SAP Business Analyst (Local to Chicago)

Job Description:

Position Summary:

The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for bringing new system-enabled business capabilities. Additionally, this role will ensure the support of the systems which support those business capabilities by working within a matrixed organization to deliver results. This position may also include duties such as project management, work group supervision, recommending business process improvements and status reporting.

People or Process Management Responsibility: Normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work and general instructions on new assignments. This role may be called upon to perform some leadership responsibilities in supervising a team of internal or contract resources, including prioritizing assignments & tasks, mentoring, coaching, and contributing to goals-setting for some team members.

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

• Act as primary SAP Subject Matter Expert in several business functions such as (but not all-inclusive of) Production Planning, Plant Maintenance, MRP, Transportation Management, Inventory Management, etc. 

 • Develop, maintain and continuously progress in knowledge of business functions. 

• Lead the analysis and design of system solutions, providing assistance and direction to development teams, leveraging a standard SDLC model from Concept, Analysis/Requirements through Development, QA, Implementation, Decommission. 

• Analyze impact of proposed solution across the business, develop use cases to explain/demonstrate business requirements/specifications to IT team, and contribute a business or process perspective during design reviews. 

• Understand and fully utilize ITIL-type methodology for responding to functional and technical issues, from incident management, assist in technical investigation to identify root causes, creating plans and mitigation for user processes. 

• Provide stewardship across organizations of second and third level 24 by 7 support for problem resolution. 

• Ensure the development user documentation. 

• Lead the alignment and delivery of major & minor projects. 

• Serve as liaison between internal IT organizations, vendors and technical groups to resolve complex issues & deliver projects. 

• Perform system configuration and data manipulation as needed. 

• Routine review of application controls and security components. 

• Build test plans and perform system testing, work with users and project development teams during the design, construction, testing and implementation of modifications to systems. 

• Ensure the support activities are met in the project framework and delivery.

• Proactively work to resolve issues and manage scope, escalate when necessary. 

• Manage team resources and coordinate activities within and across teams as needed. 

• Deliver a quality product for each project or phase on time and within budget. 

• Communicate status reporting within to respective stakeholders. 

 • Manage project issues, risks and plan deviations. 

 • Adhere to our IT processes (SDLC, Architecture, Change Management) throughout the project lifecycle. • Meet weekly with project teams and business sponsors to discuss project status.

• Document and track action items. 

• Complete weekly status reports including milestone plan updates and budget updates. 

• Create an overall Test Strategy to identify the required phases and levels of testing to address project risks and ensure effective coverage. 

 • Communicate system and procedural changes to user through excellent written and oral communication. 

• Ensure change control, access control, and landscape management processes are followed. 

• Provide education and training to advance the ability of our user community. 

• Communicate and reinforce standard business process concepts and methodology. 

• Recommend system or process enhancements. • Establish and maintain relationships with key business area users. • Demonstrate self-confidence while showing respect and support to others. 

• Some travel may be required. • Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Experience: 

• Four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a BS/BA in Management Information Systems/Science, or equivalent on-the-job experience

 • 5-7 years’ experience working in a business analysis role, preferably for a multi-location or 24x7 distribution company 

• Expert knowledge of SAP (or other ERP equivalent) business processes; capability to effectively work with and in the business automating and streamlining business processes 

• Experience working in a decentralized environment with extensive manufacturing systems experience. • Familiarity with SAP (or other ERP equivalent) modules FI/CO, APO, PM, PE 

• Strong ability to work independently and be self-driven as it relates to workload, problem-solving and trouble-shooting 

• Expert proficiency in gathering business requirements, process flows and use cases

 • Experience with modeling and mapping as-is and to-be business processes 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

 • Expert in Microsoft Office 

• May require off-hours support; ability to be on a rotation 24x7 on-call scheduled is required 

• Ability to travel up to 25% 

• This position must pass a post-offer background and drug test Preferred Skills and Experience: • Experience with Microsoft Project or like project management tool

Titles: SAP Business Analyst, Senior SAP Business Analyst, SAP Consultant, SAP Functional Analyst, SAP Project Manager/ Business Analyst, SAP PM/BA

Skills : SAP AND ERP AND FICO AND APO AND SAP (or other ERP equivalent) modules FI/CO, APO, PM, PE