IT Business Analyst
Key Responsibilities:
- Vendor Management & Innovation: Act as the primary liaison with vendors, supporting innovation initiatives and engaging in pilot programs. You will oversee the performance of 20+ suppliers, fostering productive partnerships to ensure alignment with company standards.
- Governance & KPI Tracking: Collaborate closely with colleagues from headquarters to bring governance practices to the region, ensuring vendor performance meets or exceeds KPIs. Customize these practices to suit local needs while driving adherence to global standards.
- Financial Administration & Reporting: Enter purchase order requests, track budgets, and support financial aspects of vendor management. Utilize Excel and PowerBI to generate insightful reports, providing data-driven insights to stakeholders.
- Strategy & Process Development: Engage with a strategic and project-oriented mindset to adapt existing headquarters’ processes for regional application. This may include refining or creating new processes to optimize vendor management.
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- Analytical & Strategic: Capable of gathering and analyzing requirements, and providing strategic insights to enhance vendor management. A project mindset with an eye toward continual improvement is essential.
- Proficient in Tools & Communication: Skilled in Excel, PowerPoint, and ideally PowerBI, with the ability to present findings and recommendations clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
- Adaptable & Eager to Learn: A positive attitude and openness to new learning experiences are critical. This role provides a chance to work on transformative projects within the automotive industry.
Additional Information:
I. Position Purpose/Scope: What are the key objectives of the position?
Oversees the responsibility for most complex business process analysis, cost/benefit analysis, design and simulation for medium-large sized projects. Requires highest level understanding of organization's business processes and requirements.
II. Position Responsibilities/Accountabilities: List the major duties/accountabilities to achieve the positions key objectives.
• Partners with business units to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements such as forms of data input, how data is to be processed, and how the results will be managed.
• Manages current “as-is” process and works with the business to define the “to-be” process.
• Partners with the global network to ensure synergies with existing systems and alignment with group strategy.
• Reviews and analyzes system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system - identifies and differentiates system configuration from programming solutions.
• Prepares time and cost estimates for completing projects.
• Writes detailed functional specifications for program development.
• Performs and documents system configuration.
• Coordinates system interface design and development.
• Provides on-call support as needed.
• Prepares/coordinates technical reports, process documentation, test plans, training needs assessment, and implementation plans.
• Supports client's Department Manager, Process IT with the management of specific elements of projects to schedule following systems development methodology; accountable for efficient and maintainable results that meet business requirements.
• Researches, coordinates feasibility studies and makes recommendations on process changes and automation in support of improving business processes and cost savings.
• Ensures target achievement is consistently attained.
• Creates process change by integrating new processes with existing ones.
• Recommends and facilitates quality improvement efforts.
• Stays up to date on future innovations, technical trends and applies this to direct future changes.
• Serves as an IT project manager for medium – large sized projects overseeing resources assigned, conduct status meetings, and effectively communicates the project status to stakeholders as delegated by the client's Department Manager, Process IT.
• Develops project plans, administers the change control process and ensures that tasks are completed on time and within budget.
• Works closely with the business to understand the business requirements to determine the correct system design.
• Prepares business process mapping and function design.
• Prepares identification of gaps in the business process.
• Analyzes business partner’s operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to automate processes and functions.
• Recommends business process redesign and documentation as needed.
• Translates high level business requirements into functional specifications for IT development.
• Assists client's Department Manager, Process IT with negotiating agreements and commitments by facilitating communication with the business and design.
• Serves as a liaison between the business and development to ensure the technical solution meets the business needs as delegated by the client's Department Process IT.
• Performs other duties as assigned by client's Group operations supervisor.
Qualifications
Qualifications:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience:
- Associate’s degree in Mathematics, Business, Statistics, Economics, Life Sciences, or related discipline(s); and minimum 5 years of proven experience in any combination of:
- Business process analysis, reengineering, and improvement
- Project management and business case development
A) Education: BA or BS degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Science, or Business or the equivalent of 4 years of experience in an IT application or infrastructure role.
B) Experience:
3+ years of experience with IT governance and the system development life cycle.
3+ years of experience planning, analyzing, testing and designing IT solutions.
3+ years of project leadership or system responsibility experience in an IT environment
3+ years of systems analysis experience.
3+ years experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
5+ years of planning, analysis and design of IT solutions.
5+ years knowledge of project management.
3+ years knowledge of IT governance and system development life cycle.
3+ years knowledge of business preferably in the area of assigned responsibility.
Basic knowledge of database, operating systems and IT relevant infrastructure environment.
C) Training: Training in systems used in assigned area of responsibility (preferred).
Project Management training (preferred)
Additional Information
Additional Information:
I. Position Purpose/Scope: What are the key objectives of the position?
Oversees the responsibility for most complex business process analysis, cost/benefit analysis, design and simulation for medium-large sized projects. Requires highest level understanding of organization's business processes and requirements.
II. Position Responsibilities/Accountabilities: List the major duties/accountabilities to achieve the positions key objectives.
• Partners with business units to analyze current operational procedures, identify problems, and learn specific input and output requirements such as forms of data input, how data is to be processed, and how the results will be managed.
• Manages current “as-is” process and works with the business to define the “to-be” process.
• Partners with the global network to ensure synergies with existing systems and alignment with group strategy.
• Reviews and analyzes system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system - identifies and differentiates system configuration from programming solutions.
• Prepares time and cost estimates for completing projects.
• Writes detailed functional specifications for program development.
• Performs and documents system configuration.
• Coordinates system interface design and development.
• Provides on-call support as needed.
• Prepares/coordinates technical reports, process documentation, test plans, training needs assessment, and implementation plans.
• Supports client's Department Manager, Process IT with the management of specific elements of projects to schedule following systems development methodology; accountable for efficient and maintainable results that meet business requirements.
• Researches, coordinates feasibility studies and makes recommendations on process changes and automation in support of improving business processes and cost savings.
• Ensures target achievement is consistently attained.
• Creates process change by integrating new processes with existing ones.
• Recommends and facilitates quality improvement efforts.
• Stays up to date on future innovations, technical trends and applies this to direct future changes.
• Serves as an IT project manager for medium – large sized projects overseeing resources assigned, conduct status meetings, and effectively communicates the project status to stakeholders as delegated by the client's Department Manager, Process IT.
• Develops project plans, administers the change control process and ensures that tasks are completed on time and within budget.
• Works closely with the business to understand the business requirements to determine the correct system design.
• Prepares business process mapping and function design.
• Prepares identification of gaps in the business process.
• Analyzes business partner’s operations to understand their strengths and weaknesses to determine opportunities to automate processes and functions.
• Recommends business process redesign and documentation as needed.
• Translates high level business requirements into functional specifications for IT development.
• Assists client's Department Manager, Process IT with negotiating agreements and commitments by facilitating communication with the business and design.
• Serves as a liaison between the business and development to ensure the technical solution meets the business needs as delegated by the client's Department Process IT.
• Performs other duties as assigned by client's Group operations supervisor.
Preferred Qualifications:
- SAP Experience: Familiarity with SAP for purchase orders is a plus, though training will be provided if needed.
As a Business Analyst II, you will play a key role in shaping vendor relationships and implementing impactful strategies that enhance our operations. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated individual to contribute to high-visibility projects while developing skills in vendor management, strategic planning, and financial oversight.
To move forward, I would need the following from you ASAP!
1. Your UPDATED resume in word format.
2. Your Availability, Immediate, two weeks etc...
3. Four professional, verifiable references, email address and phone number.
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