Job Title:

Salesforce.com - Senior Application Developer Job Opportunity in Boston's Metro West with a growing B2B!

Additional Details:

Our client, a tier-one venture backed B2B Services and Software Company, has exclusively engaged us to help them hire a Sr. Application Developer to lead the design, architecture, development, and ongoing support of their enterprise Salesforce.com CRM solution that supports their Marketing, Sales and Services teams. The role reports to the Director of Marketing.

If you're interested in learning more about this role, please send a Word version of your resume along with a cover letter to Courtney Homer, chomer@careerencore.com, www.careerencore.com, (617) 242-4443.

Responsibilities:
• Partner with managers in Marketing, Sales, and Services to understand the business needs; Gather requirements and work with various parts of the organization to create meaningful Salesforce.com reports and dashboards.
• Internal expert in Salesforce application functionality, technology, customization, and development.
• Perform detailed analysis of business and technical requirements; write technical approach and design documentation supporting business needs; create development and integration plans.
• Identify and implement new Salesforce.com features and functions, (new screens, workflow, APEX code, force.com objects, reports, etc.) in response to business needs.
• Conceptualize creative solutions that are consistent with the business requirements, its enterprise architecture, and the intended usage and capabilities of Salesforce.com
• Contribute to other areas of business automation and supporting technology.

Requirements:
• 5 + years of Salesforce.com Architecture, Design, Development, Administration and Operational Support required; Salesforce.com Certified Developer preferred.
• Proven ability to design and optimize business processes and to integrate business processes across disparate systems.
• Experience with Salesforce.com developer toolkit - Apex, Visualforce, Force.com IDE, Force.com Migration Tool, Web Services/SOA & Metadata APIs.
• Strong web development skills including CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, HTML, XML
• Strong SDLC experience
• Technical skills: XML, HTML and CSS, SOAP, XML, JavaScript, AJAX
• Working knowledge of data warehousing, Informatica ETL, Informatica and PowerExchange.
• Services Oriented Design Principles (SOA)
• Object Oriented Development Skills (Java, .Net)
• Advanced knowledge of data management, SQL and RDMS technologies.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively work in team environment with varying skill set levels.
• Bachelor’s degree required in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field required.

About CareerEncore:

CareerEncore is a boutique recruiting firm that is driven by the passion to provide exceptional talent to Boston area emerging tech companies and growth opportunities. Our success comes from our dedication to building long-term relationships with both our clients and candidates. CareerEncore’s commitment to understanding their true needs combined with our years in the high-tech market uniquely enables us to successfully match talent with opportunity.

Our goal is to provide you with the very best recruiting experience.

Courtney Homer | President & CEO | CareerEncore, Inc. | (617) 242-4443 | chomer@careerencore.com | www.careerencore.com

LinkedIn is a great way to keep in touch about future opportunities. Feel welcome to send me an invitation to connect http://www.linkedin.com/in/courtneysullivanhomer

Courtney Homer | President & CEO | CareerEncore, Inc. | (617) 242-4443 | chomer@careerencore.com | www.careerencore.com

LinkedIn is a great way to keep in touch about future job opportunities. Feel welcome to send me an invitation to connect: http://www.linkedin.com/in/courtneysullivanhomer

Position Title: Sales Analyst (potentially a Contract/Project position)

Location: Newton, MA  

Position Summary:

Sales Analyst, reporting to the VP of Marketing, is a contract, project based position. Main duties include supporting the LightWedge Sales & Marketing team by managing all aspects of Salesforce.com (CRM) system administration and creating weekly and ad hoc sales reports and analyses. This candidate will be required to support and work with executives from across the entire organization.

 Responsibilities

·         Serve as salesforce.com administrator, develop reports and dashboards per management reporting needs, set up external reps and internal personnel with appropriate permissions and views,  etc.

·         Prepare weekly sales and ad hoc reports for management using POS data from retailers, shipping and sales information from Quickbooks and other systems.

·         Analyze market and POS data and competitive product environment to monitor sales movement and market share.

·         Perform product, sales program and customer margin analysis and other analytics.

