Who is Ideaca?

Ideaca, listed as one of the Best Workplaces in Canada by the Great Place to Work® Institute Canada, prides itself on the philosophy of ‘good people, doing good work’. We employ entrepreneurial people with the creativity, drive and focus to get the job done. The Ideaca team consists of enthusiastic individuals who are open to new ideas, respectful of others and hard working – but most of all, like to have fun. We have a culture built on respect and many of our customers comment on how friendly, professional and ‘can-do’ Ideaca team members are. Ideaca’s environment allows you to grow personally and professionally at the same time.



Calgary Opportunities

Ideaca thanks all applicants for their interest, but we will only contact you if we are interested in discussing your candidacy further. No phone calls or Agencies please.

SAP Pre-Sales Consultant

Ideaca is a Canadian based consulting firm with locations in Toronto, Kitchener, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and USA. We help customers from strategy to solution through a portfolio of management consulting, advisory, implementation and support services. We have 11 years of experience doing business and in that time, have accumulated a growing list of over 350 satisfied, repeat customers. Our family of over 200 employees across the country work on delivering innovative solutions around Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Business Intelligence, Portals and Collaboration, Cloud Computing, Custom Application Development, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Application Infrastructure, Support Services.

Our people are creative and can get the job done. Ideaca has experienced phenomenal growth and has maintained a relaxed and open culture, with an emphasis on diversity and the development of our people. We aim to be the best management and IT consulting company in Canada and will do so by continuing to invest in talented and motivated people, building long term relationships with our customers and by focusing nationally.

Responsibilities:

  • Identify customers’ needs and design innovative solutions in view of addressing those needs
  • Lead and participate in product demonstrations
  • Cooperate and collaborate with sales team to identify and nurture sales opportunities
  • Contribute to business intelligence within the SAP group
  • Continuously keep informed of pertinent business, IT industry and account related news to maximize effectiveness
  • Obtain and maintain required technical certifications, current industry knowledge of emerging IT technologies

To be successful, you will have the following:

  • Solid understanding and experience with SAP core technologies including
  • Specialization and/or certifications within SAP
  • Understanding of SAP Licensing models and practices
  • Minimum of 5-7 years of experience within a pre-sales and/or technical services environment, demonstrating progressively more responsibilities, with history of significant accomplishments
  • Strong PC-based skills, including MS Project, Visio, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint, Word
  • Exceptional presentation skills
  • Strong business acumen with the ability to apply that knowledge to a variety of industries
  • Understanding of existing and emerging trends
  • Effective interpersonal skills, with emphasis on listening, verbal and written communication capabilities
  • Effective planning, organizational and project management skills
  • Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
  • Strong initiative and outstanding work ethic
  • Common sense and good judgment
  • Uncompromising integrity

To apply, please click here and upload an updated copy of your resume to the position that you would like to be considered for. We thank you for your interest in Ideaca; however, only applicants being considered will be contacted

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Sales Director

If you are a seasoned sales executive with drive and energy who is looking to join a nimble firm with a great entrepreneurial spirit, then Ideaca is the place for you.

At Ideaca, you will have the opportunity to work with a market leader who has an award-winning track record in delivering business solutions with ROI for their customers. You will be supported by a company who creates world-class solutions and offers top-notch business consulting and delivery expertise. It will be your responsibility to leverage these attributes to sell value to the Calgary’s office existing customer base and aggressively find, and retain, new ones. Our list of customers to which you will refer include some of Canada’s largest and most successful companies.

We look to hire people who are creative, hardworking and have the ability to demonstrate leadership. Ideaca has experienced tremendous growth through the last few years. We have maintained a relaxed and open culture, with an emphasis on diversity and the development of our people. We aim to be the best IT consulting company in Canada and will do so by continuing to invest in talented and motivated people, building long term relationships with our customers and by focusing nationally.

