S2P Business Analyst

Overview

It is an exciting time to join the Nomad Foods Technology Function. Due to high growth of the business, significant investment is being made in IT; we are investing in new capabilities, transforming our application landscape, and growing our department to increase our capacity, creating more career opportunities.

We have a vacancy for a Business Analyst – Ariba enabled Supply Chain Procurement, working in a team of permanent and contract Business Analysts and Functional Consultants. Working across a portfolio of projects and changes. Ensure business requirements are delivered with benefits, cost reductions and/or service improvements.

This role will have specific responsibility for managing the Supply Chain procurement system related application initiatives in the Middle Office function. Experience in Ariba and SAP S4HANA Integration and knowledge of associated Source to Contract, Procure to Pay and Business processes in these areas is expected.

This role will have major responsibility in the Procurement area supporting the team for ongoing Business transformation on SAP S/4 implementation.

This role will have to work closely with the various business lines to understand current processes, research solutions needed to address changing business needs, and ultimately support in design innovative solutions with Ariba and SAP S4HANA. They will also act as a key interface between our internal teams and our IT provider for SAP services. Additional responsibilities include coordinating with functional teams and our 3rd party IT provider for SAP services. Responsibilities include reviewing functional requirement specifications, configuration, supporting in testing, and training key-users on system functionality.

Responsibilities

Strategy

• Work with Business Analysts and Business Partners contributing in strategic reviews and to deliver systems and business functional changes per established roadmap.

Business Analysis

• Lead the collection, understanding, documentation and translation of the business requirements for changes and projects into functional specifications and detailed test plans. Ensure that all activities comply with relevant Operating model procedures, including relevant Service Management, Project Lifecycle Management and Sarbanes Oxley controls.
• Assist in the production of business cases covering the development and implementation of business changes as necessary. Document all work using the required standards, methods and tools and recommend/lead improvements to standards where appropriate.
• Participate in troubleshooting of escalated incidents, providing systems analysis and recommending available options (any combination of process, system, data) for consideration with support of 3rd party service providers. Provide timely updates. Deep understanding of Business Partner Master data and Material Master Data.

Process Design

• Provide Business Process design and documentation expertise, recommend business process and/or system improvements using formal (and informal) techniques. Lead the development and implementation of these improvements/new processes.

Test & Training

• Test, implement and train in systems and facilitate system and user acceptance testing (UAT).

Business Knowledge & Expertise

• Develop a broad understanding of Nomad processes, applications, and data flows, and a deeper knowledge across the assigned functions portfolio.
• Evaluate industry and competitor solutions, and incorporate into own thinking, analysis and solution design.

Collaboration

• Collaborate globally with the respective Procurement SMEs in other regions and the Global Process owner to implement global/regional solutions within the Ariba Procurement modules.
• Collaborate with other business analysts and IT teams to ensure consistency and quality of system and process implementations, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the team and function.
• Provide the link between the customer, development team and any third party regarding software functionality, throughout the development lifecycle.