·         With management, develop and maintain annual sales forecasts for new and existing products. Work with supply chain analysts to ensure inventory coverage targets are met and maintained.

Skills Required:

·         Extensive and in-depth knowledge and skill with salesforce.com CRM software

·         Great conceptual and analytical mind with ability to identify and quantify significant business opportunities.

·         Significant experience analyzing POS from key accounts and conducting market research

·         Proven ability to problem-solve and produce results in entrepreneurial, fast-paced business environment. Ability to work well under pressure, handling several deadline projects simultaneously.

·         Strong interpersonal, communication, organization and follow-through skills.

Experience/Education Required:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, Computer Science or related field. M.B.A. or related graduate degree preferred. Significant related experience Sales Force Automation and/or CRM software.

About LightWedge LLC:

LightWedge, LLC designs, manufactures, and markets innovative lighting and magnification products under the LightWedge® and Great Point Light™ brands. LightWedge, LLC was named to Inc. Magazine’s prestigious ‘Inc. 500’ list of the fastest-growing private companies in 2006 and 2008. LightWedge and Great Point Light products are available at retailers nationwide, including Barnes & Noble, Borders, Target, Wal-Mart and Office Depot, as well as the company’s online store (www.biggerandbrighter.com) and other online retailers.

LightWedge offers competitive salaries and benefits in an energized work environment and the opportunity to be on the ground floor of an established yet exploding business. As an equal opportunity employer, LightWedge LLC is committed to a diverse workforce. Send resume to work@lightwedge.com   

Hi All~

Hope you are all enjoying this unseasonably warm but totally fabulous weather we are having!!!

The date and location for our next meeting

Tuesday, May 26^th starting at 8 a.m.

DoubleTree Guest Suites Hotel Boston/Waltham

550 Winter Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States 02451
Tel: 1-781-890-6767

 This meeting is sponsored by our very generous friends at Brainshark!

 For this meeting I would love to have a few of you volunteer to show Apps that you have built within Salesforce.  Most importantly I would love to see at least one app that was built without any APEX programming.

 We'll also try to make sure we have enough time to revisit our Birds of a Feather breakouts.  I got a lot of positive feedback about that last time.

 I also have a job to post.  Check out the Boston User Group Blog to see the details there.

 See you all soon

Cathy

TCP/IP, switches, Active Directory, Microsoft Server and Desktop Platforms etc..

:

Project Coordination: Must have proven project coordination skills: Meeting facilitation, Issue Escalation and

Resolution, Risk Identification and Mitigation, Vendor Management, Superb Written and Oral Communication Skills,

Team Player, Clear Headed. Prior PMO experience.

Testing: Responsible for both conducting testing as well as coordinating testing. Assuring bugs are reported, tracked and

resolved with vendor. Coordinate business user testing and facilitate testing between business and vendor.

Requirements Analysis: Gather requirements from business and translate to vendor, assure clear understanding and

requirements documents are accurate. Assure all requirements are met in final deliverable.

Applications Integration: SaaS Application integration/ETL – Proven experience moving and mapping data between

SaaS applications, defining business logic with end users and transforming into technical data flow solutions with tools

like Boomi and Cast Iron (Cast Iron preferred). Data Migration experience.

Application Implementation: Must have prior large scale application implementation experience. User adoption and

working with users to adapt to change. Work closely with vendor to craft implementation plans and drive actual

implementation.

SalesForce CRM Adoption:

Implement SalesForce best practices for Security, Workflow, Sales, Account, Opportunity, Pipleline, Reports

etc...

Help drive common business processes (employee status change, time off request etc…) into custom Salesforce

workflow automation applications and objects.

AppExchange applications experience, selection, implementation and adoption.

Daily Operations: Use of Salesforce Cases for application team ticket management and escalation. Use of SalesForce

Change Management tool for managing change. Salesforce configuration changes and enhancements. Assistance with

monthly billing process in SQL Reporting Server. General Microsoft SQL activities. Maintain Internet Connections

Intranet software package.