Your Contributions

As an Ideaca Sales Director working in our Calgary office, you will be responsible to grow the Calgary market by participating in all phases of the sales life cycle. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual, who can work under dynamic conditions and can foster productive relationships with a diverse customer and partner group.

You will focus on:

  • Developing and managing sales cycles from lead capture to sales closure
  • Leading introductory meetings with potential customers including positioning Ideaca’s value proposition
  • Making cold calls when appropriate and following-up on leads generated from marketing and networking
  • Developing strategic account and opportunity plans
  • Qualifying sales opportunities to ensure optimal use of time and Ideaca and partner resources
  • Utilizing Ideaca Solution consulting resources effectively during the sales cycle and demonstrating leadership throughout
  • Working with marketing to help develop lead generation campaigns along with target marketing to specific verticals
  • Working with Partner Solution Sales Account Managers and Solution Specialists to Develop Account Strategies and partner on closing deals

To be successful, you will have the following:

  • Post-secondary degree/diploma in Business, Computer Science or a related discipline
  • 5 years experience in selling strategic technology business applications and solutions (Please be prepared to discuss opportunities and accounts you have managed successfully)
  • Strong and established client base in Calgary
  • Experience working with third-party vendors
  • Ability to thrive in a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment and to work with a team

To apply, please click here and upload an updated copy of your resume to the position that you would like to be considered for. We thank you for your interest in Ideaca; however, only applicants being considered will be contacted

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Business Analyst, Portals and Collaboration Consultant

Responsibilities

As an Ideaca Business Analyst working in our Portals and Collaboration group, you will be responsible for defining, documenting and implementing processes within the Microsoft suite of products including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2010, SharePoint Server 2007 and Window SharePoint Services 2.0/3.0. This will include installation and configuration of SharePoint Portal and SharePoint Services. Knowledge of document and records management, workflow, development of custom web parts and other advanced functionality in MOSS 2007 would be an asset. Additionally, you will conduct acceptance testing and train customer resources to successfully administer and maintain implemented software. You will also participate in the sales cycle, specifically assisting in the preparation and execution of demos and writing proposals.

Required Qualifications:

  • Successful completion of a post-secondary degree/diploma in Business, Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in implementation principles, practices and methodologies
  • Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment

Ideal Candidate:

  • 1 to 3 years experience preferably with Microsoft tools including Office suite, and Sharepoint 2007 and/or 2010
  • Demonstrated capabilities in evaluating business process and recommending improvements
  • Demonstrated capabilities in evaluating new technologies and utilizing the appropriate elements to achieve client results
  • Understanding of how to build and maintain positive client and peer relationships
  • Establish confidence in your ability to manage tasks, issues, their priorities and interdependencies
  • Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Prepared for some domestic and international travel as required

To apply, please click here and upload an updated copy of your resume to the position that you would like to be considered for. We thank you for your interest in Ideaca; however, only applicants being considered will be contacted

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Business Intelligence Consultant

Responsibilities

As an Ideaca Business Intelligence Consultant you will be responsible for participating at all phases of the project life cycle, including: analyzing, designing, modeling, testing and deploying suitable and appropriate solutions.

Required Qualifications:

Business Intelligence skills (Primary Focus):

  • Have experience with Microsoft Reporting Services (SSRS) and/or Microsoft Analysis Services (SSAS) or Integrated Services (SSIS)
  • Defining data standards and data models for warehouse architectures
  • Business analytics focusing on the effective use of data and information to drive positive business actions. This area includes both business and technical topics, including concepts of performance management, definition and delivery of business metrics, data visualization, and deployment and use of technology solutions such as OLAP, dashboards, scorecards and analytic applications
  • Data analysis concentrating on the understanding of business requirements with respect to data and information
  • Data design focusing on translating business information into data structures with core skills to include information needs analysis, specification of business metrics, and data modeling
  • Solid understanding of data warehousing concepts, architectures, and processes
  • Data integration to deliver business intelligence solutions. Integration includes all of the activities necessary to acquire data from sources, and to transform and cleanse the data. Data integration includes concepts and skills for source data analysis and source qualification, data profiling, source/target mapping, data cleansing and transformation, and ETL development
  • Managing the infrastructure and ensuring continuous operation of data warehousing and business intelligence solutions

