Business Process Reengineering

Overview

HarperCollins Publishers is seeking a Senior Analyst for Business Process Reengineering to be part of the Strategy and Operations team, a corporate team that supports HarperCollins businesses worldwide.

This is the perfect opportunity for someone who is organized, ambitious, analytical, and is interested in learning about the publishing industry on a strategic and global scale!

The job : The Senior Analyst will have three main areas of activities - all focused on co-ordinating and assisting with strategic initiatives that range across a broad set of areas :

• Business Process Reengineering
• Innovation / AI
• Strategy / Ad hoc projects

Responsibilities

Business Process Reengineering :

• Provide proactive analysis of business processes and identification of innovative ways to use technology and / or process change to address business needs and improvement opportunities.
• Project manage identified process redesign opportunities by working closely with the business / functional owners as well as HR and IT
• Partner with the IT team to provide project requests and business requirements so that IT can articulate BRD and technical / system solutions
• Track performance against identified opportunities and KPIs (both efficiencies and growth ) in conjunction with finance
• Redesigned business processes, organizations and suggested systems
• Delivery of IT project requests and business requirements
• Delivery of cost saving / process improvement / system improvement
• Regular reporting on transformation progress

Innovation / AI

• Contribute to yearly reviews of innovation trends and resulting core strategic imperatives
• Support CDO and SVP of Digital Business Development in sharing of innovation best practices and in developing centralized initiatives and implementing change programs, with a particular focus on AI and other emerging technologies and automations
• Participate in meetings with the business about innovation
• Support the SVP of Digital Business Development in implementing change programs

Strategy / Ad Hoc Projects

• Provide analytical and strategic support to various strategic initiatives as identified by global CEO, CDO, or individual business units.
• Project Manage execution of individual strategic initiatives
• Ad hoc analysis and support of various strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, or a related field.
• Three-four years of experience years of experience in business process reengineering or process improvement roles.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess complex situations and develop practical solutions.
• Proficiency in process mapping and modeling tools.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Ability to work effectively with all levels of management

• Extremely organized and pays strong attention to detail
• Proficiency in advanced Excel, including model building, pivot tables and a working knowledge / or understanding of business intelligence platforms
• Proficiency in MS PowerPoint
• Skill in translating analytics and statistics to marketing-style presentations and documents
• Interest in publishing a plus

HarperCollins Publishers is a company full of people who are passionate about books. When you apply for a position, we want to know why you want to work here, and why you are interested in the job.

That's why cover letters are strongly preferred.

The salary for this position is $90,000-$100,000. We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company.

As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates.

The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

HarperCollins Publishers is an equal opportunity employer.

Job Locations US-NY-New York

Category Digital

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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