ERP Program – Inventory to Deliver (I2D) Senior Business Analyst

Watts Water Technologies•Andover, MA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Watts is a company with 150 years of experience, known for building best-in-class products for residential and commercial settings globally. They are focused on innovation, utilizing cutting-edge technology to provide smart, connected, and sustainable water solutions. The company is seeking a highly motivated, dedicated, and talented I2D Senior SAP/IT Business Analyst to join their team. A key objective of the ERP program is to harmonize, standardize, and simplify business processes at an enterprise level. The I2D end-to-end process encompasses Outbound & Inbound Logistics Management, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, reporting, and Master Data Management. This role reports to the I2D Lead and involves proactive collaboration to translate business and integration requirements into configurable component designs and solutions. The ideal candidate will possess a strong blend of functional and technical proficiency, application maintenance ownership, and the ability to provide responsive support for this global application.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business or Computer Science
7+ years overall experience supporting the I2D processes
Knowledge of SAP best practices, standard I2D processes, and master data
Hands-on experience in SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) configuration and customization.
Experience in Warehouse structure design, inbound and outbound processing, picking, packing, staging, put away and stock removal strategies, Handling unit management, Cross docking, physical inventory and cycle counting
Knowledge of SAP Transportation management
Experience with gathering requirements, configuration, testing, and training
Guide and coach technical teammates on functional aspects and assess development to ensure consistency with initial design
Ability to multi-task, working on more than one issue simultaneously with a high degree of independence
Project management skills in planning, tracking, reporting and risk mitigation; excellent organization and planning skills
Ability to influencing decisions balancing among business objectives, ERP standard functionalities, development efforts and change management needs
Positive attitude and comfortable managing ambiguity and conflict
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and comfortable interfacing with the business and IT leaders on a regular basis

Nice To Haves

Experience in process transformation for a global company
Experience in general process and procedures for the areas of Outbound & Inbound Logistics Management, Inventory Management, Warehouse Management
Experience in ERP implementations and influencing project management team and key stakeholders in a manufacturing environment

Responsibilities

Ensure project milestones and goals are met.
Work with users to develop / scope functional requirements, conduct FIT-GAP Analysis, develop detail functional specifications, review technical specifications, prepare use case scenarios / test scripts, implement functional testing, and prepare cut-over plans
Partner with I2D team, implementation partners, cross-workstreams and business stakeholders to develop business processes, including configuration, integration, master data, and reporting spanning functions of inbound and outbound logistics for both warehouse and non-warehouse locations, inventory management, inventory count and adjustments, internal warehouse processes, production processes, transportation management, returns management, integration with global trade
Evaluate requirements, satellite application integration needs, and technical solutions of SAP I2D modules and translate into detailed functional specifications
Work with teams to perform system integration testing, performance testing, and user acceptance testing
Work with other value stream team leads and I2D team members as one cohesive team; collaborate with other process teams within the ERP program: Change Management team, Application Development and Technology team, Data team, Audit and Controls team; work with the System Integrator team and manage a collaborative working relationship
Develop knowledge/competency in super users and subject matter experts throughout the business; ensure instructional materials are accurate; provide subject matter expertise for end-user training delivery
Keep up to date on industry trends and innovations, changes in I2D business functions, and future SAP development for their respective process areas or functional areas
Support business users in the delivery of end-user training and prepare business for the solution deployment and transition