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Sydney, Australia

Responsibilities:• Assist suppliers across multiple industries (including FMCG and Healthcare) to create and maintain GDSN-compliant (GS1net/NPC) Product Catalogues, to enable item and pricing data synchronisation with their trading partners. Ensure that this data is fully compliant with the data pool, industry and trading partner rules and requirements, and that sustainable data quality practices are in place. Where possible, guide suppliers through end-to-end implementation - ERP system… Show more Responsibilities:• Assist suppliers across multiple industries (including FMCG and Healthcare) to create and maintain GDSN-compliant (GS1net/NPC) Product Catalogues, to enable item and pricing data synchronisation with their trading partners. Ensure that this data is fully compliant with the data pool, industry and trading partner rules and requirements, and that sustainable data quality practices are in place. Where possible, guide suppliers through end-to-end implementation - ERP system to Middleware to Data Pool to Trading Partner systems - that enforces rigorous master data validation, and "hand-offs" machine-to-machine data transactions throughout the supply chain. Synchronisation of quality item and pricing data, between suppliers and their customers, forms the backbone of optimal E-Business practices for order fulfillment, delivery and storage, and replenishment, resulting in dramatic reductions in stock returns, claims, and out of stocks.• Lead investigations for developing functionality to allow Medical Device suppliers to gather data related to Unique Device Identifiers (UDI) and FDA GUDID database requirementsAchievements:• Established a Service Bureau, to offer services to manage all of a suppliers GS1net/NPC requirements, including maintenance of Catalogues, and liaising with GS1 Australia and NZ, industry groups, and trading partners on behalf of suppliers. Ensure suppliers are fully compliant with trading partner data synchronization requirements.• Participated in the design of systems, procedures, validation services, and software including EziView, the Bizcaps Product Information Manager (PIM).• Created Bizcaps’ GS1net/NPC Help Wiki web site.• Brought GS1net/NPC development requirements into the business, to ensure the currency and relevance of the company’s software to this key driver for client engagement. Show less

Box Hill & Springvale, Victoria, Australia

Responsibilities:• Maintaining data integrity and data synchronisation (compliant to GS1net/NPC) for Retailer Trading Partners via middleware.• Support Customer Service team by resolving product ranging and pricing issues with Sales and Marketing teams.• Participation in new product introductions with regards to ensuring the integrity of product specifications meets market place standards.• Work with IT and Account Managers to support SCA’s B2B initiatives for automating… Show more Responsibilities:• Maintaining data integrity and data synchronisation (compliant to GS1net/NPC) for Retailer Trading Partners via middleware.• Support Customer Service team by resolving product ranging and pricing issues with Sales and Marketing teams.• Participation in new product introductions with regards to ensuring the integrity of product specifications meets market place standards.• Work with IT and Account Managers to support SCA’s B2B initiatives for automating customer transactions.• Participation in recommending methods and solutions for conducting B2B trading with SCA’s customers, and developing customer transformation schedules.Achievements:• Implemented product and pricing data synchronisation via GS1net for Coles and Metcash.• Developed centralised data integrity and data synchronisation processes and policies to support the publishing of data to SCA’s customers.• Managed the migration of SCA’s EANnet Catalogue to the new GDSN-compliant GS1net platform, including the development of an application to combine ERP product and pricing data with GS1net-specific data requirements, and the selection and implementation of a middleware data validation solution.• Project Manager for SCA’s Coles B2B project – the transformation to end-to-end B2B order fulfillment processes and associated electronic transactions. Show less

