Sr. Business Systems Analyst (Manufacturing)
Role Overview
Senior business systems analyst on the Business Engagement Team, serving as project liaison between business subject matter experts and IT.
Bridges business needs and technology solutions through discovery, process analysis, requirements definition, and oversight of complex projects.
Works with partners within a business unit and guides less experienced team members.
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Position summary
Senior business systems analyst on the Business Engagement Team, serving as project liaison between business subject matter experts and IT.
Bridges business needs and technology solutions through discovery, process analysis, requirements definition, and oversight of complex projects.
Works with partners within a business unit and guides less experienced team members.
Major duties
- Identify and prioritize business opportunities aligned with strategic goals; shape ideas into actionable demands and business cases.
- Analyze and document current processes, finding gaps, inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and technology improvement opportunities.
- Lead documentation of complex cross-functional requirements for corporate and strategic initiatives.
- Partner with QA on black-box testing and lead UAT strategy, planning, execution, and issue resolution.
- Identify risks and mitigations; conduct post-implementation reviews and drive continuous improvement.
- Facilitate communication among business partners, delivery teams, executive stakeholders, management, and IT.
- Guide and train new or less experienced BSA team members; work with Training and Development on end-user materials and plans.
- Elaborate use cases for user experience requirements and oversee deployment communications.
Education and experience
- 5–10 years of progressively increasing responsibility as a BSA, including at least two years of manufacturing experience.
- Equivalent business experience with extensive process analysis, process design, and documentation involvement is accepted.
- Experience participating in complex, large-scale, high-impact projects or platform implementations that deliver significant business value.
- A bachelor's degree in technology, engineering, or business is preferred but not required.
Knowledge and skills
- Knowledge of multiple functional areas or expertise in logistics, product lifecycle management, or corporate systems including HR, commercial, finance, supply chain, or operations.
- Deep process knowledge of end-to-end processes such as Order to Cash and Record to Report.
- Ability to perform system and process analysis, including flowcharting and value stream mapping with process and software documentation tools.
- Experience with process improvement methods and tools such as Kaizen and Six Sigma; Green/Black Belt is listed as an example.
- Understanding of data systems, databases, software development lifecycle, and information and application architecture.
- Experience leading development of UAT and QA testing plans and cases; ability to learn new software and technology.
- Project management skills are a plus; excellent interpersonal skills.
Work arrangement
- Hybrid work arrangement in Irvine, California.
Employment
- The description identifies the position as salaried; the source employment type is full-time.
About Ventura Foods
Ventura Foods develops and manufactures food solutions for foodservice and retail businesses, including products for restaurants, professional kitchens, and consumer brands.
The description mentions training, manager support, a safe environment, and challenging work.
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