Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Business Analyst

Your Job

The Business Analyst will be part of our Strategic Sourcing & Procurement IT team and will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering software aimed at advancing our procurement application portfolio.

What You Will Do



* Partner with our Strategic Sourcing and Procurement capability to identify opportunities that advance our business systems by delivering greater operational effectiveness and accelerate profitable change.


* Facilitate meetings and workshops across integrated teams.

This will include connecting IT teams with business & capability teams to drive productive outcomes.


* Develop knowledge networks that enable integrated teams to effectively collaborate.


* Conduct detailed analysis on system processes & workflows.

Identify opportunities for improvement by applying good judgement when evaluating opportunities and alternatives.


* Lead profitable change initiatives.


* Write business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, test plans and estimates to support decision making.


* Build trusted relationships with business partners, IT teams and Leadership.


* Prioritize & resolve ServiceNow incidents ensuring that our customers are operating effectively in our procurement business systems.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities



* Knowledge of Procure to Pay business processes and how these processes are executed in enterprise systems.


* Cross-functional knowledge of SAP Ariba solutions.

This includes - Ariba SLP, Ariba Sourcing & Contracts, Ariba Punch-out catalogs, Ariba Quote Automation, Ariba Invoice Management, Ariba P2P, upstream & downstream concepts.


* Knowledge of integration technologies used to exchange data between business systems.

This can include Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG), POPI, MuleSoft, IBM Sterling Integrator, IDOC's, webProxy and others.


* Master data governance concepts that enable procurement excellence.

This includes supplier, item and Price domains.


* Inventory Management strategies for MRO and Direct Materials, Stock and non-Stock, Expensed and Inventoried items.


* Experience working with Agile development & delivery tools like ADO or Jira.


* Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work with individual users and/or teams at all levels.


* Strong analytical, critical thinking, and functional/technical troubleshooting skills


* Strong communication, business writing and presentation skills.


* Ability to collaborate with various workstreams on identifying and solving multiple integration touch point issues


* Ability to manage and prioritize simultaneous initiatives


* Ability to explore alternatives, recommend outcomes, and establish a course of action to accomplish specific goals

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)



* 5+ years of procure to pay / inventory management / inbound supply chain experience using complex ERP systems.


* Experience with implementation projects an...