St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

Responsibilities:• Enable FMCG Vendors to participate in GS1net/NPC – an industry standard online data dissemination and synchronisation catalogue service. Hosted by GS1 Australia, EANnet facilitates the integrity of data transactions crucial to successful B2B E-commerce and Supply Chain Management practices for Manufacturer/Suppliers and their Retailer Trading Partners. • Manage all aspects of projects to ensure Vendors become EANnet enabled and compliant with industry and specific… Show more Responsibilities:• Enable FMCG Vendors to participate in GS1net/NPC – an industry standard online data dissemination and synchronisation catalogue service. Hosted by GS1 Australia, EANnet facilitates the integrity of data transactions crucial to successful B2B E-commerce and Supply Chain Management practices for Manufacturer/Suppliers and their Retailer Trading Partners. • Manage all aspects of projects to ensure Vendors become EANnet enabled and compliant with industry and specific Trading Partner requirements. Manage all of their ongoing EANnet requirements, such as product and pricing catalogue maintenance.• Create and maintain electronic product catalogues facilitating data synchronisation between Vendors and Trading Partners, and to provide companies with a consolidated product data repository – a “single product view” – of the essential elements of their entire product range within the market place that can be securely accessed anywhere in world at any time.• Provide consulting to assist clients to source, prepare and validate data to meet EANnet specifications and requirements. Locate and map data from their IT systems, and recommend changes to data storage practices – e.g. to accommodate required data not currently recorded, keep data current, and standardise data. Show less

Mt Waverley, Victoria, Australia

Responsibilities:• Assist EAN’s members to become EANnet enabled. • Provide training to inform manufacturers about the EANnet service, the steps involved in becoming EANnet enabled, defining data requirements, and advice on conducting enablement projects and maintaining and administering online product catalogues.• Design and establishment of an EANnet accelerated enablement course to address the requirement of suppliers in the food and grocery, and liquor industries to participate… Show more Responsibilities:• Assist EAN’s members to become EANnet enabled. • Provide training to inform manufacturers about the EANnet service, the steps involved in becoming EANnet enabled, defining data requirements, and advice on conducting enablement projects and maintaining and administering online product catalogues.• Design and establishment of an EANnet accelerated enablement course to address the requirement of suppliers in the food and grocery, and liquor industries to participate in EANnet according to the deadlines and expectations of retailer trading partners within those industries. Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Responsibilities:• Manage the acquisition of liquor industry product and pricing data, including the specification of data file formats, content, and delivery methods.• Oversee a team of liquor industry category and supplier researchers to facilitate the creation and updating of selling catalogues, and the maintenance of product master and EAN item number support databases.• Advise on enhancements to data process flows and information systems functionality to improve the automation,… Show more Responsibilities:• Manage the acquisition of liquor industry product and pricing data, including the specification of data file formats, content, and delivery methods.• Oversee a team of liquor industry category and supplier researchers to facilitate the creation and updating of selling catalogues, and the maintenance of product master and EAN item number support databases.• Advise on enhancements to data process flows and information systems functionality to improve the automation, efficiency, timeliness and integrity of the population of databases supporting Artesian’s services.• Provide guidance on the use and integration of EAN item numbering and barcoding standards to promote product order capturing and order processing efficiencies.Key Projects:• Order Express handheld scanner-enabled and web-based stock ordering service.• Data systems and acquisition process enhancements.• EANnet Online Industry Catalogue Pilot Group for the Liquor industry.Achievements:• Assisted in the design of enhanced data process flows that will ensure that selling catalogues published on Artesian’s web site are updated more frequently and with improved integrity through the reduction of manual data entry requirements, the addition of automated business rules to quality assure data, and improved methods of access to supplier data.• Created an EAN product reference database to enable an interface between data captured via customer ordering tools – Personal Data Capture scanning devices and client order software – and online supplier selling catalogues. This results in customer efficiencies with respect to placing orders and processing supplier invoices. Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Responsibilities:• Analyse and co-ordinate all IT requests for the Business Consulting Practice, including the provision of hardware and software, and access to database and knowledge systems.• Manage IT systems troubleshooting and support.• Project manage systems development, deployment and training.Key Projects:• Windows 2000 Standard Operating Environment pilot deployment.• Enhancements to the Global Corporate CRM system.• Development of Knowledge Management… Show more Responsibilities:• Analyse and co-ordinate all IT requests for the Business Consulting Practice, including the provision of hardware and software, and access to database and knowledge systems.• Manage IT systems troubleshooting and support.• Project manage systems development, deployment and training.Key Projects:• Windows 2000 Standard Operating Environment pilot deployment.• Enhancements to the Global Corporate CRM system.• Development of Knowledge Management systems.• Upgrade of financials forecasting and consultant scheduling system.Achievements:• Instigated a global initiative to improve Enterprise Contact Management systems.• Investigated and identified deficiencies in the global documentation and knowledge repositories for applications and database solutions used by the business, and recommended solutions. Show less

Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia

Responsibilities:• Managed the relationship between business units and IT resources within the organisation.• Consulted with department managers to define IT solutions required to deliver new or enhanced organisational business needs.• Coordinated all aspects of the development of systems architecture and solutions – the analysis, design, purchase, implementation, enhancement and maintenance of Information Systems (database and applications), computer systems, and communications… Show more Responsibilities:• Managed the relationship between business units and IT resources within the organisation.• Consulted with department managers to define IT solutions required to deliver new or enhanced organisational business needs.• Coordinated all aspects of the development of systems architecture and solutions – the analysis, design, purchase, implementation, enhancement and maintenance of Information Systems (database and applications), computer systems, and communications systems.• Assessed and recommended alternatives and new technologies that will enhance established systems architecture, including the Network, communications, and the database and applications development and operating environment.• Oversaw the development of corporate online Internet initiatives – Intranet, Extranet, E-commerce, E-Procurement and Portal strategies.• Developed disaster recovery plans and security measures to prevent or cope with damage or unauthorised access to IT systems.• Planned and managed the IT Budget.Key Projects:• Consultant to the EANnet II Project – the revised online product data alignment service.• Revised Internet, E-business and E-mail strategies.• Revised WAN architecture and communications.• Disaster Recovery Plan.• “EANlife” corporate Intranet framework. Show less

Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia

Responsibilities:• Efficient and timely management of all IT systems.• Chief designer, project manager and industry liaison for the EANnet online product data alignment service. • Co-ordinated relationships with IT solutions vendors.• Coordinated the acquisition, population and reporting of market research data regarding the penetration of bar code scanning at the retail point-of-sale. Key Projects:• EANnet and management of the Grocery Industry Supply Chain… Show more Responsibilities:• Efficient and timely management of all IT systems.• Chief designer, project manager and industry liaison for the EANnet online product data alignment service. • Co-ordinated relationships with IT solutions vendors.• Coordinated the acquisition, population and reporting of market research data regarding the penetration of bar code scanning at the retail point-of-sale. Key Projects:• EANnet and management of the Grocery Industry Supply Chain Committee (GISCC) Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) working group.• Upgrade of Network from Novell to Windows NT.• Upgrade of database from Gupta SQLBase to MS SQL Server.Achievements:• Project manager and chief designer for the multi-million dollar EANnet Online Industry Catalogue service. • Designed and coordinated the implementation of an automated E-mail Bar Code Testing Certification report distribution service.• Chief specification designer and development coordinator for customised Client-Server Windows applications required to meet business needs.• Coordinated the implementation of a WAN operating between three sites using Frame Relay communications and SQL database merge replication.• Instigated a Disaster Recovery strategy, including the planning and implementation of an alternative “hot site’ from which the organisation could operate its WAN.• Budget management and accountability.• Coordinated an IT Systems change – from a Clipper/Novell environment to an SQLWindows Client-Server Network.• Managed the re-design of customised database applications, and the migration of data - to enable and enhance the functionalities of DOS-based legacy systems for operation within a Windows environment.• Ensured the integration of business applications to share data across systems, resulting in the reduction of data duplication and an increase in data quality. Show less

Graduate Diploma In Business Systems, Information Systems & E-Business

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