Senior JDA Planning & SCM Analyst

Carex Consulting Group; Lake Forest (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Carex Consulting Group is seeking a Business Analyst – JDA Planning SCM to serve as the primary liaison between Supply Chain, Demand Planning and IT for a legacy planning platform. You will support, troubleshoot, and optimize JDA Planning with integrations to SAP ECC and QAD across a multi-plant footprint.

You will contribute to data validation, requirements gathering, and documentation while supporting ERP transformation efforts, UAT, and cutover planning in a mission-critical environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years IT and/or business systems experience with JDA Planning (2006) or similar legacy SCM planning
• Deep hands-on experience configuring/troubleshooting JDA Planning Demand/Supply Planning
• Strong knowledge of Demand Planning, S&OP/IBP, DRP and network planning
• Understanding of forecast engine logic and planning engine execution
• Experience managing batch jobs and planning engine runs in legacy environments
• Master data structures knowledge (items, locations, calendars, BOMs)
• Experience with SAP ECC/QAD integrations; familiarity with EDI/flat files
• Experience enabling data migration, UAT, cutover planning and hypercare during migrations
• SQL knowledge for data extraction and validation
• Exposure to Unix/AIX batch scripts and Oracle databases
• Familiarity with modern SCM/APS platforms is a plus
• Strong communication across technical and business teams

Responsibilities

• Provide Tier 2/3 production support for JDA Planning (2006) and related DRP functionality
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive resolution
• Manage and monitor batch cycles, forecast runs, and scheduled jobs
• Maintain planning master data integrity across items, locations, calendars, and BOMs
• Administer integrations between JDA Planning and SAP ECC/QAD/AutoSys
• Gather requirements and translate business needs into system configurations
• Document current-state planning processes, configurations, and data flows
• Identify opportunities to improve planning processes and data quality
• Support UAT, regression testing, and cutover planning for enhancements
• Serve as JDA Planning SME during transformation initiatives
• Support parallel-run validation between legacy and future-state processes
• Contribute to cutover runbooks and hypercare planning
• Maintain SOPs and interface specs for continuity and audits
• Ensure IT change control, security, and data governance
• Collaborate with multiple plants/countries/time zones
• Provide after-hours support and occasional travel as needed

Skills

JDA Planning (2006)

Demand Planning

Supply Planning

S&OP/IBP

IT liaison

Data validation

Batch jobs

SQL

AIX/Unix

Oracle 9i

Power BI

SAP/QAD integrations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/IT/Business

Tools

Power BI

SQL tooling

Job description

Carex Consulting Group is seeking a Business Analyst – JDA Planning SCM to serve as the primary liaison between Supply Chain, Demand Planning and IT for a legacy planning platform. You will support, troubleshoot, and optimize JDA Planning with integrations to SAP ECC and QAD across a multi-plant footprint.

You will contribute to data validation, requirements gathering, and documentation while supporting ERP transformation efforts, UAT, and cutover planning in a mission-critical environment.