Company Description
IS Global Service Center (GSC) operating from Chennai, India, is a part of IS supporting Expeditors IT operations.IS GSC started with 6 employees now we are 460+ employees today delivering world class Information services globally. This Product based Strategic Center's IT transformation has delivered a radical change to Expeditors IT manpower profile and skills over the past three years and will continue to deliver services as we continue to grow responsibly in the coming years.
Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 company, founded in 1979 we have employed over 18,000+ trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 340+ locations across six continents. Expeditors satisfies the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems.
Locations:
Expeditors International (India) Pvt Ltd,Unit No.901 & 902, 9th Floor, Campus 20, RMZ One Paramount, No.110, Mount Poonamallee Road, Porur, Chennai - 600 116
Job Description
Systems Analysts in the EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) Group are responsible for mapping data flows between Expeditors and our customers. This consists of analyzing customer specifications describing how they will send data or how they want data received, understanding how that information will be used in the context of our business and proprietary systems, and distilling it into a mapping document used to create the code that transforms the data.
Qualifications
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate and coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to define requirements and complete projects
- Perform analysis on business/system requirements and technical specifications
- Produce mapping document
- Produce a test plan, run, and validate all relevant outputs to verify program logic
- Establish data-communication links with trading partners
- Produce operational documentation for end users
- Review and evaluate incoming work requests
- Meet aggressive goals for project deliverables and completion by using best practices for project management
Skill and Knowledge Requirements:
- Minimum of 5+ years of relevant EDI analyst experience.
- Excellent analytical skills
- Deep understanding of database structures, data files, and data relationships
- Strong working knowledge of business and operational processes
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
- Ability to design creative and innovative solutions to meet the customer’s needs
- Ability to take complex concepts and break them down for a non-technical audience
- Working knowledge of SQL
- Proficiency with EDI Standards (ANSI X12, EDIFACT), XML, and flat files.
Behavior Expectations:
- Performs well under deadline constraints
- Displays initiative to learn new skills and take new challenges
- Ability to work both independently and on teams
- Manages multiple and competing priorities
- Exhibits strong verbal and written communication
- Exhibits strong customer service skills
- Demonstrates strong attention to detail
Additional Information
Expeditors offers excellent benefits:
- Paid Vacation, Holiday
- Health Plan: Medical Insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Training and Education Programs
- Unlimited opportunities for career advancement
Top Skills
What We Do
Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. As a Fortune 500 (374) company, we employ over 16,500 trained professionals in a worldwide network of over 320 locations across six continents. Expeditors is focused on the increasingly sophisticated needs of international trade through customized solutions and seamless, integrated information systems. Our services include air and ocean freight consolidation and forwarding, vendor consolidation, customs clearance, cargo insurance, distribution and other value-added logistics services.
We pride ourselves on being a solutions-based organization that takes the time to understand each customer's individual business needs. As a non-asset based organization, we have considerable flexibility when managing customers' supply chains. Our relationships with local suppliers and global air and ocean partners provides our customers with the best routing and pricing options. Expeditors' comprehensive, flexible spectrum of services is supported by leading-edge information technology providing the highest level of end to end visibility.
To maintain consistent quality and customer service across the globe, Expeditors has regional headquarters located in London, Dubai, Shanghai and Singapore.
At Expeditors, our industry professionals, award winning processes and globally unified systems ensure that we always live up to our promise, "You'd be surprised how far we'll go for you."
