Business Systems Analyst Manufacturing UK – ERP, MES & Process Improvement (Onsite Birmingham)

Interface Recruitment; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Subsidised canteen

Free onsite parking

Professional development days

Health cash plan

Training budget

Job summary

Interface Recruitment is seeking a Business Systems Analyst for a Midlands-based automotive components manufacturer in Birmingham. Onsite role partnering with production, planning and quality teams to optimize ERP/MES workflows and data integrity across shop-floor operations.

You will lead requirements workshops, drive process improvements, and own testing cycles from SIT to hypercare, with strong collaboration across IT, operations and finance to support lean manufacturing goals.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Business Systems Analyst in Manufacturing UK or equivalent plant environment.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes: production orders, BOM/routings, WIP, scrap/rework, traceability, inventory control.
• ERP functional experience across at least two areas: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Inventory, Planning/MRP, Finance touchpoints.
• Strong UAT ownership: test scripts, defect triage, stakeholder sign-off and release readiness.
• Integration awareness: EDI, file feeds, APIs, reconciliations and exception handling.
• Excellent stakeholder communication—comfortable on the shop floor and in meetings.

Responsibilities

• Own business analysis and functional delivery across core manufacturing systems.
• Act as the onsite systems partner for production, planning, quality and logistics teams—owning requirements from discovery to delivery.
• Support and enhance ERP workflows across Procure-to-Pay, Inventory, Production Orders, MRP, and Order-to-Cash.
• Work with manufacturing teams on MES and shop-floor integration: work order reporting, labour/machine time capture, scrap/rework, traceability and QA holds.
• Lead requirements workshops: process mapping, swim-lanes, gap analysis, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Own functional testing: SIT, UAT, regression planning, defect triage, cutover readiness and hypercare support.
• Manage integrations and data flows: barcode scanning, label printing, EDI, SFTP file feeds, API-based interfaces—ensuring reconciliation and auditability.
• Improve reporting and operational visibility: KPI definitions, dashboards, extracts, and data quality checks.
• Drive continuous improvement: simplify workflows, reduce manual steps, improve controls, and support lean manufacturing initiatives.
• Maintain documentation: SOPs, process maps, training materials, runbooks, and change records aligned to governance needs.

Skills

ERP & MES experience

Manufacturing processes

UAT ownership

Stakeholder communication

Lean / continuous improvement

Tools

ServiceNow

Jira Service Management

Job description

Business Systems Analyst Manufacturing UK – ERP, MES & Process Improvement (Onsite Birmingham)

Additional Benefits

Subsidised canteen / Free onsite parking / Professional development days

Region

West Midlands

Business Systems Analyst Manufacturing UK – ERP, MES & Process Improvement (Onsite Birmingham)

Location: Birmingham (Onsite) – manufacturing site-based role (with occasional flexibility for WFH by exception)

Bonus: Company Wide

Holiday: 25 days + bank holidays (option to buy/sell, policy dependent)

Healthcare: health cash plan + discounted private medical options

Extras: subsidised canteen, free onsite parking, training budget, paid professional development days

The Opportunity

Interface Recruitment is recruiting a Business Systems Analyst Manufacturing UK for a Midlands-based automotive components manufacturer in Birmingham. This is an onsite role at the heart of a fast-paced production environment—supporting the systems that run the factory: ERP, MES, shop-floor data capture, quality workflows, and supply chain integrations.

You’ll be the link between operations and IT—translating manufacturing requirements into system changes, improving end-to-end processes, and ensuring data integrity across production, inventory, and finance. If you enjoy being close to the plant, working with engineers and planners, and delivering practical improvements that reduce waste and improve throughput, this role is a strong fit.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll own business analysis and functional delivery across core manufacturing systems.

Key responsibilities

Act as the onsite systems partner for production, planning, quality and logistics teams—owning requirements from discovery to delivery.

Support and enhance ERP workflows across Procure-to-Pay, Inventory, Production Orders, MRP, and Order-to-Cash.

Work with manufacturing teams on MES and shop-floor integration: work order reporting, labour/machine time capture, scrap/rework, traceability and QA holds.

Lead requirements workshops: process mapping, swim-lanes, gap analysis, user stories and acceptance criteria.

Own functional testing: SIT, UAT, regression planning, defect triage, cutover readiness and hypercare support.

Manage integrations and data flows: barcode scanning, label printing, EDI, SFTP file feeds, API-based interfaces—ensuring reconciliation and auditability.

Improve reporting and operational visibility: KPI definitions, dashboards, extracts, and data quality checks (working closely with data/BI teams).

Drive continuous improvement: simplify workflows, reduce manual steps, improve controls, and support lean manufacturing initiatives.

Maintain documentation: SOPs, process maps, training materials, runbooks, and change records aligned to governance needs.

Systems & technology environment

You’ll work across a connected production systems landscape.

ERP (e.g. IFS, Infor, Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle, or similar)

MES (manufacturing execution), production reporting and traceability tooling

Shop-floor data capture: terminals, scanners, PLC data feeds (interface awareness)

Warehouse tech: handheld scanning, WMS interfaces, inventory transactions

Integrations: EDI, REST APIs, XML/JSON, flat-file interfaces, SFTP, scheduling tools

Useful tools & methods

Ticketing/ITSM: ServiceNow / Jira Service Management (or similar)

Process methods: Lean, Six Sigma awareness, continuous improvement mind-set

What we’re looking for

Proven experience as a Business Systems Analyst in Manufacturing UK (or equivalent business applications role in a plant environment)

Strong understanding of manufacturing processes: production orders, BOM/routings, WIP, scrap/rework, traceability, inventory control

ERP functional experience across at least two areas: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Inventory, Planning/MRP, Finance touchpoints

Strong UAT ownership: test scripts, defect triage, stakeholder sign-off and release readiness

Integration awareness: EDI, file feeds, APIs, reconciliations and exception handling

Excellent stakeholder communication—comfortable on the shop floor and in meetings

Highly desirable

Experience with automotive manufacturing concepts: PPAP, APQP, IATF 16949 awareness (or similar quality frameworks)

MES/traceability experience in regulated or high-volume environments

Comfort working with data: master data governance, item/part setup, routings/BOM accuracy, access controls