Friday, May 28, 2010

Oracle Apps DBA

ORACLE APPLICATIONS DBA

S. Reynolds & Associates, Inc. is under contract with a major Financial Services company - who with their affiliated companies, can quickly customize, creatively market and efficiently mange innovative financial protection programs, from credit insurance and payment protection to service contracts and warranties – is seeking an Oracle Apps DBA for their Corporate offices located in Jacksonville, FL.

Requirements

At a minimum you need to have Commercial experience as a Production Oracle DBA (earlier in your professional experience) as well as Current Oracle App DBA experience that included a majority of the following:

Oracle Database
• Implement and maintain the database design
• Create database objects (tables, indexes, etc.)
• Write database procedures, functions and triggers
• Assist developers with database activities
• Tune database queries
• Monitor application related jobs and data replication activities
• Backup and Recovery/High Availability
Oracle Applications
• Application Installation and configuration
• Patching and Upgrades
• Patch Management and Version Control
• Customization Updates
• Cloning requirements. This can be frequent in an Apps environment
• Concurrent Managers
• Forms/Report Servers
• Printer Configuration
• User Access Administration
• Database restrictions for the applications. That is so that the installation is still supportable and conforms to all vendor (Oracle) requirements.
• Backup and Recovery/High Availability
• OBIEE
• Web Servers (Oracle-Apache)

Manage and Maintain Hardware Infrastructure
• Break/fix on server and storage hardware
• Maintain firmware patches and updates
• Capacity planning and performance analysis
• Hardware upgrades

Basic Qualifications:
• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent with strong educational background
• 5+ years of experience with data analysis and mapping.
• 5+ years of experience with Oracle database development using PL/SQL
• 3+ years of experience with Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) data management, eBusiness Suite, and Oracle database administration (DBA)
• 3+ years of experience with UNIX and Windows
• Experience with Concurrent Manage, Workflow Manager, and loading data into the Oracle eBusiness Suite, including its Application Program Interface (API) preferred
• Experience with Oracle BPEL process manager and services preferred
• Ability to obtain a security clearance is strongly preferred (not required)

Please submit your resume to: sjoakman@gmail.com

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Vice President Retrofit Business

VICE PRESIDENT – RETROFIT BUSINESS

S. Reynolds & Associates, Inc. is conducting a search for a major employer and market leader specializing in the building and contracting services industry across America, located in the Daytona Beach, FL area. I am seeking a Vice President – Retrofit Business. This is a full time position including a competitive compensation and benefits package. Relocation is available.

This is a $1B division with 10,000+ employees and 300 locations providing North America's building industry with a resource for all of its product and installation needs.

Overview
Responsible for identifying, qualifying, constructing and leading installed sales opportunities to increase the Company’s presence in the Retrofit market and grow company revenue. This includes identification of business opportunities within the vertical supply chain (Dealers), negotiations and agreements needed to establish a partnership program with stakeholders, establishing key account management structures, implementing client satisfaction measurements and market penetration analysis,. Ensures all business development activities are conducted and delivered within the Company’s policies, procedures, objectives and financial resources.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
• Oversee development and execution of both short and long term business development strategy in the Retrofit market
• Leads the development and execution of all Retrofit business development related activities of the company
• Develop retrofit team to lead business growth and performance
• Takes proactive steps to identify and evaluate financially viable business opportunities within the Retrofit Market
• Coordinate with executives and operational leaders to capitalize on existing programs to promote common goals within the Retrofit Market
• Support and grow on going retrofit business in existing divisions
• Explores and designs programs to capitalize on Energy programs funded by State and Federal governments
• Reaches out to potential business partners and negotiates program service offerings and pricing guidelines
• Defines and develops market analysis and market communication tools to support sales efforts to include program architecture and implementation plan
• Develop & retain Regional and/or National dealer accounts through contract negotiations, product penetration and diversification
• Ensures smooth and seamless on boarding of new clients, client processes, and new sales initiative programs
• Transitions new business platforms from Business Development to Operations in an effective and efficient manner
• Manages brand adherence/alignment across all marketing channels as well as internal company functions
• Develop client/customer feedback loop to monitor and measure business retention. This includes customer satisfaction surveys and referral tracking.
• Meet company sales and profit goals
• Any other duty, task or responsibility as assigned

• Supervisory or Management Responsibility – Has the authority to direct managers with functional area responsibilities. Has the direct responsibility to undertake the following employment actions: hiring, termination, corrective action, and performance reviews.

• Budget Responsibility – Has full responsibility for planning, monitoring and managing budgets.

• Decision-Making Level and Scope – Decisions have significant, broad implications for the management and operations of a major division/department or multiple divisions/departments. Job contributes to decisions on the overall strategy and direction of Company

• Independence of Action – Sets direction and vision for retrofit department. Establishes priorities, develops policies and allocates resources.

Education/Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent Experience
• Minimum 7 years in sales management role in construction related in construction industry
• Retrofit, Weatherization or green experience ideal
• This person must be a visionary and have a strong track record of effectively growing an organization to the next level.
• Prior P & L responsibility a plus
• Must be detail oriented, excellent communicator, highly organized

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
• Mathematical Skills
o Able to perform complex mathematical calculations (add, subtract, multiply, divide, unit of measure, volume and area).
o Able to perform “what if” calculations
o Ability to interpret financial trends to include variances and business financial metrics.

• Technology Skills
o Proficient in Office Software like word processing, spreadsheets and presentation software.
o Capable of preparing sales estimates and complex quotes.
o Knowledgeable of ERP applications (preferably Oracle)
o Knowledge of related Federal, State, and local laws and regulations relating to weatherization and residential retrofit construction.
o Knowledge of weatherization, construction and home rehabilitation and repair, as well as energy conservation and energy efficiency.

• Additional Skills
o Requires self-management and project management ability
o Ability to work independently, as well as work as part of a team.

Competencies
• Customer Focus – Meets or exceeds the expectations of internal and external customers.
• Ethics and Values – Adheres to a set of core values and beliefs in good and bad times, rewards the right values.
• Integrity and Trust – Widely trusted, seen as a direct and truthful individual.
• Learning on the Fly – Learns quickly when facing new challenges or situations.
• Drive for Results – Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; constantly one of the top performers.
• Deals with Ambiguity – Deals effectively with change, shifts gears easily, makes decisions without having the total picture.
• Business Acumen – Knows the business, understands what affects the business and tactics that work in the marketplace.
• Command Skills – Enjoys leading a team, takes unpopular stands if necessary, faces difficulties head on and energized by challenges.
• Decision Quality – Makes good decisions based on analysis, wisdom, experience and judgment.
• Developing Direct Reports – Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions.
• Hiring and Staffing – Has a nose for talent; hires the best people available from inside and outside the company.
• Priority Setting – Spends time on what’s important; eliminates roadblocks, creates focus.
• Process Management – Good at figuring out the best process to get things done; knows how to organize people and activities.
• Managing Vision and Purpose – Communicates a compelling and inspired vision; talks about possibilities; is optimistic.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF JOB
• Long hours and weekends required
• Ability to travel with some overnight stay as needed
• Up to 50% travel required.

Please submit your resume to: sjoakman@gmail.com