Manufacturing Applications Business Analyst

Manufacturing Applications Business Analyst

What you will be expected to do:

Perform business requirements analysis related to manufacturing areas that include gathering, documenting, process mapping and analyzing of business requirements for technology solutions.

Interface with key individuals representing business, operations, and technology vendors to drive system requirements to the appropriate level of detail.

Accurately analyze critical details of business issues and opportunities to understand and define opportunities where information solutions can be implemented to mitigate business challenges.

Provide technical advice to business stakeholders to translate business requirements into application features and technical functionality and to advise on the feasibility of their requests.

Implement technical solutions including performing system configuration, building Interfaces, and working closely with system developers to deliver programming solutions.

Reviews technical designs, documents, and deliverables by vendors to ensure they meet business expectations and address technical solutions throughout the design, testing and implementation stages.

Provides user support and training to subject matter experts on deployed functionalities and solutions.

Prepares change notices to inform vendors of required changes on applicable applications based on agreed upon technical solutions.

Contribute to monitoring of project success criteria based on predefined metrics and criteria through post-implementation to ensure business case realization.

Create and maintain system context diagram and process maps; capturing flows of information between systems and typical customer flows.

Qualifications you should have:

Post-Secondary degree in Computer Science/Technology, diploma or equivalent industry experience

5+ yearsâ experience with business systems analysis, requirements authoring and hands on application support in large enterprise environments.

Experience with bar coding and RFID applications, MES, GPS technology, industrial devices and printers will be highly desirable.

Experience in hardware and/or software development life cycles with a focus on integration of hardware devices and software systems in a manufacturing setting.

Experience working with Microsoft SQL server 2014 to 2019, Oracle database experience an asset.

Experience in configuring and supporting applications in Microsoft windows server environments, familiarity with Linux an asset.

Capable of understanding customer requirements and leading teams to develop, present and deploy solutions based on those requirements into manufacturing environments.

Understands ITIL methodologies with a focus on IT service management and change management.

Excellent written verbal and oral communication skills with a proven record of communicating with all levels of the organization.

Clear understanding of emerging technologies and enhancements that will allow process improvements and enhanced business functionality.

Ability to work effectively and adapt to shifting priorities as business needs and deadlines change.

Competencies that will be beneficial for you in this role:

Capture complex concepts in simple language that can be understood by both technical and lay persons.

Lead system changes with a focus on user acceptance and long-term maintenance sustainability.

Able to accurately capture end user requirements and pain points.

Able to work with many direct and in-direct teammates in order to co-ordinate change efforts and ensure alignment.

Use a diverse set of information to organize issues and requests in order to identify potential solutions to overcome obstacles or deliver improvements.

Turn complex ideas and processes into visual documents that convey the necessary information simply.

Benefits include:

A culture that strongly believes in promoting from within.

Medical

Dental

401k with company matching & retirement contribution

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid vacations and holidays