, JDA
experience a plus.

* Desired Application Areas: EDI/B2B; Portal
development/configuration; Workflow applications; Enterprise
Application
Integration (EAI) including messaging, transformation and adaptors.

* Familiarity with standards including GS1 (UCCNet), VICS.

*Practical knowledge of incremental and iterative development.

*Strong analytical skills, solutions oriented.

*Experience in retail or consumer products eCommerce disciplines as a
developer, analyst or consulting professional.

*Very strong multi-tasking skills, documentation and process mapping
skills.

*Excellent written and oral communications.

*Strong customer focus with a passion for quality - able to drive
change
that creates meaningful business value.

* Ability to work in a collaborative team environment comprised
of
both IT and business users to solve system and business issues.





Natalie Berman
Executive Recruiter
THE SPORTS AUTHORITY
1050 W. Hampden Avenue
Englewood, CO 80110
(720) 475-2497 ph
(720) 475-3497 e-fx

http://www.linkedin.com/in/natalieberman