Database Skills (Secondary Focus):

  • In-depth knowledge in the administration of Oracle and SQL Server databases including installation, configuration and support
  • Experience in applying database methodologies and best-practices in a client environment
  • Experience in the development of SQL and PL/SQL code objects including stored procedures, functions, triggers and views
  • Planning, design, and implementation of database related architecture and services
  • Performing data migrations including testing fixes and upgrades
  • Experience with space planning
  • Database backup and recovery
  • Performance tuning and problem diagnosis and resolution; working with Application developers
  • Strong understanding of application development processes
  • Database security administration
  • Release management and documentation

Ideal Candidate:

  • Experienced with database configuration and administration of ERP packages (including but not limited to SAP, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Oracle, Baan, MS/Navision Attain, MS/Navision Axapta)
  • Successful completion of a post-secondary degree/diploma in Business Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Understanding of how to build and maintain positive client and peer relationships
  • Experience working on ASP.NET enterprise applications, working with ADO.NET against a SQL server or Oracle databases
  • Demonstrated capabilities in evaluating new techniques and utilizing the appropriate elements
  • Established confidence in your ability to manage tasks, issues, their priorities and interdependencies
  • Prepared for some domestic and international travel as required

To apply, please click here and upload an updated copy of your resume to the position that you would like to be considered for. We thank you for your interest in Ideaca; however, only applicants being considered will be contacted

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CRM Consultant

Responsibilities

As an Ideaca CRM Consultant, you will be responsible for configuring and customizing the Microsoft CRM application using the administrative and customization tools included with the product. Additionally, you will conduct acceptance testing and train customer resources to successfully administer and maintain Microsoft CRM. You will also participate in the sales cycle, specifically assisting in the preparation of demos and writing proposals.

Required qualifications:

  • Successful completion of a post-secondary degree/diploma in Business, Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Minimum of 2 years of Enterprise CRM Package Implementation consulting experience, including Dynamics CRM/ Salesforce/ Siebel
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in CRM implementation principles, practices and methodologies
  • Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment

Ideal Candidate:

  • 1 to 3 years development experience preferably with Microsoft tools
  • Experience with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0
  • Demonstrated capabilities in evaluating business process and recommending improvements
  • Ability to present and demo the CRM software
  • Understanding of how to build and maintain positive client and peer relationships
  • Established confidence in your ability to manage tasks, issues, their priorities and interdependencies
  • Demonstrated strong communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Prepared for some domestic and international travel as required

To apply, please click here and upload an updated copy of your resume to the position that you would like to be considered for. We thank you for your interest in Ideaca; however, only applicants being considered will be contacted

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Dynamics AX Consultant

Responsibilities

As an Ideaca Dynamic AX Consultant, you will be responsible for participating at all phases of the project life cycle including: analyzing, designing, modeling, testing and deploying suitable and appropriate solutions. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual, who can work under dynamic conditions and within deadlines. We are currently seeking Microsoft Dynamics AX consultants in the roles of Trades/ Logistics/ Finance/ Manufacturing and Retail.

Required qualifications:

  • Successful completion of a post-secondary degree/diploma in Business, Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Minimum 2 to 5 years experience with full life-cycle implementation of ERP systems (J.D. Edwards, Oracle, Navision, etc.) with an emphasis on Dynamics AX (Axapta) solutions
  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in ERP implementation principles, practices and methodologies
  • Experience and strong working knowledge across Financial, Human Resources, CRM or Supply Chain Management suite of applications

Ideal Candidate:

  • Demonstrate capabilities in evaluating business process and recommending improvements
  • Understand how to build and maintain positive client and peer relationships
  • Demonstrate capabilities in evaluating new techniques and utilizing the key elements
  • Demonstrate strong communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Prepared for some domestic and international travel as required

