The Senior Supply Chain Management Business Analyst is responsible for reviewing assigned business processes from end-to-end to identify and address operational, financial, and technological risks. Identify opportunities specifically within or manufacturing environments to improve efficiency. Responsibilities will include a full range of activities from leading small to mid-size projects to assisting other project managers on larger more complex projects related to operational business functions that affect team members and providers at the market level.
Essential Functions:
- Understand the company’s manufacturing business processes and help establish MS Dynamics F&O configuration/overall system architecture, to improve operations and solve problems
- Run and complete projects on time and within budgets
- Manage customer relationships and expectations by developing a communication process to keep others up to date on project results
- Provide and support the implementation of business solutions by building relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders; identifying business needs; determining and carrying out necessary processes and practices; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and adapting to competing demands, organizational changes, and new responsibilities
- Serve as a liaison between Operations and IT to assist or gather business requirements needed for system modifications, enhancement, and implementations
- Facilitate the transition of Business Applications to sustainable, long-term platforms
- Collaborate closely with developers to implement the requirements, provide necessary guidance to testers during QA process
- Develop and implement plans for improving business processes using new technologies with an awareness of the business need; incorporate organizational needs and objectives into planning process
- Map/Document process flows within user disciplines
- Develop and deliver training for new systems
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Ability to impact operations and effect change without being confrontational
- Strong leadership and organizational skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Strong project management, ability to successfully manage multiple tasks at any given point, strong relationship building skills & communication skills
- Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, and organize workload to meet organizational timelines in a fast paced, very high-growth environment
- Ability to understand how to prioritize and project manage given resource constraints, including both human and financial
- Strong research capability and ability to develop presentations
- Solid interpersonal skills with proven ability to develop and maintain effective business partner relationships at all levels of the organization
- Must have experience working on large scale projects as well as handling day-to-day operational requests from the business
- Strong project management, ability to successfully manage multiple tasks at any given point, strong relationship building skills & communication skills
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in appropriate field of study and 5 years work experience
- Experience implementing and supporting Microsoft Dynamics F&O ERP
- Strong understanding of MS Dynamics database structure
- Experience in manufacturing, scheduling and operations environments
- Large scale project management experience
Travel Requirements:
Travel to company’s manufacturing facilities and sales centers both domestically and internationally to better understand customer, operational and vendor needs will be required.
The company’s Job Descriptions are not intended to be a complete detailed account of all expected/anticipated activities. We operate in a fast-moving and competitive global environment and therefore need employees to be flexible.
