As a Fortune 500 company, Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is an ideas and solutions company. Our corrugated packaging business seeks to be the leader in helping our customers — large and small — package, transport and display products of all kinds. Our white paper business delivers Paper With Purpose by providing the highest level of customer service and operational excellence. We have approximately 15,000 team members in more than 100 locations in the United States that strive to meet the local needs of our customers. Our mission is to serve the needs of our customers, today and tomorrow, with products and services that exceed expectations for performance and environmental responsibility.
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This is a temp to hire opportunity.
Position Summary
PCA is seeking an experienced Technical Applications Support Analyst to support business-critical applications used throughout our manufacturing operations. This role requires strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, the ability to work directly with end users, and strong SQL knowledge for researching and resolving application-related issues.
This position begins as a 6-month contract assignment with the opportunity to convert to a full-time PCA employee based on performance and business needs. PCA is seeking candidates interested in a long-term opportunity and continued growth within the organization.
Responsibilities
- Provide support for enterprise business applications used across multiple manufacturing facilities.
- Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve application, process, and data-related issues.
- Work directly with users to identify root causes and implement solutions.
- Utilize SQL to research transactions, validate data, and support business operations.
- Test software enhancements, application updates, and new functionality.
- Create and maintain support documentation.
- Support applications including Customer Maintenance, Estimating, Pricing, Order Processing, Scheduling, Shipping, Invoicing, Inventory, Security, Payroll, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, and Manufacturing Systems.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of experience supporting business applications in a corporate environment.
- Strong SQL skills, including the ability to write and troubleshoot queries using joins, subqueries, and data analysis techniques to research and resolve business application issues.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and customer service skills.
- Experience investigating and resolving application and data-related issues.
- Experience working directly with end users.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting ERP, manufacturing, supply chain, or distribution applications.
- Experience in the corrugated packaging, paper, or manufacturing industry.
- Experience with software testing and quality assurance processes.
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COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
- Hourly rate:$40–$50 per hour.
PCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Qualified Applicants must apply at careers.packagingcorp.com to be considered.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience supporting business applications in a corporate environment
- Strong SQL skills, including writing and troubleshooting queries using joins, subqueries, and data analysis techniques
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and customer service skills
- Experience investigating and resolving application and data-related issues
- Experience working directly with end users
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience supporting ERP, manufacturing, supply chain, or distribution applications
- Experience in the corrugated packaging, paper, or manufacturing industry
- Experience with software testing and quality assurance processes
What We Do
Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) produces containerboard, corrugated packaging products, and uncoated free-sheet paper in North America. Its offerings include retail packaging and displays, shipping containers, pallets, graphic media boards, record-storage boxes, dunnage bags, and specialty supplies. PCA also manufactures commodity and specialty papers and provides design, technical, e-commerce, display, and graphic sales services for industrial and consumer customers across the United States.
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