Business Analyst

Our Vacancies; Bassetlaw; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading convenience food company in the UK is seeking a Business Analyst to support digital transformation initiatives. You will work closely with stakeholders to document requirements, evaluate processes, and ensure effective implementation of solutions. Ideal candidates will have experience in eliciting business needs and familiarity with ERP systems. This role offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits, including development opportunities and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount platform

Wellbeing Centre access

Qualifications

• Proven experience in business requirements analysis.
• Familiarity with IT systems and applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to document business requirements.
• Evaluate current business processes for improvement.
• Develop test plans and conduct user acceptance testing.

Skills

Eliciting business requirements

Process analysis

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

ERP Systems

SQL

Data analysis tools

Job description

Why Greencore?

We’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 13,300 talented colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots throughout the UK. Together, we bring delicious food to life, from sandwiches, soups, and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles, and ready meals. In FY24, our shared passion helped us achieve revenues of £1.8bn.

Our extensive direct-to-store (DTS) network, with 17 depots nationwide, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring our customers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

Why is this exciting for your career as a Business Analyst?

The MBE programme presents a huge opportunity for colleagues across the technology function to play a central role in the design, shape, delivery and execution of an enterprise wide digital transformation programme. The complexity of the initiative, within a FTSE 250 business, will allow for large-scale problem solving, group wide impact assessment and supporting the delivery of an enablement project to future proof the business. You will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across the business and bring a best practice approach to the function. Designing and shaping the solution and methodologies utilising your experience and expertise gives a platform for success and teamship building as Greencore, build, mature, strengthen and bolster our technology department.

As a Business Analyst, you willcomplete the investigation, analysis, review, and documentation of specific business requirements to propose improvements in people and system processes and the information they provide to drive business value.

What you'll be doing:

• Working as part of the IT Business Delivery team, supported by your colleagues, you will be involved large, business transformative projects
• Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit, analyse, and document business requirements for IT projects, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives
• Evaluate current business processes within multiple business functions (e.g. supply chain, manufacturing, distribution, finance), help to identify areas for improvement, and support the work to propose solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
• Assess existing IT systems and applications, identifying gaps and opportunities for optimization or integration with new technologies
• Be part of the team delivering the role out of our chosen ERP system (Infor System 21) to none S21 sites and standardising best practice in existing sites
• Work closely with IT technical teams to translate business requirements into functional specifications, ensuring that proposed solutions meet both business and technical needs
• Develop test plans, conduct user acceptance testing (UAT), and ensure that delivered solutions meet defined requirements and quality standards
• Using a range of visual tools for process mappingand presentation to bring clarity and life to solution
• Take part in communication and training sessions to support the adoption of new processes or systems, addressing user concerns and ensuring smooth transitions

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience in eliciting, analysing, and documenting business requirements, as well as conducting process analysis and improvement initiatives
• Familiarity with IT systems and applications such as ERP systems, business software, and reporting tools. Knowledge of SQL, application integrations, data analysis, and visualization tools is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to critically evaluate information, identify patterns, and propose innovative solutions to business challenges
• Proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, build relationships with stakeholders at all levels, and facilitate consensus in decision-making processes
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and requirements in a fast-paced environment, as well as willingness to learn new technologies and methodologies as needed
• Excellent communication skills, be personable and confident, and can build fantastic working relationships with colleagues at all levels
• Comfortable working as part of a team in large projects, managing what comes with a fast-pacedenvironment. Moreover, we’re looking for someone dynamic, proactive and adaptable to new requirements

What you’ll get in return:

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits
• Holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.