To apply, please click here and upload an updated copy of your resume to the position that you would like to be considered for. We thank you for your interest in Ideaca; however, only applicants being considered will be contacted

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New Grad - Consultant, Application Development

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual, who can work under dynamic conditions and within deadlines. Working in a fast-paced, project-based environment, Ideaca Project Teams engage with our customers to:

  • Understand their strategic objectives and business requirements
  • Design solutions based on best-of-breed business applications
  • Develop the solutions
  • Manage the solution end-to-end from inception to end-user training and support

Required Qualifications:

  • Applying your understanding of software development processes to obtain and manage business and system requirements
  • Using your knowledge and experience in software development and programming, to bring value to our customers by designing and developing solutions that meet their needs
  • Following Ideaca’s methodi - our software implementation best practices - to achieve results for our customers
  • Working closely with key customer personnel throughout the project lifecycle
  • Building and maintaining positive customer and peer relationships
  • Travel (domestic and international), when required
  • Thriving in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Ideal Candidate:

  • Successfully completed a post-secondary degree/diploma in Business, Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Prior experience with software implementation (ERP, CRM, Sharepoint)
  • Hands-on experience with .net 3.5, C#, asp.net, and/or Java, PHP

To apply, please click here and upload an updated copy of your resume to the position that you would like to be considered for. We thank you for your interest in Ideaca; however, only applicants being considered will be contacted

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New Grad - Consultant, Business Applications

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated individual, who can work under dynamic conditions and within deadlines. Working in a fast-paced, project-based environment, Ideaca Project Teams engage with our customers to: Understand their strategic objectives and business requirements:

  • Design solutions based on best-of-breed business applications
  • Implement the solutions
  • Manage the solution end-to-end from inception to end-user training and support

Required Qualifications:

  • Applying your understanding of software implementation processes to obtain and manage business and system requirements
  • Using your knowledge and experience of business process and software, bring value to our customers by designing and implementing solutions that meet their needs
  • Following Ideaca’s methodi - our software implementation best practices - to achieve results for our customers
  • Working closely with key customer personnel throughout the project lifecycle
  • Building and maintaining positive customer and peer relationships
  • Thriving in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

As our ideal candidate, you have

  • Successfully completed a post-secondary degree/diploma in Business, Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Prior experience with software implementation (ERP, CRM, Sharepoint)
  • Hands-on experience with .net 3.5, C#, asp.net, and/or Java, PHP
  • Prepared for some domestic and international travel as required

To apply, please click here and upload an updated copy of your resume to the position that you would like to be considered for. We thank you for your interest in Ideaca; however, only applicants being considered will be contacted

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SAP CRM 7.0 Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

As an Ideaca SAP CRM Consultant based in our Calgary office, you will be responsible for helping customers strategize, design and implement effective SAP CRM solutions. Your role will leverage your talents to help position and architect solutions using SAP CRM 7.0.

Required Qualifications:

  • Strong communication skills including effective listening skills.
  • Passion for translating customer pains and opportunities into pragmatic solutions
  • Minimum of 4 years of SAP implementation experience
  • Minimum of 2 SAP CRM project configuration experience in Release 7.0
  • Minimum of 2 SAP CRM project experience in configuration of Interaction Center, Marketing , WEB UI configuration and Service modules
  • Minimum of one full life cycle implementation in the area of Loyalty management module in SAP CRM
  • Minimum of one SAP CRM project experience in middleware setup between SAP CRM and SAP ECC systems
  • Minimum of 2 years experience in workflow management, interactive scripting and case management

Ideal Candidate:

  • Proven capabilities in evaluating new techniques and utilizing the appropriate elements
  • Proven confidence in your ability to manage tasks, issues, their priorities and interdependencies
  • Prepared for domestic and/or international travel as required

To apply, please click here and upload an updated copy of your resume to the position that you would like to be considered for. We thank you for your interest in Ideaca; however, only applicants being considered will be contacted

