JD Edwards - Sr. Solutions Architect

Sensient Technologies Corporation; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Excellent benefits

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Sensient Technologies Corporation is seeking a Senior IT Analyst to lead ERP projects, especially JD Edwards, and collaborate with business and IT teams to optimize processes. The role focuses on requirements, testing, and delivering solutions in a global context.

The candidate should have strong analytical skills, exceptional communication, and at least five years in ERP-related work within consumer products or food manufacturing sectors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or related field.
• At least five years' experience, ideally in Consumer Products or Food Manufacturing.
• Five+ years in senior analyst roles designing and implementing ERP solutions (JD Edwards or similar).
• Strong ability to define software requirements and QA methodologies.
• Excellent communication with both technical staff and business users.

Responsibilities

• Define business requirements and functional specs with stakeholders.
• Assess benefits/risks of new technologies.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization.
• Build productive relationships within IT and with business.
• Ensure delivery of service requests and UAT ownership.
• Manage project financials with external resources.

Skills

ERP systems

Requirements gathering

Quality assurance

Stakeholder communication

Process optimization

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

JD Edwards

Supply Chain Planning tools

Job description

At Sensient Technologies, we are experts in the science, art and innovation of color and flavor. We are market-savvy and visionary. We are problem solvers. And we will be better with you.

What you’ll do:

• Collaborate with end users and management to define business requirements and functional specifications.
• Research emerging solutions and technologies and creates assessments of key benefits and risks of changing technology.
• Experience in identifying opportunities for process optimization, process redesign and/or development of new processes and policies.
• Develop and manage productive relationships within IT and with business leaders and staff.
• Ensures delivery of assigned service requests and regular communication with users during the delivery process.
• Ensures robust test plans are developed to support User Acceptance Testing. Serves as the IT owner of user acceptance testing.
• Ability to manage financial requirements for projects around the globe utilizing outside resources.

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or related field.
• A minimum of five years of experience, preferably in Consumer Products or Food Manufacturing.
• A minimum of five years of experience in a senior analyst role designing and implementing ERP solutions, specifically JD Edwards and/or similar Supply Chain Planning tools.
• Strong experience with various software requirements definition, development and quality assurance methodologies. Exceptionally strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong experience in successfully communicating concepts to both technical staff as well as non-technical business users.
• Strong customer service skills necessary. Must be able to interact with a diverse workforce and be comfortable working in culturally diverse settings and groups.

What you’ll get:

• A role that offers variety and the chance to make a visible impact every day.
• Opportunities to work in a global, multi-national environment.
• Opportunity to collaborate with your colleagues, onsite 5 days per week.
• An excellent salary, benefit offering and development opportunities

About Sensient:

Sensient Technologies Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and extracts. Sensient employs advanced technologies at facilities around the world to develop specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic and pharmaceutical systems, specialty colors, and other specialty and fine chemicals. The Company's customers include major international manufacturers representing most of the world's best-known brands.

SPONSORSHIP: Due to our inability to offer visa sponsorship, we can only consider candidates who are authorized to work in United States, without the need for employment visa sponsorship.

Sensient is an Equal Opportunity Employer, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.