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