Manufacturing Business Digital Analyst

Daikin Applied Americas•Staunton, VA

1d•$73,300 - $120,700•Onsite

About The Position

Join the world's largest HVAC company, named by Forbes as one of America's Best-In-State Employers 2025! Daikin Applied is seeking a driven and detail-oriented Manufacturing Business Analyst to join our team. In this critical role, you will support the end-to-end Order-to-Cash lifecycle, with a focus on key ERP functions including Inventory Management, Bill of Materials, Work in Progress (WIP), Discrete Manufacturing, Production Scheduling, and Warehouse Management (WM). Your expertise will directly contribute to the success of our manufacturing operations and broader digital initiatives. Join us on our exciting digital transformation journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive our every endeavor!

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in IT or related or equivalent experience
3 - 5 years’ experience in a manufacturing or corporate business environment
Proficient in Oracle R12 or SAP S4/HANA
Must be willing and able to work in an end-user environment, assisting and supporting end users
Demonstrated ability to lead and administer business projects
Experience gathering, clarifying, quantifying and documenting business project requirements

Responsibilities

Works independently and able to support a direction or strategy of the manufacturing group.
Responsible for business requirements collection from which applications can be developed or modified.
Prepares documentation, presentations, and chairs meetings.
Maintain awareness of business process and technology solution best practices within a specific business segment.
Engages and may lead the business customers on business processes and practices associated with the digital systems that implement, support or enable those processes and practices.
Often leads collection and analysis of data and information from business users to understand how systems can solve business problems and identifies opportunities for process improvement.
Engage and may lead in collection and analysis of possible project engagements, documenting project scope (objectives, deliverables, critical success factors, assumptions, global and regional considerations, and resource requirements), prioritization, cost/benefit, potential risks, and feasibility.
Produces and may lead the definition and review of the content for user guides, training classes, and other end-user documentation for applications and processes.
May lead the development of functional test scripts representing business processes and the verification activities that ensure that solutions meet business required.
May lead testing activities with appropriate technical and customer personnel, to ensure that customer interests are represented in all testing stages.
Forges a network of beneficial relationships with all levels, including management, within digital organizations and the customers of digital in order to establish mutual trust and provide a foundation for high level project partnership.
Initiates and develops working relationships with internal groups and outside contacts with frequent interaction as a key priority.