Business Analyst Supply Chain technology

Sysco Canada Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 79,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco Canada Inc. is seeking a Business Analyst to elicit and document complex business requirements, translate them into functional specs, and collaborate across teams in an agile setting.

In this role you will work with various partners, create user stories, and help prioritize the backlog. You should have at least 2 years of business analysis experience, familiarity with AS400, and the ability to travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Proficient with Microsoft Office, including Project and Visio.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Formal education as listed; college/university degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Understand business processes and applications supporting the area.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to achieve solutions meeting expectations.
• Capture, analyze, and document business requirements and use cases.
• Lead agile sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Perform unit testing to verify requirements are met.
• Support end-to-end including design, QA, deployment and production support.

Skills

MS Office

Communication

Presentation

Education

High School diploma

College/University degree or equivalent

Tools

Visio

Project

AS400

Job description

Sysco is the global leader in foodservice distribution. With over 71,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 700,000 customer locations. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations. We're looking for talented, hard-working individuals to join our team. Come grow with us and let us show you why Sysco is at the heart of food and service.

Compensation

$57,100.00-$107,200.00

Purpose

Deliver value to our Business Partners by eliciting requirements, performing in-depth analysis, cross-functional collaboration, elaboration and documentation of user stories and acceptance criteria that address complex business requirements while working in an agile environment. Works across the full stack and possesses a flexible mindset and passion for analysis with strong analytical and problem-solving skills and a demonstrated "agile-development" mindset with strong customer-focus and is results-oriented. Working with Principal Business Analysts, Software Engineers, Project Managers, Business Partners, external customers and vendors the Business Analyst will take the business requirements and translate into functional requirements to ensure quality solutions are delivered.

Responsibilities

• Understands the fundamentals of the business domain, including business processes and applications that support the assigned functional area(s)
• Strong analytical and business problem-solving skills
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other business analysts, business users, project managers and customers to achieve solutions that meet business expectations
• Captures and analyzes business process flows to determine how current process flows may be impacted by change, uncover dependencies, perform gap analysis, and recommend other areas of improvement
• Lead discussions on business needs with business partners and able to translate business needs effectively to technical requirements
  • Create user stories to ensure requirements are met and clarify requirements for the team
  • Create acceptance criteria to ensure requirements are met and clarify requirements for the team
  • Create use cases and other documentation to ensure requirements are met and to clarify requirements for the team
• Execute unit tests to ensure business/customer requirements are delivered
• Provides insights to the business for prioritizing work and managing the backlog
• Assessment of current system capabilities and prioritization of work that will deliver the most value to the business
• Addresses gaps in understanding of product requirements, including feedback on in-progress work to the team
• Lead agile sprint planning, daily stand-ups, agile sprint reviews and retrospectives to support delivery of tasks, enable progress and surface and resolve impediments
• Work alongside other business analysts on the team to consistently apply best practices
• Collaborates with the team to support end-to-end including design, development, QA, deployment and production support
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement
• Is willing to work safely with minimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their Supervisor
• Understands that they play an integral role in their own safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are present
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Project and Visio
• Excellent communication/people skills with all levels within the organization
• Excellent presentation skills

Certifications

• Valid driver's license in good standing with access to a vehicle is required. Some travel required (up to 25%)

Education

• Completion of High School
• College/University degree or equivalent years of experience

Experience

• Minimum 2 years in Business experience
• 1-year experience in business analysis, elicitation, modeling, and verification, preferably using agile methodologies
• Experience in Distribution environment is preferred
• End user experience with AS400

Physical Demands

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role