IT Supply Chain Planning Analyst II - (Logility/Demantra/o9/Blue Yonder)

At Niagara, we're looking for Team Members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our Team Members.

The IT Systems Functional II will work within the IT Team to support the overall system/ network needs of Niagara's corporate office and plants. This role would involve cross-functional collaboration across various teams and departments within Niagara.

Essential Functions

• Experience with implementing or supporting the implementation of Supply Chain Planning Systems like Logility, Oracle Planning Cloud, Demantra, o9, or Blue Yonder, etc.
• Hands-on experience with working on writing SQL queries/ Python to resolve system issues as well as data analysis
• To be able to understand the back-end data to support the business teams and troubleshooting daily operational system issues to define root cause and define temporary/permanent solutions (experience with any of the above-mentioned planning systems)
• Work with Business and Continuous Improvement team for end-to-end project/ solution implementation
• Understand and document business requirements, determine design needs and approach, configure, and perform functional UAT (User Acceptance Testing) for various applications/ solutions to deliver and support business needs
• Review system design document (MD50) with stakeholders and offshore team to ensure the proposal meets the business requirements
• Collaboration on documenting process flows, new functionality, and creation of SOP/training materials
• Training super and end users on new functionality and process changes
• Ability to plan, track, escalate, and deliver upon tasks and timelines assigned
• Ability to work in fast paced, dynamic environment collaboratively with a cross-functional team and manage minor project implementations
• On-going analysis of the supply chain processes to identify opportunities for process and system improvements, efficiency gains, and cost reduction using various supply chain applications and data mining tools
• Organize, schedule, and run meetings to identify supply chain opportunities and system needs
  • Interacting with multiple departments including but not limited to IT, Planning, Customer Service, Warehousing, and Manufacturing
  • Documenting meeting minutes, action items, issues, and risks
• Strong communication and documentation skills, ability to communicate and interact at executive and junior levels
• Produce key documents, both in written and presentation format
• Write use cases, business rules, and other artifacts such as swim lane diagrams and activity flow diagrams to effectively articulate and represent business processes, desired outcomes, and requirements
• Work with application vendors to identify/resolve application defects
• Work with internal and external stakeholder to identify system enhancements and gaps to design and build a sustainable solution
• Monitor and improve process and technology and provide insights into overall status
• Excellent problem solver with the ability to keep many driving factors and requirements in focus
• Guide other IT resources as needed
• Proactively identify and address defects/issues independently
• Available for 24/7 support (scheduled and off hours)
• Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without prior notice.

Additionally, the IT Analyst II is expected to demonstrate:

• Analyze and develop solutions addressing customer needs
• Experience in Business Analysis
• Overall high degree of professionalism
• Strong team-oriented interpersonal skills including facilitation and the ability to effectively interface and work with a wide variety of people.
• Must work independently
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills
• Ability to translate complex business needs into use case models
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to provide detail documentation of a technology incident
• Proficient computer skills (i.e. Microsoft Office, Outlook)
• Excellent interpersonal, communications and analysis skills, planning and organizational proficiency and good business judgment
• Ability to delivery effective and professional presentation to peers, management and other professionals within our field

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications:
  • 4 Years - Experience in Information Technology or similar Engineering environment
  • 2 Years - Experience in similar position
  • 2 Years - Experience managing projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

• Preferred Qualifications:
  • 6 Years- Experience in Information Technology or similar Engineering environment
  • 4 Years - Experience in similar position
  • 2 Years - Experience managing people/projects

*experience may include a combination of work experience and education

Education

Minimum Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Computer Engineering, related field, or equivalent work experience

Preferred (Optimal Candidate):

• Master's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or Computer Engineering, related field, or equivalent work experience

Typical Compensation Range

Benefits

https://careers.niagarawater.com/us/en/benefits

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