Work Schedule

First Shift (Days)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is protected or helping find cures for cancer.

JDE E1 Functional Analyst

Supply Planning Procurement Inventory & Distribution

FUNCTION

IT / Business Applications

CORE SCOPE

Supply & Demand Planning Procurement Inventory Warehouse 3PL / EDI

EXPERIENCE

5 years JDE E1

ROLE PROFILE

Provide functional and business-process support for Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (JDE E1) across the end-to-end supply lifecycle: demand and supply planning MRP/DRP purchasing and procurement inventory distribution and warehouse operations and supplier / 3PL integrations. Partner with Planning Procurement Supply Chain Operations Distribution Warehouse Manufacturing 3PL providers and IT to improve supply availability inventory productivity purchasing execution transaction visibility standardisation and automation.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Supply & Demand Planning / MRP / DRP

Own the JDE E1 functional domain for MRP DRP and supply planning ensuring demand inventory and planned supply are translated into actionable replenishment decisions.

Support MRP generation demand/supply balancing planned purchase manufacturing and transfer recommendations planning messages and exceptions lead times safety stock order policies planning horizons/time fences supply-demand inclusion rules and branch/plant parameters.

Ensure sales demand forecasts inventory purchase orders manufacturing orders and transfer orders are appropriately represented in planning logic and supply recommendations.

Partner with planners to improve planning effectiveness reduce spreadsheet-based planning and manual overrides and strengthen exception-based planning and supply continuity.

Support multi-site planning scenarios across warehouses manufacturing locations suppliers and intercompany supply flows.

2. Purchasing & Procurement

Act as the key functional IT partner for JDE E1 Purchasing and Procurement across requisitions purchase orders approvals supplier/item purchasing information blanket and contract orders releases PO changes/cancellations direct and inventory purchases receipts supplier returns and PO close/reconciliation.

Improve purchasing efficiency PO accuracy supplier performance and exception management while promoting standard JDE E1 functionality and consistent procurement processes.

Convert MRP and replenishment recommendations into effective purchasing execution and maintain alignment between procurement inventory and supply requirements.

Identify opportunities to automate purchasing activities approvals supplier interactions and exception handling.

3. Inventory Management & Planning Master Data

Provide functional leadership for inventory processes supporting planning procurement and distribution including availability commitments transfers adjustments lot-controlled inventory inventory status cycle counts and physical inventory.

Improve inventory accuracy and visibility to reduce shortages excess / obsolete inventory and planning distortion.

Govern item master item branch/plant supplier/item relationships lead times safety stock order policies/multiples planning codes/fences units of measure and branch/plant parameters.

Diagnose inventory and master-data issues that drive incorrect planning recommendations purchasing requirements warehouse transactions or stock positions.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES - CONTINUED

4.



Distribution & Warehouse Operations

Provide functional expertise across JDE E1 processes connecting procurement and inventory with warehouse and distribution execution including receiving putaway replenishment picking stock movement transfers dispatch and shipment confirmation.

Partner with warehouse and distribution teams to improve inbound receiving inventory movement location accuracy replenishment fulfilment execution and transaction timeliness.

Ensure warehouse execution maintains accurate JDE E1 inventory balances and dependable supply information for MRP/DRP and purchasing.

Support operating models spanning internal warehouses distribution centres and outsourced logistics providers.

5. 3PL / WMS & Supplier Integration

Own the functional effectiveness of JDE E1 integrations with 3PL/WMS suppliers EDI platforms middleware and external procurement/logistics applications.

Define requirements for purchase orders and inbound instructions acknowledgements ASNs receipts inventory balances and adjustments transfers fulfilment instructions shipment confirmations and status/exception messages.

Establish transaction controls interface monitoring reconciliation and exception-management processes to maintain alignment between JDE E1 and external platforms.

Lead functional investigation of failed delayed missing duplicate or mismatched transactions and coordinate sustainable resolution with technical supplier and 3PL teams.

6. Process Improvement Standardisation & Automation

Drive continuous improvement across Planning Procurement Inventory Distribution and Warehouse processes using current-state / future-state design and structured root-cause analysis.

Reduce manual purchasing planning overrides inventory exceptions supplier issues receipt discrepancies and spreadsheet-dependent activities through standardisation workflow automation and better exception management.

