Sr. Supply Chain Business Process Analyst

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise.

Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.

What You’ll Do:

We’re looking for a Senior Supply Chain Business Process Analyst to reinforce the Supply Chain Systems and Governance team. As a Business Analyst you will act as the liaison between the different supply chain functions (Sourcing, Purchasing, Planning, Logistics…) and our solution providers to deploy process capabilities.  This Senior/Staff position will be assigned complex and integrated processes (such as MRP, MRO (Spares and distribution), supplier integrations.) and will lead Supply Chain compliance programs to external regulations (FAA, SEC, International trade…) and internal requirements. This position will also contribute greatly to the establishment of the business process analysis framework at Archer

• Partners with process owners, key users, solutions architects, and subject matter experts to collect, understand challenges and opportunities for process improvements and new capabilities requirements.
• Contributes to the strategic capabilities roadmap definition, with a key ability to formulate business cases (cost benefits analysis) , prioritize, advocate or comprise
• Leads the functional analysis for supply chain business processes (Sourcing, Purchasing, Demand and Material Planning, Logistics operations…). Responsible for requirements elicitation, functional specifications, process modeling (AS IS and TO BE, diagrams, use cases, user stories…), validation planning (test case definition), functional testing (qualification  
• Assists  in deployment of new capabilities (communications, training material, hypercare support)
• Leads the business processes documentation to support the Archer Quality Management Systems and Learning content maintenance

What You Need:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience  (Business (Process) Analysis, Business Process Management, Continuous improvement, Data Analysis, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management)
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Supply chain or Industrial Engineering or IT
• Master’s degree to be considered as 1 year of relevant work experience 
• 3+ years of experience in business process continuous improvement as business analyst or subject matter expert
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, especially in core supply chain processes (Master data, Purchasing, Inventory/Warehouse Management, Production and Material Planning)
• Proficiency in process and business objects modeling (BPMN, EPC, UML…)
• Experience with data analytics/visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Sigma, Qlik Sense. Ability to perform data analysis using SQL on complex data models as needed. May build dashboards/reports within the reports environment to support project delivery requirements
• Experience in creating training materials to support new capabilities deployment
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a fast-paced and highly regulated environment
• Highly organized with an strong attention to detail
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and, attention to details skills

Bonus Qualifications:

• APICS/ASCM certification or similar
• Business Analysis certification (PMI, IIBA…or equivalent)
• Supply chain management experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in Industry with complex Bill of Material (especially with configuration management)
• Lean/Six sigma  education/certification
• Master Data Management or Data Governance certification
• Experience with PLM and MES systems
• Experience in using and developing collaborative Workflow solutions (JIRA, OnBase…)
• Experience in developing automated solutions on office applications (Google, MS Office) using VBA, Apps scripts or similar

Please note that this job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and does not include an exhaustive list of responsibilities and qualifications

At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performan