PLM Business Analyst

Job Description:

•       Solid understanding the PLM concepts, practices, and procedures. Bill of Materials, Workflow Process, Release to Manufacturing, Revise, Change Management, Product Structure, Process Management, WC ESI (SAP/Oracle Apps Integration), Windchill Product Analytics, etc.

•       Capture user requirements and document them (User Requirement Specification Functional Specifications, System Capture Worksheet, Solution Design, etc.)

•       Detailed understanding of product development business processes and workflow, PLM processes

•       Experience dealing with complexity and managing multiple priorities and projects simultaneously

•       Excellent documentation skills

•       Excellent verbal and written communication skills

•       Experience leading large and small groups in collaborative, information gathering sessions

•       The ability to articulate technical ideas and solutions in business terms

•       Experience with transforming user requests and ideas into technical and functional specifications

•       Understand the Retail/CPG   business

•       Collaborate with business and IT leaders to develop product development systems road maps

•       Collecting business requirements and tracking the same and enabling mapping to PLM solutions

•       Maintain detailed listing of open system requests, system issues and questions. Work with Department heads to set priorities and manage expectations. Maintain delivery schedules for all open items.

•       Interface with product and system vendors to resolve open issues and bugs. Thoroughly test all fixes and configurations, document changes and manage deployment processes into production.

•       Manage business reporting life-cycle from request to release

•       Evaluate  CPG/Retail  product development processes by designing and conducting research programs, applying knowledge of product design and conferring with software vendors

•       Develop  Retail /CPG development processes by studying user requirements, researching, designing, modifying, and testing Retail CPG and product development methods and software

•       Assure process quality by designing testing methods; testing pre-production solutions and establishing standards

• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed