IT Systems Analyst III

Hiring Company: 

Delicatessen Services Co., LLC

Overview:A Boar’s Head Business Systems Analyst (SA) is a key analytical resource that is a part of the IT Relationship & Project Management team, a team driven to identify, develop and deliver innovative solutions that are in alignment with the company’s’ top goals.
The SA is responsible for the analysis, design and development of the necessary requirements, functional specifications, and process artifacts to support system development efforts for a specific business unit(s).
In this particular assignment the targeted SA should have reasonable experience with projects that centered on transforming internal and external data into actionable business information to include
· Experience in supporting existing and ad hoc business data needs.
· Ability to identify, create and develop useful business analytics, dashboard views, decision algorithms and management summaries (but stopping short of Development and Tech Architecture/Design).
· Ability to develop data roadmaps for new product launches and evolving business needs.
· Experienced with Agile SDLC concepts.
· Connects well with Metrics and KPI concepts centered on Sales Forecasting.
· Hands on experience with – ETL development, BI Publisher, OBIEE/OBIA reports development, Data Warehousing concepts , OLAP, Star Schema, Snowflake Schema, FACT & Dimension tables, Physical & Logical Data Modeling using Informatica /ODI 11g

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

General Analytical & Design Duties

• Understands how to use Oracle EBS technology to competitive advantage and to solve business issues – focusing on Reporting & Analytics needs tied to Demand Analysis, Sales, Retail, and Financials and the corresponding business level functionality.
• Develops and maintains a thorough understanding of business operations, identifying opportunities for operational efficiency through automation and effective utilization of core reporting and analytics tools from Oracle OBIEE/BI to BI Publisher and more. 
• Assists RPMO management and relationship managers in identifying options for potential solutions and assessing them for both technical and business suitability;
• Works collaboratively with IT and the Business resources, SA’s assess people, process, and technology current states, working to evaluate tradeoffs between usability and performance needs, and then utilize outcomes to develop requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language.
• Ability to interpret customer business needs, elicit requirements using interviews/requirements workshops, conduct document analysis, surveys, site visits, plus task and workflow analysis.
• Partners with Relationship managers to conduct/perform decision support analysis (options vetting with pros/cons assessed and outlined).
• Ability to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts in information gathered, ability to decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs and then transfers the same knowledge to development team.
• Ability to broker signoff on functional requirements and process documentation from the appropriate business process owners and all key impacted stakeholders.
• Support roll-outs of new and expanding processes/projects.

 
Systems Analysis Specific duties

• Lead IT and Business teams thru Functional Strategy –identify and outline Oracle key functions, best practices, optimal configuration, deployment options, and identify limitations with an emphasis on decision support that is amenable to the two groups;
• Facilitate/Lead and Document Gap-Fit Analysis – Evaluate current state, proposed future state, identify any gaps and provide advice and recommendations  for achieving the desired future state and minimize potentially negative downstream limitations with other Oracle modules or legacy systems;
• Define and/or develop use cases or user scenarios – Consulting and direction that include assisting with the development of quantifiable metrics that the project team can use to identify and measure successful outcomes in the designed scenarios. Example scenarios include activities such as outlining error handling or evaluating reporting requirements;
• Outline solutions using core Oracle Enterprise Business Suite (EBS) functions used to execute a business process via personalizations and configurations within the targeted Oracle EBS modules (ex. Order Management, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, Process Manufacturing, Enterprise Asset Management, OPM, or Financials)
• Translate analysis outcomes into application and operational requirements and functional specifications, including user interface requirements;
• Document requirements and functional specifications (leverage standard templates similar to an MD50) as well as performing and documenting configurations and personalizations (BR100).
• Assist project team in the review and approval of technical architecture/design diagrams and documents ensuring alignment with defined requirements/solution design.
• Assist project team in the review and approval of test strategies and plans ensuring end to end coverage for stable delivery of product.

 
Project Management Support

• Assists Relationship Manager (RM) in business strategy analysis and assists Project Manager’s (PM) in refining project plans / objectives for items responsible for delivering and executes according to best practice methodologies and IT process standards
• Assesses project requirements and works with PMs, resource managers, and others delegated as PMs to assess level of effort estimates.
• Develops necessary project documentation in accordance with SDLC best practices and within the agreed upon project timelines.
• Works independently with users to define concepts yet remains collaborative with project managers in order to work in accordance to project strategy and project priorities that the project manager has defined.
• Partners with the project manager to define change requests for missed requirements and scope change, helping maintain the right focus on defined project constraints (schedule, resources, and scope/quality).

 
Communication 

• Demonstrates strong oral communication skills, including the ability to effectively interact with business partners and internal team members
• Demonstrates strong written communications skills, including the ability to produce clear and concise recommendations, business requirements and/or functional specifications
• Facilitates large scale meetings with all levels of the company, clearly articulating objectives and identified next steps
• Communicates technical concepts and issues to non-technical people
• Interacts with all levels of the company with patience, courtesy, diplomacy and professionalism

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, MIS, System/Industrial Engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
• Level 2 positions requires a minimum of 5+years’ experience and Level 3 requires minimum of 8 years with Oracle EBS/ERP with emphases on at least two of the following - Order Management, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, Process Manufacturing, Enterprise Asset Management, Oracle Process Management, or Financials.
• Ability to articulate business and technology needs/constraints to IT members and end users alike
• Ability to walk thru sample functional requirements documents and/or process design samples.
• Software comprehension: Oracle E-Business Suite – Financials, Supply Chain Management (other equivalent ERP packages may be considered but Oracle background preferred). This includes experience with concepts such as Order Types, Workflows, Item Master Organization, Internal Orders, Org Level setups.
• Strong experience with Oracle’s Application Implementation Methodology (AIM)Additional
• Manufacturing experience considered a plus in offsetting deeper Oracle experience:

o Familiarity with Data Collections Systems from infrastructure components (network, switches, data concentrators, database, etc.) to understanding correlating data collection architecture.
o Audit/Process experience with processes centered on key elements such as management of batch flags and signoffs, production schedules to batch management and inventory management.
o Experience with Rockwell Automation Batch Solutions - identifying options for equipment and Recipe Management Solutions for Automatic, Semi-automatic, and Manual Batch Executions.

• Hands on experience and proficiency with the full Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, RavenFlow, SmartDraw.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in a Project Management or Lead role is preferred
• Self starter/motivator and having a proactive and strategic mindset are a must
• Strong Written & Verbal Communication Skills
• Strong Collaboration & Coalition Building Skills
• Other responsibilities may be added at the manager’s discretion.

Location:Sarasota, FL

Time Type:Full time

Department:Management Information Systems