UTi - GOP Data Specialist (Portland, OR)

This role will be located in the Portland, Oregon U.S.

SUMMARY

We are looking to recruit a GOP Data Specialist to be part of the
Enterprise Program Management Office (EPMO). The GOP Data Specialist will
primarily be responsible for assisting in the 1World deployment project.
Working under the direction of the EPMO Global Director this role is part
of the team responsible for the delivery of the Transformation initiatives
at UTi.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Typical duties and responsibilities:

. EPMO team ensures program-wide visibility on key milestones, risks,
issues, decisions and status through maintenance of collaboration sites and
other communication vehicles.
. This individual will be assigned to our Deployment effort.  We are
currently developing a custom freight forwarding system that will interface
to our global systems.  In this effort, we need to convert data from our
legacy systems into the new system.
. Specifically, this role would be involved in the legacy data collection
process.  The role would require understanding of how to analyze data and
ensure a model is created to support the data collection process, and
ultimately the loading of the data into the new system.
. This role would work closely with the Deployment Project Coordinators,
Data Stewards, Finance, Global Operating Process (GOP) Managers, and
Country Teams.
. Requires extensive experience using Microsoft Excel as well as an
understanding of business modelling and how this can be translated into an
Excel spreadsheet. This role requires more than number crunching; the GOP
Data Specialist should have an understanding of how to analyse data.
. The primary role of the GOP Data Specialist will be data gathering and
cleansing. However, the GOP Data Specialist should be able to perform the
below duties and responsibilities:
. Leading discussions on what needs to be accomplished to better data
quality.
. Communicating to team members issues and escalating issues when
necessary.
. Participate in project meetings, document issues, action items and
deliverables.
. Ensure visibility on key milestones, risks, issues, decisions and status
of data gathering and clean-up activities.
. The data collection effort consists of 7 key steps for the project
coordinator:
. Collect country specific data from system currently used
. Populate data into template to be vetted by Country Teams / GOPs
. Host Kick Off call to explain to country teams / GOPs what is needed
. Cleanse and validate data quality when template is returned from country
teams
. Transform data into Data File Definition (DFD) template
. Load to testing environments
. Obtain approval on data quality
. Coordinate with Manila Shared Services for additional manual input needed

General Qualities

. Willingness to take ownership of a project and be invested in the success
of a project.
. Willingness to take initiative and anticipate issues.
. Analytical thinking for bringing successful resolution to complex, cross
functional problem.
. Highly motivated strong leadership and teambuilding skills with problem
solving abilities, team spirit and a “hands on” mentality.
. Demonstrates a high level of verbal and written communication skills as
well as the ability to work under pressure.
. Cultural sensitivity in order to successfully work together with team
from different countries.
. Excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize wide range of
tasks.
. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
. Organizational skills and a strong professional presence.
. Ability to multi task and prioritize to meet aggressive deadlines.
. Strong communication skills and ability to work with a wide range of
people with competing priorities.


Education/Experience

. Bachelor’s degree or similar qualification.
. Less than 1 year of corporate experience ok.

Skills
. Microsoft Excel
. Basic Microsoft Excel skills including Copy, Paste, Sum, If, etc.
. Advanced formula skills including Nested Formulas, Vlookup, Index,
Formula Analysis, Pivot tables, Charts etc.  Macro knowledge a plus.
. Ability to be consistent in creating Excel spreadsheets; consistency in
headers, tabs, file naming conventions, etc.
. Experience with Microsoft Excel’s idiosyncrasies.
. Microsoft Word
. Microsoft Project
. Microsoft PowerPoint


Travel Requirements
. This role may require some international travel.


Working hours
. Working hours may vary as this is a global company.


Contact Teralyn McFeely for additional information/submit resume at TMcFeely@go2uti.com



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