Urgently Need Applications Analyst, Forestry Systems - Remote US in USA

Job title: Applications Analyst, Forestry Systems - Remote US

Company: Louisiana-Pacific

Job description: Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions) is a leading provider of high-performance building solutions that meet the demands of builders, remodelers, and homeowners worldwide. We manufacture engineered wood building products that include an extensive offering of innovative and dependable building materials and accessories. LP's values-driven culture creates an environment where talented and hardworking people thrive in an ethical, inclusive, challenging, and rewarding place to work. Since our founding in 1972, we've developed careers and provided advancement opportunities in the building products industry. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates more than 20 facilities across North and South America. For more information, visit .



Job Purpose



Working with IT Forestry group will: Establish and govern the Forestry Architecture standards and roadmap. Provide support to legacy and non-legacy Forestry applications. The role functions in IT, reporting to the IT Supply Chain COE manager.



We'd love to meet you if...

… you're energized by big challenges and creating a plan to meet the challenge

… you enjoy working with others to deliver great work

… you're innovative and looking for a values-driven, positive culture and environment



In this position you will have the opportunity to:

• Define the enterprise context, standards and patterns for business, information, application, and technology architecture


• Research and select enabling technologies to address business demands proactively, and then incorporating it into Architecture Standards for legacy and new products


• Manage Forestry systems innovation pipeline


• Understand organization's business strategies and translate them into a definition of an information technology architecture strategy for Forestry systems


• Define Forestry systems destination architectures and roadmaps based on business strategy, industry trends and innovation


• Lead or Participate in prioritization and rationalization of conflicting business, information, and technology requirements on enterprise level


• Lead or Partner in any IT Product selection and procurement process along with business


• Provide support, training and direction to divisional, regional and site locations for legacy and non legacy applications

• Minimum of 7 years of experience in integrated forestry systems, GIS, or computer/database administration in positions of increasing responsibility


• Or any equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the key responsibilities of this position


• Experience with Trimble Forestry solutions (LIMS, LRM, CFX), SAP, ESRI or other Forestry and Business ERP systems desired


• Strong leadership skills with the ability to develop strategic objectives and communications in alignment with the Corporate, Business, & IT strategy


• Experience with implementing business systems, reporting tools and applying technology to solve business problems


• Thorough knowledge of integrated business solutions, relational databases, and geographic system design and development


• Knowledge of provincial forest practices, contract, and accounting needs


• Demonstrated application development skills


• Ability to work well with a variety of internal and external groups


• Strong time management skills, as well as the ability to multi-task and handle multiple projects simultaneously

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

• This is a remote-based position for a United States resident


• Travel occasionally to all facilities


• Flexible work schedule may be required to work with sites, contractors, or to implement enhancements when system usage is minimized

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