Sr SAP Business Analyst - SD

Border States Industries, Inc.•Fargo, ND

33d•Hybrid

About The Position

Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned, which means you're empowered to make decisions, find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work. This position will be located in: Fargo, ND or Phoenix, AZ or Denver, CO or Kansas City, MO or Charlotte, NC or Maple Grove, MN This can be a remote work position throughout the U.S. If living in the local area to the Branch Support Center, this will be a hybrid position with Monday/Tuesday/Thursday in office. Application Deadline: December 2, 2025 or Posted Until Filled Please note that the position may be filled before or after the listed application deadline. Applications will only be accepted while the posting remains active. Job Summary Supports the day-to-day operations of the IT Applications Department in developing and implementing integrated processes within our business applications in cooperation with the business needs. Works as a leader on the IT Applications Team to determine how technology can best be used to enable or enhance business processes. Maintains and supports SAP ERP application. Leads complex technology projects through the entire project lifecycle to their conclusion while maintaining high customer satisfaction and ensuring cross-project requirements are identified and detailed for cohesive design and end user experience. Provides guidance and design direction to teams and departments to meet business needs. Proactively researches, recommends, and assists in implementation of emerging technologies and/or vendor solutions as they relate to company's best practices.

Requirements

SAP SD Process and Configuration Expertise
Good understanding of SD Price Procedures
Good understanding of Warehouse Processes
Working knowledge of Credit Card processing
Working knowledge of Interfaces (IDOCS, EDI, XML, etc.) with other SAP and non-SAP systems and middleware
Experience in writing Test Plans/Test Scripts/Test Strategies
Ability to understand integration points to SAP, LE, MM, PP, FI/CO in the required areas
Ability to convert business needs into technical requirements
Excellent problem-solving skills and a desire to dig into problems/issues
Good oral & written communication skills
Good organizational and prioritizing skills
Requirement gathering and Business process design
Self-Starter and able to work independently
Ability to build interpersonal relations with all the levels of the organization
4 Year STEM Degree or equivalent experience.
Minimum 7 years of SAP Sales and Distribution and integrated business processes experience.
Advanced knowledge of SAP structures, configuration standards, object dependencies and tables
Familiar with related languages including but not limited to SQL, ABAP, Java and .Net is a plus.
Advanced understanding of relational databases and client-server concepts and commonly-used concepts, practices and procedures.
Firm grasp of business processes and systems linkage including experience with integrated systems.
Good working knowledge of PC, Windows, Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word and PowerPoint), Internet, and Outlook.
Excellent customer service skills include being competent, accurate, responsive and engaged.
Ability to work effectively independently and in a collaborative, team environment to achieve goals.
Works seamlessly with others across geographical, functional and cultural boundaries.
Consistently demonstrate an eagerness to meet challenges with a self-starting attitude (can-do spirit).
Accurately assesses and acknowledges own strengths and limitations.
Ability to work under pressure to resolve time sensitive issues.
Executes plans to deliver results.
Proven strong problem-solving skills individually and in group situations in order to address system and process issues that arise in the business areas including the ability to analyze a situation for potential future problems.
Communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences (technical and non-technical), and in a wide range of settings (e.g., one-on-one, small group, in person, conference calls and via e-mail).
Able to meet the development demands of a dynamic, growing company.
Ability to effectively manage time and prioritize projects to meet established deadlines with minimal supervision.
Continuous improvement and learning mindset.
Ability to manage multiple projects in parallel.
Advanced functional, communication and organization skills.
Ability to effectively meet deadlines and milestones as well as provide timely updates.
Ability to ensure strong alignment between the business requirements/needs and the application solutions/services.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Fiori
Experience with Agile Methodology
Experience with Jira
Experience with Service Now
Exposure to S4 HANA
Ability to navigate ABAP code, debug and identify bugs

Responsibilities

Collaborates with business, development and other analyst teams to write technical and functional documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, and corrections; including end user documentation (training) to describe new or enhanced functionality.
Reviews, analyzes, modifies, writes and/or executes thorough change request test plans and checklists to ensure that business system changes are working properly, existing processes remain unaffected and the needs of the users are met.
Identifies, tracks, monitors and communicates on project-related issues, scope changes, variances and contingencies that occur during projects.
Provides consultation of advanced technical expertise in the integrated business applications processes.
Collaborates, leads and directs work effort of vendors (both on and offsite).
Provides vendor performance feedback and validation of expenditures to IT management.
Proactively researches, recommends, and assists in implementation of emerging technologies and/or vendor solutions as they relate to company's best practices.
Communicates best practices across areas of responsibility and participates in continuous improvement of IT processes.
Develops and maintains effective working relationships with customers, vendors, and others related to the company.
Actively participates in team meetings and group discussions.
Provides guidance to team to create high quality functional business requirements.
Provides guidance and design direction to teams and departments to resolve functionality and implementation issues.
Adheres to Border States Electric SDLC best practice guidelines and application change management procedure.
Follows security best practices to ensure the safety and integrity of applications.
Provides input on the development of best practices for the IT organization.
Provides support by working escalated incidents as part of the IT Help Desk to ensure business operations are not interrupted or delayed and during off hours as needed.
Promotes and maintains the identity and reputation of BSE, ensuring customer satisfaction and addressing problems and complaints as they arise.
Participates, creates, contributes and/or facilitates ongoing training for application functionality / best practice / lunch and learn topic related training in correlation with job duties.
Maintains business continuity and disaster recovery test documentation as it relates to the functional area(s).
Assists in the maintenance and publication of SAP Help Documents.
Works effectively as a team with all BSE personnel.
Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or designate.

Benefits

Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity
FSA & HSA
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Disability Benefits
401(k) Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Holidays
Paid Volunteer Time
Personal Leave time and more!
Border States provides bonuses to their employee-owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals.