Principal Functional Analyst, Integrated Business Planning

This position is required to be in-office 3-days per week.

Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: safety, inclusion, integrity, and results. When we say we care, we mean it. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels safe, has a sense of belonging, trusts one another, and acts with integrity.    

Nutrien Ag Solutions is the retail division of Nutrien, providing full-acre solutions through our network of trusted crop consultants at more than 2,000 locations in North America, South America, and Australia. For more than 150 years, we have been helping growers achieve the highest yields with the most sustainable solutions possible, offering a wide selection of products, including our proprietary brands: Loveland Products, Inc.; Proven®Seed and Dyna-Gro®Seed; as well as financial, custom application and precision ag services.  

Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien and Nutrien Ag Solutions.  

This position will be posted from July 26, 2024 - August 9, 2024.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, IBP Data and Analytics, Integrated Business Planning, you will help provide strategic, analytical, and technical support for activities within the Integrated Business Planning team and the Supply Chain organization. As a part of this role, you will capture, analyze, and prioritize requirements, help design solutions, and ensure configurations meet business needs. You will drive projects to implement IBP functionality and provide reporting and analytics, while also performing system maintenance tasks and troubleshooting issues. Furthermore, you will support the business by managing master data between up and downstream systems, and act as a liaison between business and technology groups.
 

What you will do:
 

• Act as a Subject Matter Expert by providing advanced functional knowledge and support for the SAP IBP system implementation covering end-to-end Supply Chain Planning processes, including the full S&OP cycle – Forecast, New Product Introduction, Supply Review, Inventory Optimization, Production Planning, Scenario Planning & Simulation, and Financial Planning input
• Meet with users, management, and colleagues to analyze and understand business requirements with sufficient detail to determine the appropriate solution
• Translate business requirements into SAP IBP configuration
• Coordinate activity with other SAP teams to ensure business requirements are met
• Lead complex enhancement requests or projects in a cross-team collaboration
• Provide integrated test scenarios to confirm a working solution for the business requirements
• Statistical Analysis and deep dive of Forecast outcomes to provide recommendations to Demand and Supply planners
• Maintain master data integrity in IBP to support planning functions
• Provide Training and support for Planning Teams and IBP end users

What you will bring:
 

• Degree in Computer Science, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent of 5+ years experience required
• Strong understanding of SAP functional areas (Sales and Distribution, Material management and Production Planning, Master Data Management)
• Experience defining systems strategy, developing systems requirements, designing and prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures and implementing practical business solutions under multiple deadlines

• Demonstrated experience using data to drive business decisions Ability to leverage new analytical techniques to develop creative approaches to business analysis
• Deep understanding of data analysis
• Excellent analytical thinking, technical analysis, and data manipulation s