BUSINESS ARCHITECT

KENT WORLDWIDE•Muscatine, IA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Join a U.S. Best Managed Company and play a key role in how technology drives success at KENT WORLDWIDE™. We’re looking for a Business Architect to join our Shared Services IT Enterprise Systems team who can bridge business goals with IT solutions—someone who can turn complex ideas into clear, actionable plans and help bring them to life. In this role, you’ll partner with teams across the organization to improve processes, support strategic initiatives, and guide projects from concept through execution. If you’re a collaborative problem-solver who enjoys thinking strategically while staying hands-on, this is a great opportunity to make a meaningful impact. This position is designed and intended to be performed in Muscatine, IA

Requirements

Must have either Bachelor’s degree or significant progress toward a degree
Equivalent combination of education and Business Architecture IT skills and experience considered
Minimum 3 years experience in an IT Business Architecture or related role with the proven ability to work the associated best practices processes, and a proven record of success on initiatives across enterprise level business processes
Must possess a broad range of business process experience with the ability to be immediately be productive on any given initiative across the enterprise with little technical direction
Required knowledge of IT enterprise level business applications including data warehousing and analytical reporting, methods of ordering/payment/billing, manufacturing and inventory systems, financial systems, sales support systems, etc.
Required knowledge of IT Business Architecture and Project Management frameworks as well as Application Development methodologies, and IT Operations and Service Management processes
Knowledge of general IT design and development methodologies, processes, and technology such as system life cycle, system testing, relational databases, programming constructs, etc.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in, or significant progress towards this degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Business or related field is preferred
Thorough understanding of Kent Corporation’s Strategic Vision, our business processes, and those of our customer’s is desired
Previous experience with business rule collection methodologies and process mapping

Responsibilities

Champion new capabilities to be developed as well as any enhancements to existing capabilities in alignment with meeting Kent Corporation’s strategic objectives.
Serve as a liaison to the IT development and support areas of Kent Corporation IT ensuring business needs are correctly translated and communicated during all phases of an IT solution’s life cycle.
Function as a subject matter expert in Kent Corporation’s core business processes
Proactively identify opportunities to improve business performance through information technology and/or process reengineering
Assimilate complex business models, processes, and scenarios into clear concise, IT business requirements for the development and support processes
Help assess the business impact/risk of individual initiatives on the enterprise
Perform the liaison role on individual project teams between the business function and Global Information Technology Services
Participate in team reviews of all IT initiatives to ensure accuracy, completeness, and validity of project documentation
Act as the first line of contact and communications for all IT related requests within their designated business core processes
Manage the change request process for all incoming work requests within their designated business area
Perform research on new and existing technologies to determine how their use will impact the business going forward
Lead and coordinate the work for business focused sub-teams as part of large and complex IT initiatives as a functional lead
Perform other duties as assigned