Supply Chain jobs in United States

About the job: Business Analysts - Data & Analytics

Key purpose:

Our company is looking for a perceptive Business Analyst: Data & Analytics with a high curiosity quotient to join the Supply Chain Intelligence team at our company, based at Head Office in Durban.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Drive continuous business improvement initiatives.
• Identify business improvement opportunities in partnership with business users by developing appropriate use cases.
• Support Project-/Product Owner to evaluate and quantify the above-mentioned use cases by performing a cost-benefit analysis.
• Assist functional teams in streamlining business processes.
• Develop data & analytics solutions.
• Lead and implement cross-functional data & visualisation projects.
• Liaise between business functions and technical teams to deliver analytics solutions.
• Unpack and document business requirements.
• Agree on project scope and compile functional specifications.
• Review and analyze technical specification documents.
• Prepare the project plan by engaging all relevant parties.
• Plan for project-related hardware and software requirements by liaising with the infrastructure team and external software suppliers.
• Adhere to governance and ways of working.
• Ensure effective communication.
• Serve as a liaison between the business and technical consultants.
• Provide post-implementation guidance and support to end-users.
• Support and train users.
• Lead & support the company's digital upskilling journey.
• Collaborate with learning teams, super users, and citizen analysts to deliver and conduct end-user training on data analytics solutions.
• Assist users in resolving BI-related issues.
• Define problems clearly and liaise with technical experts or external consultants to resolve issues.
• Develop technical expertise in relevant technologies.

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, or Statistics.
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar role, preferably in an FMCG / Supply Chain environment.
• Knowledge of business principles, processes, and systems development lifecycle.
• Experience with analytics methodologies, database/warehouse design principles.
• Knowledge of AI, Machine Learning, & RPA technologies.
• Experience with SAP R/3 & BW, Microsoft Power & Azure Platform, Power BI & DAX (advanced), SQL (intermediate), SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, and Tabular Editor.