Why this role matters
DLA Clothing and Textiles depends on effective demand and supply planning to support a large, diverse product portfolio and a constrained industrial base. This architect helps DLA improve planning capabilities by aligning JDA configuration, forecasting, analytics, system integration, and user adoption with mission and supply-chain objectives.
What you will do
- Develop JDA technical and functional supply-chain solution strategies for DoD demand planning, distribution planning, collaboration, inventory optimization, and reporting.
- Provide functional direction for the design, configuration, development, testing, and training of JDA supply-chain planning applications.
- Lead supply-chain analysis, business-value mapping, organizational-readiness assessment, and planning-application configuration reviews.
- Use the JDA Planning Suite to plan, prepare, and simulate strategic, operational, and tactical DoD supply-chain impacts.
- Review and validate forecasting algorithms, configurations, and related demand-planning capabilities.
- Direct the design of key-performance-indicator dashboards, metrics, and reports that support DLA business objectives and priorities.
- Support integration of JDA Planning with SAP supply-chain and financial systems and DLA data environments.
- Provide technical leadership for strategic planning, process improvement, analytics, inventory management, and supply-planning initiatives.
- An undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, Business, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
- At least eight (8) years of directly related experience and eight (8) years of DoD JDA experience.
- Experience serving as a JDA functional architect on a large-scale JDA supply-chain implementation.
- Experience programming or developing statistical analyses with SAS, R, SPSS, or SQL, plus Microsoft Office proficiency.
- Experience integrating a JDA Planning solution with an SAP supply-chain and financial system within the Federal Government.
- An active IT-II clearance or a favorably adjudicated NACLC at proposal submission, plus the ability to satisfy DLA IT-II privileged-access and CAC requirements.
- Fifteen or more years of directly related DoD Clothing and Textiles supply-chain experience.
- Fifteen or more years implementing and configuring JDA for DLA organizational clothing, individual equipment, and recruit-planning strategies.
- Fifteen or more years supporting DLA EBS as a demand-and-supply-planning subject-matter expert.
- Fifteen or more years of in-depth experience with EBS, JDA, DLA data and analytic systems, and DLA Clothing and Textiles business processes.
- Experience providing senior-leadership oversight of multiple DLA projects of similar scale and complexity.
Skills Required
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Economics, Business, Applied Mathematics, or a related field
- At least eight years of directly related experience and eight years of DoD JDA experience
- Experience serving as a JDA functional architect on a large-scale JDA supply-chain implementation
- Experience programming or developing statistical analyses with SAS, R, SPSS, or SQL
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Experience integrating a JDA Planning solution with an SAP supply-chain and financial system within the Federal Government
- Active IT-II clearance or favorably adjudicated NACLC at proposal submission, with ability to satisfy DLA IT-II privileged-access and CAC requirements
- Fifteen or more years of directly related DoD Clothing and Textiles supply-chain experience
- Fifteen or more years implementing and configuring JDA for DLA organizational clothing, individual equipment, and recruit-planning strategies
- Fifteen or more years supporting DLA EBS as a demand-and-supply-planning subject-matter expert
- Fifteen or more years of in-depth experience with EBS, JDA, DLA data and analytic systems, and DLA Clothing and Textiles business processes
- Experience providing senior-leadership oversight of multiple DLA projects of similar scale and complexity
What We Do
Xenith Solutions LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. We value our employees and provide 100% employee premium paid health insurance, dental and vision care. We also offer our employees unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO). We do not want our employees to worry about caring for themselves or their families as well as ensuring they have ample time off to recharge. Xenith provides comprehensive, timely and relevant Solutions and Business Consulting support to our customers as a key partner. Our leadership brings over a century of combined experience in Defense and Civilian markets. Our employees possess experience in all aspects of solution development from requirements creation, development, test and evaluation, fielding, and sustainment. At the core of our offerings we provide strategy and technology solutions, giving our customers valuable insights and thought leadership on the best application of information technology to drive business objectives. Xenith focuses on solving complex business challenges facing our customers. Our “Success Through Achievement” work ethic means our customer receive quality solutions through our commitment. We pride ourselves on tackling some of the most difficult operational requirements our customers have – ensuring an appropriate match between the mission requirements, financials, schedule, and security.
