Senior Operational Business Systems Analyst

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PennEngineering is seeking a motivated, excited, individual to be a part of the Information Technology Team. As the Senior Operational Business Systems Analyst, ERP at PennEngineering, you’ll collaborate with teams that do truly amazing things.

 

Join us as we build the future in Manufacturing and Engineering!

 

Perks and Benefits:

• Medical & Employer Paid: Dental and Vision
• Parental Leave
• 401k and Employer Match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid On the Job Training
• Performance incentive bonuses
• Community Volunteering
• Talent Referral Bonus Program
• Employee Centric Culture
• Company Provided Technology (laptop, phone, monitors for office and home environment)
• Residency in one of PennEngineerings Domestic locations: Buffalo, NY; Danboro, PA; Waterford, MI, or Winston, NC.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

The Senior Operational Business Systems Analyst will play a pivotal role in supporting and optimizing our Enterprise Resource Planning platform, JD Edwards, to meet the evolving needs of the business. This role involves working closely with stakeholders to gather requirements, create specifications, and implement changes that enhance business processes and drive efficiency, with a focus on manufacturing and distribution. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with JD Edwards, strong relationship-building and listening skills, an ability to work independently and with a team, a deep understanding of strategic business directives, and a high attention to detail to ensure quality of delivery.

 

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand, influence, document, and prioritize business needs, including test cases, exceptions, and acceptance criteria for enhancements and new features. Communicate detailed requirements to development teams for implementation. Create process maps when necessary to help stakeholders and developers visualize as-is and to-be processes.
• Develop a strong understanding of existing operational processes, including manufacturing and distribution, inventory management, quality controls, production planning, supply chain, and day-to-day operational activities.
• Drive system utilization to enable improved decision-making, create business process efficiencies, and deliver sustainable and measurable business value through key performance indicators (KPIs) and regular business reviews.
• Understand JD Edwards platform capabilities and collaborate with the ERP development team to propose solutions that align with business objectives and improve operational efficiency.
• Provide training and support to end-users, ensuring they are proficient in using JD Edwards tools and features. Drive adoption activities. Communicate system improvements, automations, and features as released.
• Lead and manage JD Edwards projects, ensuring adherence to budget, project timelines, and quality standards. Serve as the primary project communicator, ensuring weekly progress updates during projects and tracking of key milestones with champions and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices to enhance system performance.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of business processes within the system and user guides.
• Stay up to date on new releases by JD Edwards and identify opportunities to apply new features where appropriate. Network with other JD Edwards users and similar companies to identify and implement best practices.
• Ensure that JD Edwards implementations comply with relevant regulatory certifications where applicable. Ensure standard IS practices are met including service request tracking, change management, and outage tracking.
• Contribute as a global team member of the Operational Systems team, acting as a subject matter expert for manufacturing/dis