RemoteWorker CA
RemoteWorker CA is hiring: TA - Senior Business Analyst in Seattle
RemoteWorker CA, Seattle, WA, United States
TA (Temporary Assignment) Senior Business Analyst | Warehouse Management/Supply Chain
JOB SUMMARY: The Senior Business Analyst will be responsible for defining and executing initiatives in collaboration with our key stakeholders and partners across multiple lines of business. The role will have understanding of business and technical capabilities, identify gaps and deliver product roadmaps for new capabilities. A successful candidate will be highly collaborative, able to work extremely effectively in a matrix organization while wearing multiple hats, be comfortable working autonomously, and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into high quality, simple products and applications. As the subject matter expert for Supply Chain, the role will be a liaison to the business, development, implementation and support teams as well as support projects, enhancements, backlog and prioritization of features and capabilities.
Primary Responsibilities
Participates in technical guidance and oversight
Lead complex analysis, providing guidance and oversight
Develops and maintains relationships with business, vendor and technology stakeholders
Provides thought leadership and asserts influence by driving small projects/initiatives to completion effectively and efficiently
Provides subject matter knowledge on the business, associated processes and systems
Understands the Warehouse Management system configurations, and can work with business to adjust configurations to meet changing business needs.
Manage relationships with multiple vendors providing support to Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) products
Manages project interdependencies in support of business strategies, roadmaps and financial commitments
Escalates issues and recommends appropriate solutions
Identifies product and process improvement opportunities by staying involved in product sustainment and customer feedback
Mentors team members on application of best practices and standards
Supports pre-project business case definition for large or complex projects
Works with the business to determine the real issue that needs to be solved or the opportunity to do things differently
Develops business cases to ensure benefits align to strategic and tactical business objectives
Supports the business in business, technical and financial feasibility assessments
Manages business engagement and stakeholder management activities for large or complex projects
Leads creation of technical specification, data mappings and user stories to enable system modification or development
Works with project team, business and other stakeholders to align roadmaps and strategy, understand the business needs, define requirements, guide work, schedule it for release, validate stakeholder responses and provide feedback
Ensures requirements are aligned to the business goals of the project and refined to a sufficient level of detail to allow Architects and Software Engineers to design, develop and implement appropriate solutions
Identifies high level solution options for the business
Reviews and sign-offs on solution designs, ensuring business requirements are verified, validated and delivered
Combines business requirements into prioritized backlog grouped into project iterations in time to allow design/delivery to commence
Manages the scope and traceability of requirements throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring that they are understood by the project team and met by the delivered solution
Participates in functional design, construction and testing
Ensures the benefits, impact and release of all changes are tracked and managed
Ensures the required outcomes are built, tested, communicated, and delivered on time and within budget
Assists in identifying and managing risks, issues and dependencies
Assists in third party/vendor assessments and reviews contracts to ensure that they accurately support business requirements
Required
5+ years of Business analysis experience or similar
Technical product knowledge in Warehouse management or Supply Chain
Experience leading discussion with senior leaders across business and technology
Experience driving product strategy and optimization efforts for supply chain spanning multiple lines of business
Understanding of Agile technical practices, DevOps and testing concepts (CI/CD, TDD)
Ability to think strategically and drive ideas into action, with a positive outlook and willingness to take personal initiative
Demonstrated ability to identify, understand and drive resolution of complex critical issues
Excellent analytical, written and verbal communication skills
Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration or similar field or related work experience
Preferred
Prior experience with Blue Yonder preferred but not required.
Experience with the implementation of large systems
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