Business Systems Analyst I - Procure to Pay

Dairy Farmers of America; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) Kansas City area seeks a SAP Business Analyst I to join the DFA Shared Applications Team. This role focuses on implementing, maintaining, and enhancing SAP applications for Milk Marketing and Procurement Operations, including producer and hauler payments, vendor procurement, invoice processing, and financial integration.

You will work with business users to configure SAP, support project teams, participate in testing, provide user training and post go-live support,

Qualifications

• Gather business requirements and translate into SAP processes.
• Communicate with users, stakeholders and technical teams effectively.
• Support project teams, testing, training and post-go-live support.

Responsibilities

• Gather business requirements and translate them into SAP processes.
• Coordinate with team members and business users in design, development and testing.
• Translate requirements into functional specs and load master data.
• Follow DFA development, governance and project management standards.

Skills

Requirements gathering

Communication

Independent worker

Time management

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

SAP

SQL

MS Excel

Job description

The SAP Business Analyst I will participate in a cross-functional team environment as part of the DFA Shared Applications Team. This position will be responsible for becoming knowledgeable in implementing, maintaining, and enhancing SAP business applications. The primary focus of this position will be Milk Marketing and Procurement Operations in SAP. Milk Marketing PTP includes producer payments, hauler payments, vendor procurement, invoice processing, and financial integration.

The candidate will interact with key business users to configure and enhance SAP business applications as needed to meet business requirements. This includes supporting our project teams, providing input on system design, integration testing, user training, and post go-live support. The candidate will also provide day-to-day production support, including coordination with team members and external consultants. The candidate will follow approved DFA project management and governance standards.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ability to gather business requirements and transform them into SAP business application processes that can be implemented and supported.
• Coordinate or active participation with Shared Applications team members or business users in the analysis, design, development, documentation, performance testing, and implementation of technical business solutions.
• Work with the business to translate the business requirements into functional specifications.
• Ability to define, gather, and load the master data needed to support applications delivered
• Follow DFA Development, Governance and Project Management standards
• The requirements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employee, but is not a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Ag, Supply Chain, Business, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or related equivalent experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must be willing to travel 25-50% (up to 1 week per month)
• Able to demonstrate written and verbal communications skills with the ability to effectively communicate with business users, stakeholders, technical teams, and various levels of management
• Able to listen and communicate in a clear and concise manner, along with the ability to recognize the audience and tailor communications accordingly
• Able to work independently
• Able to work on multiple projects simultaneously, including the ability to prioritize
• Able to organize time and resources effectively to achieve goals (i.e., organizational skills)
• Able to demonstrate leadership qualities as a self-starter, set direction, and complete assignments
• Able to interact effectively and cooperatively with employees at all levels
• Able to demonstrate strong customer service orientation
• Must be flexible with work schedules and available to work overtime on evenings and weekends, with or without advanced notice
• Strong work ethic with ability and willingness to do 'what it takes'
• Able to work on-call
• Must be able to read, write, and speak English

An Equal Opportunity Employer including Disabled/Veterans