SAP Business Analyst (SAP Production Planning and Material Management)

Sr. SAP Business Analyst in Supply Chain Management.  

In this role you will provide day-to-day support, ongoing process improvement and implementation of new functionalities.  You will act as a liaison between business areas and the IT organization; you will set customer expectations, communicate effectively with the business and technical teams and provide timely project status.  Your efforts will primarily focus on supporting cross-functional applications in SAP and other globally integrated ERP solutions.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Configures SAP and business systems across multiple functional areas

-Defines business processes, improvements, system scope, and business objectives

-Nice to have hands-on experience with one or more of the following SAP Technologies

-Manufacturing Execution System (MES)

-Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (MII)

-Integrated Business Planning (IBP)

-Assists user community in analyzing and defining needs

-Creates detailed specifications from which programs will be written

-Develops business cases for large-scale system and process solutions and presents to executive management; works with end users to define and configure new application modules.

-Manages own workload, and may direct the work of other analysts and coworkers

-Independently learn about new or upcoming functionality available in relevant area to proactively provide suggestions or solutions to the business

-Applies project management best practices to all projects; responsible for mid-sized projects utilizing 1 or more resources

-Reengineers and leads others in the reengineering of cumbersome processes to create efficient, accurate and well-documented solution

-Provides significant input into defining the strategic direction of a functional area.

                                                                              
SKILLS:

-Experience/expertise in mapping business processes using MS Visio or similar product.

-Ability to communicate effectively.

-Ability to solve problems and provide innovative solutions.

-Ability to work in a team environment.

-Experience supporting and integrating SAP ERP system.

-Ability to work in a fast paced, demanding environment.

EXPERIENCE:
Essential:

-12+ years of design & configuration experience in multiple SAP modules 

-Strong knowledge and cross functional understanding of SAP modules (SAP MM/ PP/ QM/ WM/ SD/ FI/ CO).

-Full lifecycle SAP implementation experience 

-Experience in ERP processes- Sales & Operations planning (S&OP), MRP, Production Planning and scheduling, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Inventory Management, Logistics, Quality Management

-Experience in Shop Floor Controls & integrations with SAP

-Experience in implementation or production support of Manufacturing Execution System (SAP MES)

 
Desirable:

-Hitech and/or Manufacturing industry experience.