SAP Business Analyst OCM Lead

Baer Group; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Baer Group is seeking an SAP Business Analyst OCM Lead for a 6+ month remote project with travel to client sites as needed, including Atlanta, GA. The role focuses on gathering requirements for SAP IBP and leading organizational change and user adoption.

The candidate will own requirements, process alignment, training, communications, and adoption through go-live and hypercare, coordinating with stakeholders and the delivery team throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of business analysis experience on enterprise transformation programs, including SAP.
• Experience leading organizational change management activities for at least one full-lifecycle implementation.
• Strong understanding of supply chain planning processes including demand planning, S&OP, supply planning, and inventory management.
• Excellent workshop facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience developing and delivering end-user training for business users.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create clear, professional business documentation.

Responsibilities

• Gather, document, and manage business requirements across demand planning, supply planning, inventory, and reporting.
• Facilitate workshops and document current-state and future-state planning processes.
• Maintain requirements traceability from business needs through design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Develop and execute the organizational change management strategy, including stakeholder analysis, impact assessments, communications, and readiness activities.
• Identify how process and system changes will impact different business roles and teams.
• Develop and deliver role-based training, user guides, exercises, and other learning materials.
• Establish and manage a super-user/planning champion network to support adoption.
• Define and track adoption metrics such as system usage, planning cycle completion, and user engagement.
• Support UAT by developing business scenarios, coordinating testers, and helping distinguish defects from training or process issues.
• Identify and address user resistance through targeted communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Partner with the Program Manager on executive communications, business readiness, and status reporting.
• Support transition to steady-state operations through documentation, training, knowledge transfer, and support processes.

Skills

Business analysis

Change management

Stakeholder management

Workshop facilitation

Requirements gathering

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IS

Tools

SAP IBP

MS Office

Jira

Job description

Baer is looking for SAP Business Analyst OCM Lead for a 6+ month remote project.

Title: SAPBusiness Analyst OCM Lead

Location: Remote (with travel to client sites as required, Atlanta, GA)

Duration: 6 months

Rate: Hourly Plus Expenses Reimbursed

Alignment: W2 or C2C

Overview

The Business Analyst OCM Lead will gather and manage business requirements for an SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) implementation while leading organizational change and user adoption. This role connects business stakeholders with the delivery team and owns requirements, process alignment, training, communications, and adoption through go-live and hypercare.

Description:

• Gather, document, and manage business requirements across demand planning, supply planning, inventory, and reporting.
• Facilitate workshops and document current-state and future-state planning processes.
• Maintain requirements traceability from business needs through design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Develop and execute the organizational change management strategy, including stakeholder analysis, impact assessments, communications, and readiness activities.
• Identify how process and system changes will impact different business roles and teams.
• Develop and deliver role-based training, user guides, exercises, and other learning materials.
• Establish and manage a super-user/planning champion network to support adoption.
• Define and track adoption metrics such as system usage, planning cycle completion, and user engagement.
• Support UAT by developing business scenarios, coordinating testers, and helping distinguish defects from training or process issues.
• Identify and address user resistance through targeted communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Partner with the Program Manager on executive communications, business readiness, and status reporting.
• Support transition to steady-state operations through documentation, training, knowledge transfer, and support processes.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of business analysis experience on enterprise transformation programs, including SAP.
• Experience leading organizational change management activities for at least one full-lifecycle implementation.
• Strong understanding of supply chain planning processes, including demand planning, S&OP, supply planning, and inventory management.
• Excellent workshop facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience developing and delivering end-user training for business users.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to create clear, professional business documentation.

Company Overview:

Baer provides best-in-class engagement experiences for our consultants. Our job requirements are carefully vetted and are typically associated with pivotal programs offering tremendous opportunities to expand your skills leveraging the latest solutions.

Baer is an equal opportunity employer including disability/veteran.