IT Sr Product Analyst - Lead to Cash

Basic Function

The Senior Product Team Analyst is a key position in the discovery and delivery of business solutions from information technology. The SR Product Team Analyst, through continuous consultation with the functional areas, has a deep understanding of business operations and is capable of articulating solutions in business terms and not technical jargon. They are capable of envisioning potential value for new IT solutions.  While a Senior Product Team Analyst has a deep understanding of specific business areas, that expertise is set into a broader context of understanding of the business processes and technical capabilities that may cross functional boundaries
 

Roles & Responsibilities

• Supports the Forecast to Plan performing functional activities in Demand Planning and Sales & Operations Planning, including some overlap to Idea to Market for the commercialization of products processes 
• Demonstrates leadership by coordinating and/or supporting the requirements, specifications, and user acceptance testing efforts
• Lead/support solution design activities with client groups in a specific business area to create and to document the business requirements
• Perform development and configuration activities as needed along with working with the technical team for SAP ABAP, Azure integration, SAP CPIDS or web app type solutions
• Create/help create Solution Documentation for solutions to ensure approved requirements are met
• Maintains relationship with business colleagues with excellent communication 
• Oversees enhancements and participate in projects activities including development solution documents, functional designs, and work with technical developers to ensure business requirements are clear and development activities are on schedule
• Develops and oversees the development of unit test cases and performs testing to ensure requirements are met for system modifications or data extracts.
• Consults with the business colleagues on appropriate change management activities to achieve organizational readiness for the implementation of changes.
• Participates in development of short and long-term plans and roadmaps
• Supports incident and problem management for assigned area
• Coordinate/act as a broker of services and suppliers, including Enterprise Architecture, Solution Delivery, Service Management, etc.

Min. Qualifications

• Experience supporting or implementation of Sales and Operation Planning processes and the integration with Supply Chain processes
• 5+ years of solutions and multiple domain experience with increasing levels of leadership responsibility in systems analysis, defining technical requirements, and performing high level design for complex solutions
• 5+ years of work experience in roles that had a high level of client or end-user engagement with experience in both support and formal or informal leadership
• 3+ years’ functional experience in SAP Integrated Business Planning Demand Planning and Sales & Operations Planning modules, 
• 5+ years functional experience with SAP Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, Global Available to Promise or ATP in general 
• Experience in the Petrochemical Industry with strong business acumen 
• Value Oriented, understands technology is a tool with overriding goal of business success
• Communicate and defend IT policies and standards and understand how IT services benefit the business.
• Bachelor's Degree required
• 5+ years of solutions and multiple domain experience
• 5+ years functional experience with SAP Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, Global Available to Promise or ATP in general.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree preferred.
• Experience in  SAP Product Life Cycle MGMT, Advance Planning and Optimization:  Demand Planning, Production Planning/Detailed Scheduling a plus 
• Experience working with technical developers designing integration using SAP CPIDS or similar integration as well as Azure integration methods preferred.
• Languages - English, additional language preferred

Competencies