Principal IS Business System Analyst, RapidResponse (Maestro)

Role Description :

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in a technology-driven industry and a strong understanding of applications in the supply chain industry. This person will be involved in conducting requirements gathering sessions with business stake holders, scoping and evaluating business requirements as fit and gaps, convert the fits and gaps into tangible user requirements, working with stakeholders on gating approvals, defining acceptance criteria, identifying the right technology tools, assist in developing a robust solution working in product team. This role will manage solution delivery through a variety of activities including process design, data analytics, solution configuration, and deployment, establishing performance metrics and new policies, testing, and knowledge management.

This person will be part of the RapidResponse product team in designing, configuring and implementing the most appropriate technical solutions based on business requirements. This position is responsible for ensuring the success of the end-to-end solution delivery process serving as the key team member in product development team for identifying user requirements, acceptance criteria, test plans, development, integration and user testing collaborating with cross-functional team to achieve established goals. The ideal candidate will have strong business analysis skills and technical background in end-to-end software development lifecycle, proficiency in working with cross functional complex integration projects and ensuring compliance with privacy standards.

Roles & Responsibilities :

• Requirement gathering for Supply Chain Planning includes planning business processes, identifying potential areas of improvement and new development, automation of processes, reducing cycle times and productivity improvement.
• Working with our clients to develop a roadmap to solve multiple supply-chain problems leveraging the power of Maestro (RapidResponse).
• Facilitating business process design and development that leverages Maestro (RapidResponse) capabilities.
• Provides architecture guidance on individual system designs; Architect designs and solutions to support the realization of supply chain planning functionalities on Kinaxis RapidResponse platform.
• Develop and maintain System Architecture models (e.g. System Interaction diagrams) and reference implementations within systems of record (e.g. Portfolio Management and Enterprise Architecture tools)
• Scoping of business requirements and translating into clear fit gat analysis
• Write actionable user requirements and define user acceptance strategies for configurations, design and implementation in RapidResponse system
• Work with business stake holders for Gating approvals, conduct roadshows, evaluation of requirements as fit & gap analysis
• Create sprint plans and timelines for integration, user acceptance, technical and business go live.
• Configure the supply chain planning systems to support business requirements and design resources including worksheets / workbooks, alerts, metrics, scorecards, dashboards, application of different control sets, etc. as per approved agile user stories and blueprint designs.
• Update solution documentation, workflows, and system configurations to ensure comprehensive understanding and facilitate knowledge transfer
• Support data integration with multiple sources and target systems like SAP S / 4 HANA using Data lakes and API architecture
• Collaborate with geographically dispersed teams, including those in the US and other international locations
• Be a part of an Agile project team utilizing the Agile / Scrum methodologies, working in a fast-paced, iterative environment, closely partnering with business stakeholders
• Partner with Scrum Master, Product Owner and the team in defining Technical User Stories, Partners with Product Owner to identify and prioritize enabler work

Basic Qualifications and Experience :

Functional Skills : Must-Have Skills :

Good-to-Have Skills :

Shift Timings : 2 : 00 PM - 11 : 00 PM

Skills Required

Capacity Planning, distribution requirements planning , fit gap analysis , Data Integration, Demand Planning, master production schedule, Supply Planning