FST Warehousing, Inc.
Director of Business Applications (Finance)
The Director of Business Applications is a key member of the Operations team that will partner with the leaders of all business units, the Technology Solutions Group, and the business analysts to implement technology solutions that maximize the operational efficiency of all businesses while creating a fully integrated platform that creates operational efficiency across the enterprise.
To ensure success as a Director of Business Applications, you must manage and lead the teams that support, maintain, and upgrade/update the Finance (Great Plains), Warehouse (Cadence), Transportation (Truckmate) and Brokerage (Aljex) management systems. Although FST currently has management systems in place, you will regularly evaluate our current systems against other systems in the market to evaluate opportunities for change that will help the business. In doing so, you will provide strong leadership, guidance, and direction, as well as technical knowledge and experience developing, commissioning, and deploying Financial/WMS/WCS/TMS systems and system solutions. You will determine metrics to measure FST's technologies, comparing actual results to forecasts and internal benchmarks. You will champion and drive innovative and advanced business application solutions to decrease costs while increasing efficiency and alignment to customer KPI's. You will be forward-thinking and identify opportunities to utilize and implement emerging technologies, processes, and concepts across all business applications.
Qualifications/Skills
• Live FST Traits of Reliable, Invested, Responsive, Adaptable, Passionate, and Innovative
• Take ownership of your Duty to Communicate all required and relevant information to necessary people, departments, and customers
• Proven ability in strategic planning and aligning technology with long-term business goals
• 8+ years' experience in coding, software development, application design or application integration
• Thorough understanding of WMS/TMS packages from companies such as Cadence by Cadre, Truckmate, McLeod, HighJump, NetSuite, Manhattan Associates, SAP, and others
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including ability to succinctly synthesize data, develop recommendations, create presentations, and present to customers and Executive Leadership Team
• Ability to gather inputs from a wide variety of perspectives and make informed decisions; willingness to stand by decisions of the team; demonstrated transparency and decisiveness
• 5+ years' experience leading successful technology teams
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to measure technology use and adoption
• Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience (computer science or business administration preferred)
• Experience in logistics strongly preferred
• Ability to collaborate and work cross-functionally across multiple business unites and divisions
Disclaimer
This job description does not include every duty or responsibility that the employee may be asked to perform at some point in time. Management may, at its discretion, assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
FST Logistics is an equal opportunity employer