Senior Business Analyst (SAP BI), Philadelphia Metro, PA

NOTE:  Professionals applying for this job must either be a U.S. Citizen or possess a Green Card or EAD to be considered.  Neither Ace nor our client will be sponsoring anyone at this time.

Summary:  

The position is responsible for providing support to the businesses using clients’ reporting systems. The position exists to perform a variety of functions for the purpose of a successful system implementation, effective system use, improved user adoption and an ongoing company-wide system skill increase.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and drive process and system design; collaborating with others in a support role.
• Key liaison to business functions; translate business requirements into solutions.
• Ability to translate requirements into functional and technical specifications.
• Sponsor of solution designs; leads presentation and gains buy-in from the business.
• Participating in testing at all levels (unit, integration and user testing); designing and driving testing initiatives; develop and execute test plans.
• Participating in training efforts (material creation, train-the-trainer, training delivery, end user training).
• Communicating project goals, progress, issues and general information via written and verbal mediums as warranted.
• Construct work plans that will be utilized (by self or others) to achieve stated deliverables
• Lead implementation support efforts; partnering with technology peers and end users
• Serving as a change agent to build and transition skills to end-users.
• Influencing and leading the design and implementation of new business processes and solutions.
• Work with external sources and all levels of internal business users to implement software solutions.

Requirements:

• 7+ years total in a related industry, preferably Apparel Manufacturing and Distribution
• 5+ years SAP BW (Business Warehouse) and ECC (R/3) reporting system analysis, design, development and implementation experience
• 5+ years experience within Finance, Material Management or Sales & Distribution ERP / supply chain processes
• 3+ years experience in SAP Business Objects or equivalent multi-dimensional business analytics reporting solutions.
• Working knowledge / familiarity with in-memory reporting tools (ex: SAP Hana, Qlikview)
• Experience with 2 or more full-cycle implementations
• Previous project/team leadership experience.
• Functional knowledge in areas of Product Development, Procurement, Planning, Logistics or sales order fulfillment is also required.
• Comprehensive project management skills – scope definition and management, work plan development, team leadership.
• Deep knowledge in MS Project. Visio and Access helpful
• Project Management Professional certification preferred
• BS Degree in a technical discipline preferred.

Location:

Philadelphia Metro, PA

To Apply:

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