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Solutions Consultant

Solutions Consultant

CompanyFlexport
LocationChicago, IL, USA
Salary$72160 – $90200
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelJunior

Requirements

  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills paired with a persistent, proactive, results-oriented mindset
  • Ability to effectively drive integrations between Flexport, our customers and the ERP, TMS, WMS and / or systems they rely on
  • Work well with cross-functional teams and provide project leadership
  • Initiative and positive attitude with a desire to learn and seek answers independently
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects with organizational and time-management skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or relevant work experience
  • 1+ years of relevant work experience
  • Willingness to travel (up to 25%)

Responsibilities

  • Own the end-to-end delivery for common integrations including purchase order, booking, advanced shipping notification, shipment milestone, freight invoice and more
  • Participate in functional requirements gathering and own project requirements design, functional testing and operations impact deliverables for complex integration projects
  • Share functional insights and nuances about different freight forwarding scenarios that might impact a given customer’s integration with Flexport Ecosystem peers
  • Collaborate with the Account Management and Global Operations teams to review, update and socialize SOP changes for integrated customers
  • Work closely with Solutions Engineers to create the business objects (Quotes, Bookings, Shipments, Invoices, etc..) necessary to facilitate integration testing across various functional scenarios
  • Facilitate User Acceptance Testing across end-users including the customer and Client Solutions ensuring successful testing and approval prior to integration go-live
  • Partner with Client Solutions in your region / time-zone to help drive successful adoption of integrated solutions, assist in triage / diagnosis of integration issues, and aggregate feedback to recommend improvements / feature requests to applicable teams
  • Partner with Account Executives in your region/time-zone, ensuring they have requisite support in navigating integration related requests from their customers throughout the pre-sales process

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with file formats including CSV, XML or JSON
  • Experience with EDI X12 and EDIFACT
  • Experience working with APIs
  • Experience with data analytics, data manipulation and system integrations
  • Supply-chain, logistics, or operations experience