Business Analyst

Skills

Eliciting and documenting 3rd party to SAP via EDI to enable GAF to receive/send EDI data with our customers. EDI documents include: inbound Customer Purchase Order (850) outbound Customer Purchase Order Acknowledgement (855) outbound Advance Shipment Notifications (856) outbound Customer Invoices (810) and inbound Remittance Advice (820). Understanding old and new conversion data (e.g. Master Data: Customers Products Cross References (e.g. Store Cross Reference Item Cross Reference) is a plus. Collaborating with the project stakeholders to analyze the: needs processes and data mapping requirements to be developed by the technical team. Facilitate User Acceptance testing to ensure the software has been implemented based on the specifications. Responsible for completing assignments with the ability to work on 1-3 projects.

Description

Seeking a Senior Business Analyst Contractor that has EDI experience (preferably in Order to Cash) that will have the responsibility for eliciting requirement needs, performing detailed analysis and documentation, modeling processes, data mapping, evaluating impacts, prioritizing requests, and partnering with the project teams to ensure the successful delivery of an EDI implementation project.

Responsibilities

• Very Strong Communication skills (Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing)
• Strong Collaboration skills
• Very Strong Customer Focus and client interface skills (Ability to interact with business users and focus on customer needs)
• Strong Skills in Building Working Relationships
• Strong Planning, Organizing & Follow-Up skills
• Strong Attention to Detail
• Strong Understanding of Data.
• Time Management
• Meeting facilitation
• Strong Relationship Management skills – ability to interact well with all levels of management, quickly and effectively build credibility and relationships
• KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
• Modeling experience (e.g., process/data flows, use cases, swim lane diagrams, AS-IS / TO-BE diagrams, mock-ups/wireframes)
• Experience in EDI (X12 and IDoc file formats)
• Order to Cash (OTC) and Make to Deliver (MTD) is a plus
• Experience in Jira is a plus
• SAP is a plus
• SAP IDoc is a plus
• Experience in Manufacturing is a plus
• Tableau Reporting is a plus

Educational Requirements

• Strong ability to influence and drive cross-functional decisions and initiatives.
• Very Strong drive for results.
• Very Strong ability to think conceptually and forward thinking.
• Strong estimating skills.
• Strong ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user friendly language.
• Strong ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Very Strong Prioritization skills.
• Very Strong Analysis & Problem Solving Skills.
• Strong Adaptability.
• Good Vendor Management Skills.
• Very Strong Communication skills (verbal & written).
• Strong Decision Making skills.
• Strong Collaboration skills.
• Very Strong Customer Focus and client interface skills.
• Initiates Self Action.
• Strong Business Acumen.
• Strong Skills in Building Working Relationships
• Good Stress Tolerance skills.
• Strong Planning, Organizing & Follow-Up skills
• Strong Attention to Detail.
• Strong Time Management skills.
• Strong Meeting facilitation skills.
• Strong Relationship Management skills – ability to interact well with all levels of management, quickly and effectively build credibility and relationships.