Description:
This role involves working closely with stakeholders to understand business objectives identify opportunities for process improvements and deliver actionable solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong analytical mindset excellent communication skills and a proven track record in project management and business process optimization.
Responsibilities:
Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather analyze and document business requirements for projects and initiatives ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
Process Improvement: Identify inefficiencies in existing business processes and recommend innovative solutions for improvement leveraging technology where appropriate.
Data Analysis: Analyze complex data sets to identify trends patterns and insights that will drive decisionmaking and strategic planning.
Solution Design: Work with IT and other technical teams to develop functional designs and solutions that meet business requirements ensuring that all technical and business requirements are fulfilled.
Stakeholder Communication: Act as the primary liaison between business users IT teams and external vendors to ensure project requirements are understood and implemented correctly.
Project Management: Lead and manage business analysis efforts within projects including timeline management progress tracking and reporting.
Documentation: Create detailed documentation including business process flows use cases user stories functional specifications and test plans to support project implementation.
Testing & Validation: Support the quality assurance process by developing test cases reviewing test plans and participating in system testing to ensure that solutions meet business requirements.
Risk Management: Identify and assess risks and work with stakeholders to develop mitigation plans to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
Techinical Skills Required:
- 6 in senior Business Analysis Business Architecture Solutions Architecture roles in Purchasing Supply Chain and/or Logistics System areas.
Analytical Skills
- Business Analysis: Ability to break down complex business processes identify areas of improvement and provide actionable solutions.
- Data Analysis: Competence in analyzing large datasets identifying trends and using datadriven insights for decisionmaking.
- Problem Solving: Strong critical thinking skills to troubleshoot issues address roadblocks and resolve conflicts efficiently.
- Process Mapping: Proficiency in process modeling and workflow analysis (e.g. using tools like Visio Lucidchart).
- Experience with business process modeling enterprise architecture and associated tools.
- Ability to visualize growth and build highlevel models for future analysis and maturing the current business architecture.
- Ability to partner with stakeholders to document and communicate values generated from the new capabilities and processes.
- Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills.
- Ability to translate complex subjects into actionable recommendations.
- Program/project management skills and the ability to set clear goals to get desired results.
Technical Skills
- Requirements Elicitation: Expertise in gathering documenting and validating business requirements using various techniques such as interviews workshops and surveys.
- Documentation & Reporting: Strong skills in creating business process documents functional specifications use cases user stories and test cases.
Software Tools:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel Word PowerPoint Visio).
- Experience with business analysis tools like Azure DevOps JIRA Confluence or Trello.
- Data analytics and visualization tools such as SQL Power BI Tableau.
- Understanding of Databases: Familiarity with querying databases (e.g. using SQL) for data extraction and analysis.
- System Integration & Interfaces: Experience with system integration APIs and other forms of data exchange across systems.
Project Management Skills
- Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum Kanban) sprint planning and backlog management.
- Stakeholder Management: Ability to engage communicate and manage expectations of stakeholders across various levels (technical nontechnical executive).
- Risk Management: Competence in identifying project risks and devising strategies to mitigate them.
- Time Management: Strong ability to prioritize tasks manage project timelines and deliver within deadlines.
- Change Management: Experience with managing the impact of new processes and systems on stakeholders and endusers.
Communication Skills
- Stakeholder Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills particularly in translating complex technical concepts into business language.
- Negotiation and Facilitation: Ability to facilitate meetings drive discussions and build consensus among stakeholders.
- Presentation Skills: Competency in creating and delivering presentations to different audiences from technical teams to senior leadership.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Team Leadership: Ability to lead crossfunctional teams mentor junior business analysts and coordinate efforts across departments.
- Collaboration: Strong teamwork skills working effectively with various teams such as IT marketing finance and external vendors.
- Decision Making: Confidence in making informed decisions balancing business needs with technical capabilities.
Desired Skills:
- Attention to Detail: Meticulous in documentation ensuring accuracy in requirements and process analysis.
- Adaptability: Flexibility to adjust to changing business needs and project demands in a fastpaced environment.
- Conflict Resolution: Strong conflict management skills to resolve disagreements and keep projects on track.
- Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) from IIBA.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI.
- Agile Certifications like Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or PMIACP.
- Six Sigma Green/Black Belt for process improvement expertise.
Education & Experience Required:
- Bachelor s Degree or equivalent. Ideally majors include Physics Math Computer Science or Information Technology Management.
- 6 in senior Business Analysis Business Architecture Solutions Architecture roles in Purchasing Supply Chain and/or Logistics System areas.
- Experience in modeling business processes by using various tools and techniques (e.g. UML).
- Experience with enterprise architecture modeling tools.
Required Skills : AWS Cloud FormationProcess ImprovementBusiness AnalysisJIRA
Basic Qualification :
Additional Skills : AWS EngineerProcess EngineerBusiness Analyst
Background Check : No
Drug Screen : No