Business Analyst - Logistics/Transport

Job Type: Contract
Posted: over 6 years ago
Contact: Amrinder Dhaliwal
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Reference: 177785_1507080354

The Role

Reporting to the IT Program Manager and/or Senior Project Manager of a specific project, the role of the IT Business Analyst is to understand what the business does and how it operates; examine existing business processes; identify gaps in processes and opportunities for improvements and automation; capture requirements; generate functional and technical requirements and business process maps, and proof of concept solutions; and help design, test and implement the new processes, applications and technologies.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Elicit requirements using a range of techniques: interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis
  • Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs
  • Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyse information needs and functional requirements
  • Monitor all projects in the pipeline and work with project managers and delivery teams to manage issues and mitigate risks
  • End-to-end project management of minor projects, as required

The following are the key skills and experience required for the role:

  • Solid experience in business and process analysis
  • Experience in the planning and development of major change programs
  • Experience with Agile methodologies essential
  • An understanding of Waterfall methodologies desirable
  • Exposure to integrated applications in a Logistics / Supply Chain Management business environment
  • Expertise in preparing detailed business cases
  • Exposure to current best of breed business processes and business process modelling, including Financial, Logistics, Supply Chain, and Customer management processes
  • Strong understanding of the principles of project management
  • Integration of package application solutions and Data Migration of package application solutions experience
  • Experience in project estimating and planning
  • Business analysis qualifications (e.g. BABOK)

If you have the skills and experience mentioned above and believe you are the right candidate for the role then APPLY NOW on the link below!!