Ashley Furniture Industries is hiring: Lead Business System Analyst - CAD Standa

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Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., is the largest furniture manufacturer in the world. Established in 1945, Ashley offers one of the industry’s broadest product assortments to retail partners in 123 countries.

Lead Business System Analyst - CAD Standards, Product Operations

• We seek Lead BSA - CAD Standards to support the Ashley Design and Engineering departments. The position reports to the IT Product Operations team, belonging to the IT Product Systems department
• The IT Product Operations team is the business-facing team of the IT Product Systems group and consists of Solution Owners, Business Analysts, and Solution Architects working together to develop business solutions.
• The Product Operations team works in several parts of the product lifecycle to design and develop Ashley furniture products, including inspiration, creative design, costing, sample build, detail design, CGI imagery, mechanical design, and technical documentation. The Business Teams you will support consist of furniture designers, CAD draftsmen, CAD designers, prototype builders, costing personnel, production personnel, CNC programmers, and robot/automation designers.
• As Lead BSA - CAD Standards, you will create software configurations, standards operating procedures, and workflow processes, and develop best practices for proprietary and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Product Data Management (PDM) and the Product Life Management (PLM) systems. You will act as a liaison between business partners and the IT Product Technology team to deliver functionality that aligns with business initiatives by converting project requirements into configuration and/or code definition. While mentoring and training fellow team members, this position will continuously assess and improve CAD, PDM, and PLM tools and processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Proficiency in CAD modeling and PDM software, preferably SolidWorks, SolidWorks PDM Pro, or SolidWorks Manage.
2. Experience developing product data/engineering change management processes and best practices.
3. Experience with eBOM and mBOM management, transformation, and standards.
4. Understanding of CAD data migration, import, export data mapping, custom properties, and related metadata.
5. Exposure to CGI programs, rendering systems, and experience with other 3D modeling and animation tools, 3DStudio Max preferred.
6. Exposure to digital asset management and content management systems, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), SolidWorks Composer preferred.
7. Skilled at evaluating information gathered from multiple sources, reconciling conflicts, and synthesizing high-level information into details.
8. Able to participate and lead discussions about process development as it relates to tools used for new product development, product engineering, and downstream data consumers.
9. Strong understanding of Agile software process development including best-practice design, development, testing, and deployment.
10. Effective written and verbal communication skills.
11. Excellent interpersonal skills.

Qualifications:

1. Associate's Degree in Computer-Aided Design, Technology or related field, or equivalent experience.
2. 3 – 5 years of practical development experience required.
3. Experience with SolidWorks APIs (.NET) preferred.
4. Platforms: Windows, MS Azure Stack

Who Are We?

• We offer competitive pay and excellent benefits! We are a multi-billion-dollar company and the largest manufacturer of furniture in the world and offer one of the industry’s broadest product assortments at over 20,000 storefronts in 123 countries. Growth-focused is one of our core values, and we are dedicated to helping you grow with us through training, mentoring, and coaching as well as investing in the latest design tools, production equipment and new technologies. Environmental efforts are a priority as we continually seek to recycle, reuse and replenish every day. Millions of dollars are contributed annually to local and national charities as we seek to improve the lives of people around the world.

Apply today and find your home at Ashley!

Benefits We Offer

• Health, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Your Birthday off
• Generous Employee Discount on home furnishings
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Ashley Wellness Centers (location specific) and Medical Tourism
• Telehealth
• 401(k) and Profit Sharing
• Life Insurance

Our Core Values

• Honesty & Integrity
• Passion, Drive, Discipline
• Continuous Improvement/Operational Excellence
• Dirty Fingernail
• Growth Focused

To learn more about Ashley Furniture, our community engagement programs, environmental stewardship, and our core values, please visit our Corporate Social Responsibility information page:

Corporate Social Responsibility

We are an equal-opportunity employer and provide a drug-free working environment. While Ashley appreciates the interest of all candidates only those meeting specific position requirements may be contacted. Principals Only.