15 Jan
Senior Functional Analyst - Procurement & Distribution
Vacancy expired!
- Research, recommend and develop functional solution design; define business processes and improvements with focus on SAP capabilities and integration points
- Lead functional design in areas such as Sourcing, Procurement, Logistics Distribution, and Returns processes
- Map the solution to business requirements according to standards and program principles
- Analyze current needs, anticipate future needs and provide solutions integrating various business operations
- Partner with business and IT to ensure continuing delivery of new functionality at consistent if not increasing velocity
- Collect, document and analyze new work requests with our business partners to determine sizing and approach for potential solutions
- Assist the leadership team in prioritizing work requests, bug fixes and other initiatives as necessary
- Consistently provide and vet options as necessary for solutions that address business requirements as well as non-functional requirements while adhering to best practices around standardization, scalability and usability
- Lead projects with cross functional teams, business leaders and third-party vendors
- Facilitate requirements workshops and status meetings to ensure consensus among all project stakeholders
- Maximize the amount of standard processes vs custom coding in solution assessment and alternatives
- Consider capacity limitation and operations times; collaborates with IT resources
- Design solutions with robust end to end capabilities
- Consider user impact, capabilities, limitation and adoption; collaborate with business process owners and Subject Matter Experts (SME)
- Build, configure or partner with development to deliver and unit test quality and efficient functionality
- Provide solutions with capability to restart/recover seamlessly with monitoring controls and escalation points-built in
- Provide knowledge transfer and direction to testing resources as well as oversight for test scenarios, scripts and cases
- Provide knowledge transfer to end users, support team and testing as necessary during for any functional remediation, change, enhancement or break fix
- Serve as subject matter expert for areas of responsibility within the IT Product Systems organization
- Provide documentation as necessary for the solution including but not limited to Business Process Design (BPD) documents, functional specifications (F-Specs), end user system procedures, end-to-end business process flows, user stories, knowledge article and deployment scripts
- Provide support for functions as necessary including supporting junior resources, business support, root cause analysis and corrective remediation for escalated problems and incidents
- Mentor and train junior resources and other extended team members and customers as necessary in the domain space you support
- Stay current on the latest industry technologies, trends and strategies
- Provide a can-do attitude with a pragmatic balance of velocity, quality, best practices and prioritization
- Complete work in a timely and accurate manner while providing exceptional customer service
- 6+ years of SAP system specific configuration and implementation experience
- Demonstrated advanced level knowledge of SAP and Supply Chain business processes
- Demonstrated advanced level SAP application knowledge in MM, LO, LE and/or SD modules
- Demonstrated knowledge of SAP integration points for transactional and master data
- Demonstrated understanding of technologies including API's, EDI, IDOCs, BAPIs, and RFCs
- Demonstrated capabilities in additional SAP technologies including but not limited to WebDynpro, Fiori, NetWeaver, and MIM (SAP Retail Store)
- Experience in SAP's Omnichannel Article Availability and Sourcing (OAA) module in CAR will be a plus
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, with emphasis on Excel capabilities such as Data Match/VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, and advanced formula use for analysis
- Ability to work independently and in a team is vital
- Proven ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure, meet deadlines and present a professional demeanor is essential
- Proven ability to respond to different organizational situations while maintaining a positive and friendly attitude is necessary
- In addition, organizational and problem-solving skills, a can-do attitude, and the ability to adjust to changing requirements are essential
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Computer Science or Management Information Systems preferred; OR equivalent experience
- SAP certifications are preferred
Vacancy expired!