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SAP Business Objects Consultant

Responsibilities:

As an Ideaca SAP BI Consultant based in our Calgary office, you will be responsible for helping customers strategize, design and implement effective SAP business intelligence / data warehouse solutions. Your role will leverage your talents to help position and architect BI solutions using the SAP Business Objects/BW product suite. In this role you will contribute to Ideaca’s growth and Ideaca’s customer satisfaction in two major avenues:

  • Pre-sales solution consulting – BI product demos, proposal writing, strategic assessments
  • Implementation consulting – including business requirements definition, designing and developing the BI solution, and training customer resources to successfully adopt and leverage the business solution in supporting their business operations.

Required Qualifications:

  • Strong communication skills including effective listening skills
  • Passion for translating customer pains and opportunities into pragmatic BI solutions
  • Proven experience presenting BI product demos in interactive environments
  • Exposure to SAP business processes as they relate to business intelligence ideally in the Oil and Gas industry
  • Experience implementing BW for financial and logistics reporting/analytics (minimum 2 years)
  • Experience analyzing, designing, constructing and automating ETL processes with Informatica or Business Objects Data Services
  • Some analytics and reporting experience with Crystal Reports and/or SAP Business Objects reporting tools
  • Proven ability to build and maintain strong and positive client and peer relationships

Ideal Candidate:

  • Experience designing, developing and implementing custom BW reporting solutions with SAP and non-SAP data sources. Exposure to a 3rd party ETL tool such as Informatica or Business Objects Data Services (EIM)
  • Some prior technical or functional experience working with SAP ECC (R/3)
  • Proven capabilities in evaluating new techniques and utilizing the appropriate elements
  • Proven confidence in your ability to manage tasks, issues, their priorities and interdependencies
  • Prepared for domestic and/or international travel as required
  • Passion for learning new SAP skills/technologies including Business Objects 4.0, EIM, HANA, etc

To apply, please click here and upload an updated copy of your resume to the position that you would like to be considered for. We thank you for your interest in Ideaca; however, only applicants being considered will be contacted

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Senior Project Managers/Business Analysts

As an Ideaca Project Manager/Business Analyst, you will be responsible for:

  • Developing strategy and producing project plans (scope, risk, quality, cost, change management, communications, procurement, work breakdown structure, and schedule) to deliver against it Working with the project sponsor to develop project charter, goals and priorities
  • Facilitating risk assessment/mitigation sessions and follow-through risk management with a balanced and business priority driven approach
  • Leveraging your solid understanding of the project management life cycle and related principles, methodologies and best practices and improves such processes and execution

Required qualifications include:

  • Minimum 3 to 5 years experience as a project manager successfully leading full life-cycle business process and /or information technology projects, on time, on budget to the client's satisfaction.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with senior management (including business and IT director level personnel) and customers/vendors
  • A balance of business experience and people management skills with strong technology knowledge
  • Ability to develop project proposals, comprehensive project budgets and plans and to contribute extensively through the entire engagement lifecycle from sales to delivery.
  • Applied experience with Project Management principles, practices and methodologies e.g. RUP, EUP, Agile, PMI, CMM etc.

As our ideal candidate you will:

  • Ability to plan, delegate and manage tasks, issues, their priorities and interdependencies
  • Ability to spot, explain, and correct incomplete/inaccurate plans/budgets
  • Established the credibility to cement creative partnerships with project stakeholders
  • Be capable of identifying project conflicts or issues and work with appropriate people to resolve them
  • Has successfully delivered a range of projects and at least 2-3 intermediate projects with a minimum of all of the following:
    • Team size > 10 FTE
    • Project Budget (overall) > $1.5M (Ideaca budget > $750k)
    • Project duration > six months full-time
  • Is able to travel domestically and internationally as required

To apply, please click here and upload an updated copy of your resume to the position that you would like to be considered for. We thank you for your interest in Ideaca; however, only applicants being considered will be contacted

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