Position Summary
Position Summary:
The Sr. IT SAP Business Analyst is responsible for providing application leadership and process support for Sales and Distribution teams. This position is located in Cary, NC with 4 days onsite and 1 day work from home schedule.
The individual will determine which application within the current/future business application portfolio best supports the requirements and processes within Order-to-Cash/Sales & Marketing areas. They are agile and adaptable but work with precision to ensure top-notch customer experiences, always. They will understand business processes, process/analysis management and their related IT requirements. They will drive the definition, optimization, improvement and approved changes to new and existing business processes.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of business process and procedures to effectively identify and implement IT solutions.
- Actively engage key business partners to identify/validate opportunities, ensure alignment with business strategies and define functional area roadmap.
- Translate business needs into effective SAP SD solutions, focusing on Order-to-Cash, intercompany sales, Customer master, Pricing, Output management, Shipping, Billing and Returns.
- Lead, design, develop and implement global Sales, Pricing, Billing, Shipping and Returns solutions.
- Define project requirement by identifying project schedule, milestones, phases, and elements; forming project teams; establish and manage project budgets.
- Actively participate in Project Reviews, hold scheduled meetings with business partners, provide updates to leadership on project and work status.
- Deep understanding of SAP SD integration with MM-WM-PP-FICO
- Work with Division IT, Group IT, COE and other Corporate IT teams (DevOps, enterprise architecture, middleware, security, etc.) to translate business requirements into functional/technical specs.
- Develop, document, communicate, and validate business and technical requirements. Ensure all are met during the project delivery process.
- Oversee user acceptance testing (UAT) activities to ensure business and system requirements are met.
- Create, reviews and delivers end-user documentation (user guide, process flow charts, training materials) and training for accuracy.
- Follow and help improve all IT standards and processes (Change Management, Segregation of Duties, Documentation Standards, etc.).
- Create operational documentation and KPI metrics. Perform system, interface and batch monitoring.
- Lead or participate on High Performance Teams as applicable.
- This role will own the creation, management, revision control and training documentation for all Supply Chain Sourcing Business Process Design.
- Plan, manage and implement projects in the busienss systems and ERP space. Sales and Distribution.
- Collaborate with users and peers to provide functional and technical support.
- Provide SAP configuration and integration expertise in the SD functional area.
- Provide day to day support for SAP and integrated business systems.
- Identify and develop knowledge of new and emerging solutions, assessing their relevance and potential value to the organization.
- Continuously improve professional business and technical skills through practice, training and participation in User Groups and education.
- Resolve complex user reported issues in a timely manner.
- Conduct knowledge transfer and training to business users and IT team, including sharing best practices.
- The successful candidate must be able to work independently.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science or related field.
- 10+ years of IT business analysis experience combining work within Order-to Cash/Sales & Marketing areas.
- 5+ years SAP experience combining work within a business function (Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Logistics) with business analysis and configuration required.
- Any licenses or certification required by the position: SAP, S4, SD, HANA, C4, S/4HANA, CBAP, PMP, B.E., ECC
- Experience working with ServiceNow or similar ticketing system.
- Prior experience demonstrating ability to analyze and support business requirements.
- A thorough understanding of SAP application and SAP SD configuration.
- Experience working with and supporting systems like Precision, Oracle Engagement Cloud and SalesForce.
- A functional/technical professional with a thorough understanding of Sales business processes.
- Capability to lead project teams and manage systems development lifecycle.
- Knowledge of integration with other SAP modules.
- Proven capability to influence business teams.
- Must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior experience working in Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Control Environment.
- Strong Project Management skills utilizing Agile Methodologies.
- Previous involvement in the deployment or optimization of an SAP environment.
- Logistics, Customer Service, Business Analytics or Quality background is a plus.
- Hands on experience developing BI and Analytics or Quality background is a plus.
- Hands on experience developing BI and Analytics with Power BI, SAP BW or similar tools.
- Experience working with or developing Robotic Process Automation (RPA).
- Previous experience supporting SAP environment with strong SD background.
- Previous position in Manufacturing (Discrete & Process Industries) a plus.
- Experience working in projects where multiple functions work in a matrix structure.
- Experience working in a global manufacturing organization with complex business practices.
Parker Hannifin
Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century the company has been enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. Learn more at www.parker.com or @parkerhannifin.
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