Lead Applications Analyst

Fortune Brands Water Innovations is seeking an experienced IT Application Analyst with technical experience for our Global IT Planning & Sourcing Systems team.  This role will work closely with business stakeholders to administer create deliver and adopt software solutions in SAP Planning & Sourcing. Responsibilities include endtoend project management with strong development and integration experience. This role requires candidates to design develop and implement system solutions and tools.  Additionally this role requires the candidate to have excellent communication and project management skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Acts as a liaison between Information Technology (IT) and business leadership teams.
• Collects analyzes reviews documents and communicates business needs and requirements. 
• Ensures that the design and implementation of IT solutions lead to the development and growth of the business through the effective use of technology.
• Integrally involved in the buy vs. build decisionmaking process.
• Partners proactively in understanding business processes key drivers and measures of success and the short and longterm direction of the business and technology. 
• Identifies proposes and influences business solutions and negotiates deliverables and requirements across multiple business customers or organizations. 
• Develops and improves business processes at all times assisting with the development of metrics both within the technology and business organizations.
• Serves in a leadership role in the business unit(s) and within the IT organization. 
• Manages and balances the needs of diverse business customers and within IT organization. 
• May supervise the project work of application analysts and consultants.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related discipline is required.  Minimum of 8 years of related IT experience.
• Demonstrated experience in IT system development and integration.  Preferred development skills include SAP ABAP (Objectoriented programming) SAP Portal SAP FIORI Java & HTML5.
• Experience building solutions within SAP Procurement Planning Demand Planning Production Planning and Sourcing work streams.
• Experience with Agile methodologies to align with business priorities break down work into Minimum Viable Products (MVP) and iterate quickly on product changes
• Thorough understanding of structured analysis design programming techniques and change management.
• Expert skills in analyzing business problems objectives/requirements and translating them into an application solution.
• Works effectively on project teams as a leader or as a participant.  Proven track record of successful largescale implementation projects from a leadership and development perspective.
• Readily picks up and applies new business concepts new application systems and new technology to all job activities and specific project assignments.
• Communicates effectively both oral and written with internal customers other Information Technology Associates 3rd party vendors and IT senior leadership.  Prepares and delivers effective and wellorganized presentations.

Additional Information :

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $90000 USD $143000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range or be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to education training experience professional achievement business need and location. In addition to base salary employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a rolebased sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates unique needs. This includes robust health plans a marketleading 401(k) program with a company contribution product discounts flexible time off benefits (including halfday summer Fridays per policy) inclusive fertility / adoption benefits and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand innovation and channel leader focused on exciting supercharged categories in the home products security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen House of Rohl Aqualisa SpringWell ThermaTru Larson Fiberon Master Lock SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN

Equal Employment Opportunity:

FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race color religion sex gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability marital status protected veteran status sexual orientation genetic history or information or any other legally protected characteristic.

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