:

Required:

Broad SalesForce (SFDC) platform experience (broad, not necessarily deep)

SalesForce configurations, workflows, events and triggers

Custom SalesForce application definition and creation to meet day to day business problems.

CRM and SF platform best practices in: Security, Contracts, Leads, Opportunities, Contacts, Pipelines,

Cases, etc…

Appexchange applications – CongaMerge, Vertical Response etc…

Dashboard/Reports – definition and creation.

Microsoft Windows Computing environment.

Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Express, SQL Reporting Services, SQL Query

Previous experience with ETL tools or specifically Cast Iron or Boomi-type SaaS ETL tools.

Preferable:

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), such as Taleo, Brassring

Web Development: HTML, PHP, XML, Web Services: SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, XML

Intranet: Management of an off the shelf Intranet application running cold fusion on SQL Server.

There is a group of graduate students working on a project for Saleforce.com to improve the User Interface.  They will be in Boston next week and would like to spend some time interviewing and watching a sales person to analyze how they use the system.  Does anyone have a volunteer!  Please contact me ASAP and I can put you in touch with the group of students.

NEW JOB POSTING - CONTACT INFORMATION AT BOTTOM

Hello Everyone!

I have some VERY exciting news....we have had a RECORD number of new members sign up since our last meeting and it appears that Boston is now the largest Salesforce.com User Group! 

Congratulations to us!  Welcome to all our new members and many thanks to our existing members who stay involved and make this User Group worthwhile.

NEXT MEETING

Our next meeting will be hosted by our friends at ZoomInfo.  Much appreciation to them for providing us with a location.

Date:  Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Time:  8:30 AM.  Networking before

Location:  ZoomInfo Offices -- 307 Waverley Oaks Road, 4^th floor, Waltham,MA   02452

Need Volunteers:

The format for this meeting is going to be birds of a feather breakout discussions.  I need volunteers to get the conversation going on the following topics:

• APEX
• Marketing/Campaigns/Web to Lead

• Support

  /Cases
• Intro to Salesforce (Q&A with the newest users)

If there is a topic that you are interested in that isn't mentioned, please let me know and we'll get it covered!

Need a SPECIAL VOLUNTEER

For those of you that have been around for a while, you know that I have been the Boston User Group Leader for 3 years!  I think I need a little help and would like to extend an invitation to interested folks to become the Boston User Group Co-Leader.   There is a small interview process to go through for interested candidates, and you wouldn't be on your own.  I'll stick around, but we need another set of hands to make this User Group all that it can be!!

Please let me know if you are interested.

See you all soon

Cathy

Hi Everyone!

For those of you who came to the User Group Meeting on Wednesday, thank you VERY much for your attendance and participation.

There will be a Boston based Salesforce.com Event in December.  See details and links to registration below.  Should be an outstanding event.

Hope you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

See you soon

Cathy

Hello Everyone~

Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday November 19^th starting between 8 and 8:30 a.m.  Although feel free to arrive as your schedule permits you can arrive any time!

Location:

Marriott Courtyard

387 Winter St., Waltham, MA 02451

Carlisle Room

Vtrenz is our sponsor for this meeting, and I am sure we will hear about some Marketing best practices such as lead scoring.  I know their presentation at Dreamforce was quite good.

We'll also be talking about Dreamforce.  Whether you were there or not, I am sure lots of good things will be shared.  I am hoping that someone from Salesforce will be joining us to walk us some of the things presented there.

Look forward to seeing you all there.
Cathy

Dreamforce is almost here!  For those of you who plan to attend please keep your eyes open for any organized User Group Events during the conference.  I have not been informed of any specifics, but they are probably going to arrange something.   I look forward to seeing many of you there!

Please save the date for our next meeting -- Wednesday, November 19.  8:00 am time slot.  Our sponsor for this meeting will be Vtrenz.  Meeting location to follow.

Many of you have approached me about sponsoring a future meeting.  I was maintaining a list of interested companies....and then my hard drive crashed! (ugh)  So if you are interested in sponsoring a future User Group event please send me a quick note to that effect.  Sorry for this.

More soon!
Cathy

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, August 5th.