Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Ultimate Electronics - Senior Application Developer

Title: Senior Application Developer
Skills: Software Development, Oracle Forms, Oracle Reports, Crystal Reports, PL/SQL, Point of Sales Systems, Warehouse Management Systems
Date: 11-20-2007
Location: Thornton, CO
Area code: 303
Tax term: FULLTIME
Pay rate: n/a
Length:
Position ID:
SrAppDev
Dice ID:
RTL161477
Job description:
Ultimate Electronics, a private consumer electronics company, is the leader in home and car entertainment. Based in Colorado for 39 years, the company has 32 superstores in nine states, including Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico and Oklahoma. Ultimate Electronics provides the industry's most comprehensive selection of name brand consumer electronics with an emphasis on limited distribution, mid-to-upscale brands. With the industry's leading 60-day price and service guarantee, consumers take home peace of mind with every new purchase - absolute satisfaction and assurance that customers never pay more is guaranteed. Superstores are complete with multiple home theater and audio demonstration rooms as well as service-driven sales consultants that are knowledgeable and passionate about consumer electronics. To learn more visit www.ultimateelectronics.com


Job Title: Senior Application Developer
Department: Information Technology

Position:
This position, reporting to the Store System Development Manager, is to provide store systems development of the Store Systems for Ultimate Electronics. You will provide research, analysis and development focused on optimization of the processes supporting the use of store sales systems and warehouse distribution systems, improving Ultimate Electronics' performance and decreasing process exceptions. The position will proactively identify and implement application enhancements that improve Ultimate Electronics' systems user's productivity. This will be accomplished through partnering with Store Operations, Support Center Training and Distribution departments at Ultimate Electronics.

Essential Job Duties:
o Develop solutions for known issues using application programming
o Work with Ultimate Electronics' store and warehouse management for design and pilot of application changes
o Provide unit testing and integration testing for changes and upgrades
o Document new software bugs
o Document release changes and partner with Training to ensure understanding
o Coordinate, setup and at times run prototype tests of new concepts related to new processes or process improvements in Ultimate Electronics' stores
o Coordinate, setup and run pilot tests of new, or enhancements to, applications and Ultimate Electronics' stores and warehouses
o Assist business units with miscellaneous research and issue resolution
o Train and mentor junior application developers

Prerequisites for the job:
o Extensive knowledge of inventory control and cash management, and customer service systems
o Demonstrates ability to exercise initiative, independent judgment and be a self-starter.
o Must be able to function with minimal supervision and be able to prioritize all work tasks.
o Confidence to state opinion even when the majority disagrees
o High level of contributions to the team, department, and company
o High sense of urgency
o Relishes new opportunities
o Strong communication and decision making skills
o Lives and contributes to building the company mission statement
o Ability adapt quickly to constantly changing business priorities
o Strong written and oral communication skills

Technical Skills:
o 5+ years Software Development experience covering the following technologies:
o Oracle Forms
o Oracle Reports
o Crystal Reports
o Advanced PL/SQL programming
o Oracle 8 database or higher
o Unix Shell scripting
o Experience with some or all of the following application technologies:
o Data Modeling
o Data Warehousing
o Oracle Database Administration
o Oracle Application Server
o Warehouse Management Systems
o Point Of Sale Systems
o Experience with some or all of the following retail industry competencies
o Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
o Demand Forecasting
o Allocation Planning
o E-Commerce
o Strong time management skills
o Microsoft Office (Excel, Word)
o Basic Oracle Discoverer skills

Budget Responsibilities: NA
Supervisory Responsibilities: NA

PLEASE ATTACH RESUME IN WORD FORMAT
Travel required: none
Telecommute: no

Jessie Davies
Ultimate Electronics
321 W 84th Ave
Suite A
Thornton, CO 80260
Web: http://www.ultimateelectronics.com