Use process metrics analytics and AI-enabled capabilities where appropriate to improve planner productivity procurement execution inventory accuracy and warehouse performance.

Promote standard JDE E1 functionality and scalable processes across sites and regions minimising unnecessary customisation and local variation.

7. Solution Delivery & Production Stability

Own and prioritise functional demand and enhancements across the assigned JDE E1 supply-chain domain.

Lead functional analysis and solution design for configuration changes enhancements integrations and business-process improvements; develop requirements functional specifications process flows test scenarios and acceptance criteria.

Partner with JDE technical teams integration teams vendors and business stakeholders through requirements design configuration testing UAT deployment training and post-go-live stabilisation.

Evaluate upstream/downstream impacts across Planning Procurement Inventory Manufacturing Warehouse Distribution 3PL and supplier interfaces.

Drive sustainable resolution of recurring production issues by distinguishing system configuration master-data integration and process causes.

8. Time Zone Flexibility:

Given the roles close partnership with Australian and New Zealand business and IT stakeholders the position requires flexibility to provide appropriate working-hour overlap and support across ANZ time zones while being based in India.

SUCCESS MEASURES





More effective demand/supply planning; accurate and timely purchasing execution; higher inventory accuracy and availability; efficient warehouse and distribution transactions; reliable 3PL and supplier integrations; fewer manual interventions and recurring exceptions; stronger process standardisation; and faster sustainable resolution of supply-chain system and process issues.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

The candidate should bring the following knowledge experience and capabilities. These are candidate requirements not additional role accountabilities.

JDE E1 Functional Expertise

5 years of hands-on functional experience with Oracle JDE E1 in Purchasing Planning/MRP Inventory Distribution Warehouse or comparable business-facing supply-chain roles.

Deep JDE E1 Purchasing / Procurement knowledge covering purchase requisitions PO management approvals blanket / contract orders releases receipts supplier returns PO close/reconciliation purchasing master data and configuration.

Strong JDE E1 MRP / DRP and planning knowledge covering MRP generation supply and demand balancing planning messages / exceptions lead times safety stock order policies planning parameters and planned purchase manufacturing and transfer orders.

Strong JDE E1 Inventory Management knowledge covering availability commitments branch/plant structures locations transfers adjustments lot/status control cycle counting and physical inventory.

Supply Chain Distribution & Warehouse Capability

Strong end-to-end understanding of demand / forecast -> MRP/DRP -> supply recommendation -> purchasing / transfer / manufacturing supply -> receipt -> inventory -> warehouse / distribution execution.

Practical knowledge of warehouse processes including receiving putaway replenishment picking stock movement transfers dispatch / shipment confirmation and inventory reconciliation.

Ability to diagnose how inventory accuracy warehouse execution planning parameters and supply transactions affect material availability MRP/DRP and procurement decisions across multi-site networks.

Solid knowledge of item branch/plant supplier lead-time location unit-of-measure and planning master data that drive planning procurement and warehouse execution.

3PL WMS EDI & Integration Expertise

Experience integrating JDE E1 with 3PL/WMS environments including functional design transaction mapping interface monitoring reconciliation and operational exception management.

Experience with JDE E1 supplier EDI / interoperability middleware external procurement platforms and other file- message- or API-based integrations.

Practical knowledge of purchasing and logistics EDI flows such as PO (850) PO acknowledgement (855) planning schedule / forecast (830) ASN / shipping notice (856) PO change (860) and receiving advice (861) or equivalent EDIFACT transactions.

Strong functional capability in integration mapping validation business rules error handling transaction controls monitoring and reconciliation.

Solution Delivery & Professional Capability

Ability to translate complex Supply Chain Procurement Planning Distribution and Warehouse requirements into practical sustainable JDE E1 solutions.

Experience with business process workshops current-state / future-state design functional requirements testing UAT and end-to-end ERP enhancement delivery.

Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capability including distinguishing system configuration master-data integration and business-process root causes.

Experience working across global or multi-site organisations and driving process standardisation and adoption of common practices.

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across Planning Procurement Supply Chain Operations Distribution Warehouse 3PL suppliers and technical teams.

Knowledge of workflow automation analytics integration platforms and AI capabilities applicable to supply-chain operations is desirable.

Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business Information Technology Engineering or a related discipline.

Required Experience:

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