Business Systems Analyst

Who We Are:Great Northern Equipment Distributing Inc. manufactures and distributes topquality equipment that you can trust and count on at an exceptional value. We provide quality products and trusted brands to the hardwarelawn & garden rental agriculture and power equipment industries. We continue to strategically partner ourselves with quality products and incorporate smart business solutions that we can utilize across our business to provide our customers exceptional we started in 1983 our goal has always been to understand our customers business and develop a complete product and support solution that delivers exactly what you need.

Why Choose GNE

We provide an industry leading benefits package to cover healthcare retirement and wellness programs to help you be your best self financially and physically. On top of that we have:

• Competitive Pay: $102105k annually plus 510%AIP eligibilitywith your exact compensation personalized based on your skills experience and location. We believe in rewarding top talent with pay that reflects your value.
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Holiday pay
• Referral bonus
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K with employer match
• Excellent work/lifebalance
• Employee Discount & Free Rental Equipment Program
• Opportunityfor internal growth and employee advancement

Basic Function:The Business Systems Analyst drives the development and optimization of manufacturingfocused digital initiatives through manufacturing execution systems (MES) enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and analytical capabilities to support operational excellence and future growth in the manufacturing sector. This role is pivotal in aligning key business objectives with core technological capabilities ensuring seamless integration of manufacturing processes with business systems. The analyst actively gathers business requirements establishes daily operational processes and coordinates with internal and external stakeholders to achieve tactical and strategic technological and reporting goals.

Essential Functions:

• Maintains a wide variety of tasks within the companysERP and MES systems including setup/configuration production data uploads supplier and customer entries equipment maintenance schedules shop floor data integration and system updates.
• Supports critical data and reporting initiatives for daily operations such as production efficiency quality control metrics inventory management and supply chain optimization.
• Analyzes processes and applications to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of daily operations coordinating with management approval to deploy updates to technical support and production workflows.
• Acts as a key resource in the implementation of manufacturingrelated business processes and information systems; assists with maintaining project timelines; conducts/coordinates system testing enduser training for shop floor and administrative staff and postproject reviews to address issues.
• Proactively engages with manufacturing teams to understand operational processes by performing ongoing communication and training with shop floor workers supervisors and managerial staff utilizing standard business analysis techniques tailored to manufacturing environments.
• Mediatesaccountabilities between manufacturing functions or crossfunctional teams to resolve disagreements or data integrity issues ensuring accurate production and inventory data.
• Prepares training materials as needed to conduct and facilitate training to increase awareness and drive the smooth adoption of technology.
• Assists in defining and documenting processes templates and technical specifications.
• Coordinates with stakeholders to ensure data requirements are an accurate representation of business need to execute master data maintenance activities.
• Stays abreast of innovative technologies and processes that pertain to the needs ofGNE by attending training sessions webinars vendor events reading technical literature and networking with peers.
• Keeps supervisor informed of important developments potential problems and all related information necessary for effective management.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Attends training as directed byGNE.

Secondary Functions:

• Support and assist with all other ERP daily operations and activities including sales customer accounts distribution reporting and data uploads.
• Assist with other departmental projects as needed.

Qualifications and Experience:

Required

• A minimum of 5 years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst or similar role in a manufacturing environment with a focus on implementing and supporting Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience with Microsoft Dynamics Business Central.
• Demonstrated experience in managing crossfunctional projects including system implementations process improvements and stakeholder coordination in a manufacturing setting.
• Ability to research plan organize lead and implement new processes or technology.
• Able to articulate business requirements and communicate with a wide variety of resources.
• Intermediate knowledge and skills in MS Office productsExcel PowerPoint and Word.

Preferred

• Bachelors degree.
• Experience with two step distribution/dealer network.
• Vendor relations experience.

Travel

• Local travel is required.