Business Analyst-000T8

Description

The Business Analyst will support the US Commercial Reference Data Team performance and projects, which include customer, product and pricing master data subject areas to ensure high quality data utilized for critical business processes ranging from marketing, sales & service. They will also focus on Data Stewardship - data definition, performance of high quality data and enhanced business processes and manage master data projects and system enhancements, which support day-to-day operations while contributing to the long-term Customer Information Strategy results. The Business Analyst will serve as a liaison between US Commercial business and IT to ensure critical business needs are met in support of the overall Customer Information Strategy. The incumbent will also work cross functionally with the following areas to ensure timely and accurate business processes and an "easy to do business with" model - ETO, Customer Service, Marketing, Sales, AgriServices, Program Operations, Finance, Claims, Credit, Logistics, and with various IT groups.

Responsibilities:

· Determine the business value opportunity in streamlining complex business processes and improving information flow across functions
· Support the identification of financial business impact from data capabilities and the valuation of opportunities through discovery of information patterns
· Assist with the exploration of business data value propositions and prioritization of commercial benefits
· Strong project management skills working with SAP systems, databases, etc.
· Ability to evaluate and/or research new system functionality to aid in the exploitation of these systems to continually promote higher levels of data quality, system functionality and efficient processes
· Focus on Data Stewardship - data definition, performance of high quality data and enhanced business processes
· Manages master data projects and system enhancements, which support day-to-day operations while contributing to the long-term Customer Information Strategy results
· Serves as a liaison between US Commercial business and IT to ensure critical business needs are met in support of the overall Customer Information Strategy
· Partner and/or lead business and IT matrix and cross functional teams
· Support planning/prioritization for data and business system related activities


Qualifications

· Experience and understanding of strategic planning, data mining, analytical discovery, predictive modeling methods, and valuation of data assets
· Experience and understanding of relevant financial and statistical approaches, execution of analysis, model development and implementation of analytical models
· Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or Marketing required
· Minimum 3 to 5 years of IT and business/industry work experience
· SAP and/or other CRM similar integrated system skills/experiences desired
· Ability to work effectively and independently in a matrix organization
· Strong communication skills utilized to resolve issues, facilitate meetings, and influence others in order to drive business results
· Ag Chemical and Seed (corn, soy, cotton) experience beneficial

Job
Marketing/Product Management
Primary Location
North America-USA-Missouri-St. Louis
Organization
US Marketing_51110378
Schedule
Full-time