Business Analyst / Product Owner Location: Remote (EST/CST only - Needs to work in EST) Contract Duration: 6+ Months Must Have skills
: Lean Six Sigma Certification (Greenbelt or above)
modern automation technologies (e.g. Power Platform, Database solutions, OAuth related security, RPA solutions, Cloud and data architecture, etc.) Qualifications: - Knowledge of enterprise supply chain management (procurement) best practices and industry trends
- Previous experience in prioritization in collaboration with Scrum Master and agile squad
- Previous experience in business system analysis and/or front-end coding
- MS Power Platforms (Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI, Virtual Agent, etc.)
- SQL, PowerBI, Alteryx, SpendHQ or equivalent data management experience
- Familiar with Oracle Cloud, SNOW, Workday, and other enterprise and procurement technologies technologies
- Lean Six Sigma Certification (Greenbelt or above)
- PBA or other business analysis certifications
Job Description: The Business Analyst & Product Owner, Operational Excellence reports directly to the Director, Operational Excellence & Customer Success, as part of the end-to-end operational transformation team supporting the optimization of supply chain business processes to improve overall organization performance using tech or non-tech operational improvements. You will use your exemplary analytical and documentation experience and subject matter expertise in business analysis to enable development team to make new enhancements to procurement processes to improve key customer journeys across multiple procurement stages. You will help document internal controls and management reporting to monitor and measure efficacy of improvement initiatives. You will work closely with the team to ensure business requirement is sufficiently gathered and communicate to enable efficient development and implementation of operational excellence strategy that will support modernizing the Supply Chain organization of the future.
Who are you? - You have strong business acumen and can naturally find ways to add value in ambiguous environments.
- You embrace and champion change. You'll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work to deliver your best.
- You give meaning to user experience and efficient operational controls. You enjoy investigating complex problems and making sense of information. You're confident in your ability to communicate detailed information in an impactful way.
- You're passionate about people. You find meaning in relationships and surround yourself with a diverse network of partners. You build trust through respect and authenticity.
- You revel in shaping a product and rallying a team to achieve the product vision
What You Bring To The Team - 5-8 years of related experience enabling process improvement, technology implementation initiatives or equivalent experience in management consulting environment
- Bachelor's degree or higher in business, commerce, finance, operations, supply chain or related field
- Extensive knowledge of major improvement methodologies, operational controls, and analytics strategies for process, technology, and people
- Experience evaluating business opportunities and quantifying benefits and building process key performance indicators to for effective before-after comparisons
- Comfortable working with business, product, technology teams and third-party vendors to discuss requirements, implementation, hosting, integration and other delivery related topics
- Proven ability to gather / define business and processing requirements to define user journeys, business rule exceptions and non-happy paths, and data and testing requirements
- Ability to generate workflow diagrams and other visual aid to quickly communicate business and data requirements
- Proven ability to curate and organize requirement documentation to be readily shared with team members
- Understanding of modern automation technologies (e.g. Power Platform, Database solutions, OAuth related security, RPA solutions, Cloud and data architecture, etc.)
- Proficient with MS Excel, PPT, Visio, Project, and other enterprise cloud solutions as needed