Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Business Analyst

Your Job

The Business Analyst will be part of our Strategic Sourcing & Procurement IT team and will be responsible for designing, developing, and delivering software aimed at advancing our procurement application portfolio.

What You Will Do

• Partner with our Strategic Sourcing and Procurement capability to identify opportunities that advance our business systems by delivering greater operational effectiveness and accelerate profitable change.
• Facilitate meetings and workshops across integrated teams. This will include connecting IT teams with business & capability teams to drive productive outcomes.
• Develop knowledge networks that enable integrated teams to effectively collaborate.
• Conduct detailed analysis on system processes & workflows. Identify opportunities for improvement by applying good judgement when evaluating opportunities and alternatives.
• Lead profitable change initiatives.
• Write business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, test plans and estimates to support decision making.
• Build trusted relationships with business partners, IT teams and Leadership.
• Prioritize & resolve ServiceNow incidents ensuring that our customers are operating effectively in our procurement business systems.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of Procure to Pay business processes and how these processes are executed in enterprise systems.
• Cross-functional knowledge of SAP Ariba solutions. This includes - Ariba SLP, Ariba Sourcing & Contracts, Ariba Punch-out catalogs, Ariba Quote Automation, Ariba Invoice Management, Ariba P2P, upstream & downstream concepts.
• Knowledge of integration technologies used to exchange data between business systems. This can include Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG), POPI, MuleSoft, IBM Sterling Integrator, IDOC's, webProxy and others.
• Master data governance concepts that enable procurement excellence. This includes supplier, item and Price domains.
• Inventory Management strategies for MRO and Direct Materials, Stock and non-Stock, Expensed and Inventoried items.
• Experience working with Agile development & delivery tools like ADO or Jira.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work with individual users and / or teams at all levels.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and functional / technical troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication, business writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to collaborate with various workstreams on identifying and solving multiple integration touch point issues
• Ability to manage and prioritize simultaneous initiatives
• Ability to explore alternatives, recommend outcomes, and establish a course of action to accomplish specific goals

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• 5+ years of procure to pay / inventory management / inbound supply chain experience using complex ERP systems.
• Experience with implementation projects and support activity.
• Must be able to work a rotating after hours on call schedule
• Experience with gathering business requirements and applying them to system solutions

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience with SQL to write quires and within complex data models.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Experience writing SQL scripts.
• Full project life cycle implementation experience.
• Experience with multiple ERP's consolidating data within Ariba.
• Experience implementing reporting solutions using Ariba APIs.

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Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers.

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Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products.

In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day - to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most.

Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation / time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.

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