Senior Business Analyst
About The Position
The Senior Business Analyst (Sr. BA) is a hands-on problem-solving role within the Global Supply Chain Data Analytics & Data Science team at CooperSurgical. The Sr. BA is a practical supply chain analytics owner who can solve immediate business problems using Excel, quick queries, and lightweight reporting solutions, while moving recurring needs toward scalable Power BI and SQL-based solutions. In Power BI, the Sr. BA connects to approved data sources, transforms data, and builds scalable, low-maintenance reporting solutions. This role is responsible for identifying, diagnosing, and solving Supply Chain process and data challenges using the appropriate mix of analytics tools, source-system knowledge, and practical business judgment. The Sr. BA independently delivers advanced reporting, operational analysis, and decision-support tools, improves data quality, and drives continuous improvement through actionable insights. This role serves as a key support and enhancement owner for reporting products used globally. The Sr. BA balances speed and scalability, delivering quick, simple solutions such as Excel tools, quick queries, reconciliations, and lightweight dashboards to unblock the business, while designing robust, automated, and scalable analytics products for long-term stability. As a senior contributor, the Sr. BA serves as a technical mentor, coaching Business Analysts on data modeling, DAX best practices, visualization standards, QA, documentation, and report lifecycle management to improve team capability and delivery quality. The Sr. BA also helps establish and reinforce reporting standards, documentation practices, and reusable components to enable scalable self-service analytics. The Sr. BA brings strong end-to-end Supply Chain process expertise (planning, inventory, manufacturing, logistics, service levels) and uses that knowledge to translate ambiguous business problems into actionable insights and solutions. The Sr. BA is a member of the Global Supply Chain Analytics & Data Science team and primarily supports Global Supply Chain by defining business requirements, translating needs into scalable analytics solutions, and driving operational improvements through reporting, KPI frameworks, and insights. The Sr. BA collaborates closely with other team members and partners broadly across Operations, Engineering, Sales, Finance, R&D, IT, and Global Management, including teams in Costa Rica. The Sr. BA provides advanced break-fix support for global reporting products, proactively identifies root causes, and leads improvements to prevent recurrence.
Requirements
- Strong end-to-end Supply Chain process expertise (planning, inventory, manufacturing, logistics, service levels).
- Proficiency in Excel.
- Ability to perform quick queries.
- Experience with lightweight reporting solutions.
- Experience with Power BI.
- Experience with SQL.
- Knowledge of source-system data.
- Practical business judgment.
- Technical mentorship skills.
- Understanding of data modeling.
- Knowledge of DAX best practices.
- Understanding of visualization standards.
- Experience with QA, documentation, and report lifecycle management.
- Ability to establish and reinforce reporting standards.
- Ability to establish and reinforce documentation practices.
- Ability to establish and reinforce reusable components for scalable self-service analytics.
Responsibilities
- Solve immediate business problems using Excel, quick queries, and lightweight reporting solutions.
- Develop scalable Power BI and SQL-based solutions for recurring needs.
- Connect to approved data sources, transform data, and build scalable, low-maintenance reporting solutions in Power BI.
- Identify, diagnose, and solve Supply Chain process and data challenges.
- Deliver advanced reporting, operational analysis, and decision-support tools.
- Improve data quality and drive continuous improvement through actionable insights.
- Serve as a key support and enhancement owner for global reporting products.
- Balance speed and scalability in delivering solutions.
- Provide technical mentorship to Business Analysts on data modeling, DAX best practices, visualization standards, QA, documentation, and report lifecycle management.
- Establish and reinforce reporting standards, documentation practices, and reusable components.
- Translate ambiguous business problems into actionable insights and solutions.
- Define business requirements for Global Supply Chain.
- Translate needs into scalable analytics solutions.
- Drive operational improvements through reporting, KPI frameworks, and insights.
- Collaborate with partners across Operations, Engineering, Sales, Finance, R&D, IT, and Global Management.
- Provide advanced break-fix support for global reporting products.
- Proactively identify root causes of issues and lead improvements to prevent recurrence.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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