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New York City, NY - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 1 hour ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

HOT REQ - Need new candidates ASAP Wants to hire/ identify before Holiday!

New Keys:

  1. Need someone who has led a cloud migration in an enterprise Retail environment.
  2. Should have worked on multiple Enhancement projects working with merchandising systems (limited to no time to ramp someone we can NOT hand hold at this point)

Job Title

Lead BA

Location

Hybrid onsite 2-3 days - Broadway / Manhattan New York

Duties/Day to Day Overview

  • Leading a cohesive team of internal and external technical staff and of key users in the execution of new Merchandising projects by:
    • Acting as a liaison between business stakeholders and IT leadership translating high-level business strategy into actionable technical solutions.
    • Championing change management initiatives ensuring user adoption and engagement with new systems or processes.
  • Leading efforts in the support of existing systems processes services and/or in the execution of new projects ensuring that:
    • Use cases and requirements are accurately captured
    • Work with vendors to create wireframes and review with the business to ensure solution fits our needs.
    • Detailed functional designs are created and handed off to Development Team
    • Test and training plans are designed and executed successfully
    • Communication to project managers and leadership is accurate/detailed and projects are completed on time and under budget
  • Taking a leadership role in exploring and analyzing new processes services and application functions and technologies to:
    • Gather detailed business requirements by facilitating workshops interviews and stakeholder meetings and translating them into effective solutions.
    • Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders ensuring mutual understanding across departments.
    • Build and maintain strong partnerships with cross-functional teams including IT merchandising support and other stakeholders.
  • Ownership of functional area; responsible for managing and optimizing the product backlog for merchandising or planning systems
    • Supporting existing production systems
    • Defining and prioritizing system problems and enhancement requests; analyzing to identify and address root causes
    • Coordinating related support and development activities (whether they be internal or external)
    • Support testing processes fixes and/or enhancements
    • Assess application issues to identify root causes

Top Requirements

(Must haves)

  • Undergraduate degree in information systems computer science or a related technical discipline or equivalent work experience
  • At least 3 -5 years of experience supporting IT systems processes or capabilities. Solid understanding of IT processes and dynamics within a complex highly integrated environment
  • A solid understanding of industry best practices in retail or IT; specific demonstrated experience mapping business processes and comparing those processes to industry best practices
  • Strong problem solving and root cause analysis skills
  • Experience working with engineers and developers preferred
  • Understanding of application development and software development lifecycle concepts
  • Use Case and User Story Development
  • Experience with Agile (Scrum and SAFe Framework) and Waterfall approaches preferred
  • Experience working with Wireframing tools preferred
  • Ability to work with business to understand processes and document requirements
  • Experience with tools such as JIRA Confluence Azure DevOps Visio Power BI Tableau or equivalent.
  • Familiarity with ERP or merchandising systems (e.g. Oracle Retail SAP Blue Yonder) and integration with planning and forecasting tools.
  • Understanding of Import Logistics and Tariff law a plus
  • Light project management

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