Business Analyst Oracle Mfg

ESSENTIAL/MUST HAVE:

- 50% Business Analyst

- 50% Oracle Technical Manufacturing

- Must have change management experience

- Must have config-to-orer

- Must have forecasting - especially revenue forecasting experience

Summary of Position:

The Business Analyst serves as the conduit between the customer community, both internal and external customers, and the application development team through which requirements flow. The Business Analyst proactively communicates and collaborates with subject matter experts and the development team to establish the technical vision for a given request or project and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs. Once the technical vision has been established, the Business Analyst develops requirements specifications according to standard templates using natural language. To ensure the technical vision has been met, the Business Analyst works with the customer to create accurate and complete test plans and throughout the testing process identifies and documents application deficiencies and recommends solutions.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Effectively act as the liaison between customers and the application development team

Work independently with members of the user community to define and document development requirements

Work with product owners to understand and develop business cases and determine relative priorities

Use standard tools to effectively communicate requirements to the development team

Define test conditions and develop test plans to ensure customer needs are met

Create implementation and training plans

Assist in enforcement of project deadlines and schedules

Accurately prepare written business correspondence that is coherent, grammatically correct, effective, professional, and engaging

Follow through with commitments and assume additional responsibilities without being asked

Skills Required:

Ability to elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, and task and workflow analysis

Ability to critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, 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

Ability to guide development projects successfully from inception to completion

Ability to interact professionally with a diverse group ranging from executives to line level employees

Ability to prioritize multiple tasks effectively

Experience and understanding of Oracle’s Flow Manufacturing

Thorough understanding of manufacturing in an ATO environment – Capacity Planning, Master Scheduling, Quality Control, Continuous Improvement, and Performance Measurement

Experience Required:

3 years Professional experience in the role of Business Analyst

Extensive experience as a Business Analyst providing technical solutions to support and improve the processes and reporting requirements of the Finance Department in a publicly held company

Extensive experience with Oracle EBS R12

Demonstrated knowledge of and competency using common Business Analysis techniques

A documented history of successfully driving projects to completion

A demonstrated ability to understand and articulate complex requirements

Education/Licenses/Certification/Formal Training:

IIBA Certification (CCBA, CBAP)

APICS Certification (CPIM)

4-year college degree; technical discipline preferred

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this position.  This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities.

Level of Supervision:

Reports to appropriate ERP team lead

Essential Abilities:

Read, write and understand the English language

Extensive analytical skills to assess problems or unusual situations and devise solutions

Sense of urgency and self-motivation; ability to work independently

Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Ability to multitask, track and organize own work load

Able to collaborate with others

Work Environment:

Work performed primarily indoors in an office environment with occasional exposure to production environment.

Must be available to travel to customer and business locations up to 50% of the time during certain project phases

Physical Requirements:

• · Prolonged standing and periodically lifting, stretching and twisting


• · Prolonged sitting and terminal use


• · May be required to lift up to 50 lbs periodically


• · Hand dexterity and strength


• · Work outside normal hours may be required, including some weekends