BHC IT Business Analyst

Job Description

Description:

As a member of the IT team, this role is responsible for design and maintenance of Ball’s business processes and tools built on SAP’s sales, production, transportation, supply chain and FICO related modules, and third-party tools. The Business Analyst will create and maintain close partnership with Business Management and IT Management teams, including collaboration with Business Analysts, Business Support Analysts, and Business Users. The Business Analyst must ensure business procedures are performed efficiently, and proactively identify innovative opportunities to apply new technical and process solutions to meet business needs and create improved customer, employee and supplier experiences, drive sales, reduce cost to serve, and drive profitability.

Responsibilities

Propose innovative IT solutions to address business needs by understanding business processes and requirements and applying best of class software, hardware and/or services (*20%)

Develop IT solutions by writing functional specifications and coordinating the development with IT staff (programmers, configurators, network, infrastructure, management, etc.) (*15%)

Assure successful implementation and adoption of IT solutions by the business by coordinating testing, documentation, training, change management and communication with the business (*20%)

Timely support of daily business issues by communicating with the business, providing assessments, proposing, and prioritizing solutions (*45%)

*Percentage of time spent dependent on candidate experience and business needsRequirements:

BS in Computer Science, Business, Agriculture, or equivalent work experience.

Minimum 3 years of experience design, implementation and/or support of business systems including

Business analysis, process design and writing of functional specifications

Highly creative and innovative individual who is passionate about process design and technology·

Self-motivated about continuous learning

Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills

Demonstrated excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively

Full systems life-cycle implementations using development methodologies and controls (i.e. ASAP, Agile or ITIL)

Ability to travel average of 5% per year

General understanding or experience with the following

Reporting and analytics concepts

Programming and reporting concepts (SQL, EDI, SAP ABAP, MS .NET, R scripting, etc.)

MS Windows environment and Office applications

Desirable Experience

Knowledge of Global Agriculture Business model;

including agriculture lifecycle of product development, manufacturing, quality control, sales and distribution of seeds, young plants, or related industries

Experience working on projects using off-shore IT resources

Desirable Technical Experience

SAP configuration of sales and distribution, materials management and/or production modules (SAP S/4 HANA, SD, MM and/or PP). Includes SAP development tools (SAP For Me, SAP Notes search and SDN)

SAP modules including EDI (PI), Warehouse Management (WM), forecasting

Development & reporting tools

MS PBI, SAP S/4 HANA tables, List views, ABAP Query & ALV

Bar Coding, wireless technologies and IoT devices

Experience w/ testing automation tools

Personal Characteristics·

Earns and shows Trust and Respect

Team Player (Dependable, Collaborative)

Curious and Eager to Learn

Shows Technical Competence and Aptitude

Forward Thinking with ability to understand the Big Picture

Requirement Details of Requirements % per day

Sitting/Standing 100%

Hands/Fingers 100%

Environmental Condition Work in an open seating environment 100%