SAP Business Analyst

Indianapolis, IN, United States

Vaco Technology is currently searching for an SAP Business Analyst for a full time, direct hire opportunity. This position can be located on the northwest side of Chicago or on the northside of Indianapolis. This is a hybrid role (2 days/ week in the office, 3 days remote).

This candidate's primary focus is to support the implementation and maintenance of IT solutions and on-going business projects related to continuous improvement. This position acts as the subject matter expert for all support and master data management systems related to the Business Planning Group.

Responsibilities:

Support business process analysis for Demand Planning, Supply Planning and Sequencing, Inventory Optimization, and Ordering

Execute design & configuration setup of IT Planning applications in support of business requirements

Develops functional specifications for modifications, interfaces, reports, and screens that meet the business objectives

Plans and manages the design, implementation, and integration of systems and processes for specific business areas or departments

Builds partnerships across all organization levels within Information Technology, internal business customers, technical support resources, and external business partners

Provides leadership on project teams

Identifies trends and gaps with existing systems and processes.

Identifies opportunities and proposes projects to improve systems, processes, and infrastructure

Performs resolution of operational issues to ensure user, business and production requirements are met

Ensure communications and documentation of status, root cause and resolutions are provided

Performs testing of new system functionality and quality assurance for all systems fixes, enhancements, changes, and implementations

Ensures support documentation is created, updated, and used as intended to assist with production troubleshooting and resolution.

Collaborates with External IT Application Support as well as internal IT to investigate software issues reported by Supply Chain Planners and implement remediation steps including following case initiation and escalation procedures with the demand planning/inventory management software

Continuously monitors various releases of the demand planning/inventory management software and liaise with Business and IT to determine enhancements that could be of value to the business.

Works with external Implementation Partners, IT and Business representatives to develop/test the new features and follow protocol to promote to production

Minimum skills Required: Bachelor's degree in IT or a related field

5 years of hands-on experience with integrated planning solutions with SAP APO, SAP or others, preferably in one or more areas of Demand Planning, Supply Planning and Production Sequencing

Good technical understanding of SAP ECC modules such as PP, SD,LE

Good understanding of IT infrastructure and cloud technologies

Ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence

Travel: 10-20%

Preferred skills: Deep understanding of Application development and application lifecycle management

Ability to analyze project, program and portfolio needs

Excellent communications skills - both written and verbal

Teamwork, Oral & written Communications, Logical Analysis, Business skills and methods, Business Processes, Strategic Planning, Application and integration modelling and design skills

Knowledge of problem analysis, structured analysis, and design techniques. IT experience in a global operations environment

Strong analytical and conceptual skills; ability to create original concepts/theories for a variety of stakeholders

Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

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Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to: the individual's skill sets, experience and training;

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office location and other geographic considerations;

other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.