Senior Business Analyst- Oracle/Supply Chain

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

Position Summary

The Senior Application Analyst is a position in the Oracle Acquisition team.  This team is responsible for implementing Oracle EBS and related systems, to fulfill acquisition integration requirements.

The Senior Application Analyst – Supply Chain has ownership of the Oracle EBS modules and related applications in the Supply Chain track.  This position works closely with the project management office and leads all phases of the implementation process.  The role manages change requests identified, working with the project management office and stakeholders to obtain approvals.  Establishes standard work and ensures adherence to best practices.  Works closely with other acquisition track leads on cross track business processes.  This role provides functional and technical expertise in the areas of responsibility and understands interdependencies of data and process.  The role works with software vendor support to resolve issues in functionality.

The position works closely with technical teams in the design and development of software solutions based on functional requirements.  Provides functional specifications, testing scenarios and completes functional unit testing.  This includes development of reports, alerts, workflows, interfaces and data conversion programs.  

The position stays up to date with changes in technology, changes and upgrades to Oracle Applications.
 

What You'll do as a Senior Applications Analyst

Project Leadership and Management - 50%
•    Partners with project manager in executing and delivering according to the project plan
•    Acts as a liaison between business teams and development team. 
•    Serves as business analyst and project lead for the area of responsibility.
•    Identifies business process gaps and differences between acquisition and STERIS
•    Manages change requests process 
•    Provides daily and weekly status reports
•    Coordinates with technical teams for development and delivery of software objects
•    Provides input to cut over plan
•    Establishes standard work and ensures adherence to best practices
Design, Develop and Configure Systems – 25%
•    Participates in discovery meetings and site visits
•    Schedules and conducts design sessions for area of responsibility
•    Documents user requirements
•    Prepares functional design documents
•    Prepares configuration documentation (BR100)
•    Works with acquisition data teams on data conversion templates
•    Works with boundary application owners to design and develop interfaces
•    Prepares and performs data reconciliation and validation
•    Configures Oracle environments for mock, integration, user acceptance testing and production
•    Researches, evaluates and recommends software and hardware solutions
•    Performs testing and evaluation, including proof of concepts and demos of new functionality
•    Interfaces with software vendors to facilitate the purchase of services, software and hardware 
•    Works with software vendor support teams to research and resolve issues
•    Works with DBA and SA teams to implement changes and fixes in all environments
•    Works on System Change Requests (SCRs)
•    Works on Footprints Tickets and Requests
Technical Support, System Administration and Maintenance - 25%
•    Maintains standardization and documentation of technology and processes.
•    Develops and implements training plans to support applications as required.
•    Provides technical support and maintenance of I.T. systems.
•    Troubleshoots and resolves problems with system configurations and hardware.
•    Provides escalation support for System Administrators.
 

The Experience, Skills and Abilities Needed

•    7+ years experience in Oracle Applications modules in the following major functional area: 
     o    Supply Chain:  iProcurement, Purchasing, Inventory, Shipping, Manufacturing, WMS, Quality, BOM
•    7+ years experience in Oracle Applications environment – Application Object Library, Concurrent Programs, Alerts, Workflows
•    5+ years experience in interfaces with other applications using Web Services, APIs, flat file transfers or database links.  Experience in the use of Middleware will be preferred.
•    7+ years experience in full life cycle implementation of Oracle Applications or upgrades
•    7+ years experience in designing and developing custom applications in the Oracle Applications environment
•    Strong professional verbal and written communication skills.
•    Ability to work wit