Senior Business Systems Analyst, Manufacturing (Infor M3 required)

Albertsons Companies is one of the largest food and drug retailers with 2,300+ stores. The Albertsons Companies family of brands includes some of the most prominent brands in food retailing, with a growing base of loyal shoppers. Thanks to the professionalism, diversity, spirit, and friendliness of our people, we have locations across the U.S.The Information Technology Department has an opening for a Business Systems Analyst V, Manufacturing. This position is located in Pleasanton, California.Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Shape solutions to fit business objectives in the Manufacturing domain in the capacity of business systems analyst.
• Knowledge and ability to use and administer the organization's technology practices, standards and procedures
• Knowledge of organization's total Information Technology (IT) environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of marketplace experience, developments and trends related to the Information Technology (IT) function.
• Consult with the business clients to understand and assess business process under review.
• Analyze business processes, fit-gap analysis, inefficiencies and risks to determine appropriate process and system design.
• Optimize and streamline business process and technical solutions.
• Identify gaps between current and future state of business processes and prioritize opportunities to improving processes.
• Lead and facilitate business user meetings to gather process information. Assist others in understanding the flow of information/processes and data through systems.
• Collaborate and provide inputs to the development team during development phase to meet the business needs.
• Knowledge of major tasks, deliverables, formal methodologies and disciplines for delivering new or enhanced applications.
• Knowledge of formal methodologies for planning and executing application development, enhancement or support.
• Applies RUP or Agile project methodologies to the task of requirements gathering and communicating with the project team. Manage and prioritize requirements through the development lifecycle.
• Guides the project team towards the incremental delivery of project releases.
• Facilitates and encourage communication and information flow between end users and the project teams to refine requirements, define the project vision, and develop project goals and roadmaps.
• Identify, analyze and document system requirements (functional and non-functional).
• Oversee the planning and execution of User Acceptance Testing.
• Identify requirements and contribute to end user training materials and procedures when required.
• Perform Data Analysis and Mapping for system conversion and integration efforts.

• 4 year degree (Information Systems, Computer Science, Business Administration or relational functional field) and/or equivalent combination of education or work experience.
• 8+ years of business analysis and /or functional experience with some experience as a Product Owner on agile software projects. MBA a plus. Domain or Functional knowledge required.
• Significant experience in the Manufacturing Domain including Production Planning, Inventory and Cost Accounting (for Consumer Packaged goods) is desired.
• Significant experience with Infor M3 Manufacturing ERP software is desirable
• Significant experience with Data Analysis is preferred. Demonstrated hands-on knowledge of SQL against any RDMS is a requirement. Oracle, Sqlserver, DB2 and Azure data Lake are preferred.
• Demonstrated use of Requirements gathering Tools like Requisite PRO, HP suite and wireframes is highly desired.
• Application Support experience working with ticketing systems (such as Service Now) is desirable
• Experience in training Business End Users is desirable
• Prior experience with DevOps methodology, tools and technologies will be a plus
• Strong working knowledge of EXCEL and VISIO is a requirement.
• Ability to successfully partner with vendors/agencies and internal stakeholders; ability to work within a cross-functional team environment where teams are sometimes located remotely.
• Strong ability to prioritize and resolve technical issues within the broader project team.
• Strong technical skills in analyzing functional business processes, process modeling, business modeling tools, developing system solutions and documentation standards
• Strong collaboration skills while working with SME's, senior leaders, IT PMO and business users/ stakeholders to drive business analysis/user requirements.
• Strong negotiation skills when working with business users to develop requirements and defend systems capabilities.
• Ability to multitask and work effectively in a matrix management environment.
• Strong customer service skills and ability to follow through to resolve customer issues.
• Ability to understand client expectations and recognize and resolve issues that may affect delivery.
• Ability to share knowledge and coach and train other business systems analysts.
• Strong experience in leading discovery and initiation phase for large scale technical projects.

• Compassion: We always treat each other with kindness and respect
• Team: We always support and recognize each other
• Inclusive: We always value everyone's perspective
• Learning: We always strive to grow and develop ourselves and others
• Competitive: We always act with integrity to win over the customer
• Ownership: We always take actions to drive our success

• Work may be performed in a temperature-controlled environment.
• Must sit, stand, or walk for extended periods of time.
• May spend long periods of time at desk or computer terminal.
• Will use keyboards, telephone, and other office equipment during the course of normal workday.
• Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required in completion of job duties.
• Work day is fast paced; some evening and weekend work may be required.