Business Analyst
Tech Observer
Title: Business Analyst - Cost
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Duration: 12 Months (Possibility of Extension)
Pay Rate: $96.47/hr. on W2
Cost Duties
- Support the Cost Workstream Lead throughout the SAP ERP implementation lifecycle.
○ Strategic Sourcing
○ Direct Procurement
○ Cost Operations
○ Hyperscaler Operations
○ Supplier Management
○ Supplier Collaboration
○ Spend Analytics
○ Contract Lifecycle Management
- Gather, document, and validate business requirements from Business Process Owners (BPOs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and key stakeholders.
- Support requirements workshops, process reviews, and solution validation sessions.
- Partner with SAP functional teams and business stakeholders to ensure requirements are accurately reflected in solution designs.
- Review proposed solutions and identify gaps, risks, or process impacts.
- Develop and maintain process flows, business scenarios, and testing artifacts.
- Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities, including:
○ Test planning
○ Test script development
○ Test execution support
○ Defect tracking and resolution using XRay in Jira
○ Test status reporting
- Ensure all approved solution designs are thoroughly tested and validated prior to deployment.
- Maintain a strong understanding of Source-to-Pay (S2P), procurement, sourcing, and supplier management processes.
- Perform data validation activities to ensure accuracy and completeness of migrated and converted data.
- Support supplier, procurement, sourcing, contract, and spend data validation and reconciliation efforts.
- Track and manage action items, issues, risks, and dependencies within the Cost workstream.
- Support business readiness activities, including process documentation, training support, and go-live preparation.
- Assist BPOs and SMEs as they adopt new processes and system capabilities introduced through the SAP implementation.
- Support deployment, hypercare, and post-go-live stabilization activities.
Skills
○ Strategic Sourcing
○ Direct Procurement
○ Cost Operations
○ Hyperscaler Operations
○ Supplier Management
○ Supplier Collaboration
○ Spend Analytics
○ Contract Lifecycle Management
○ Source-to-Pay (S2P) Processes
- Understanding of procurement, sourcing, supplier management, and cost management processes.
- Experience gathering business requirements and documenting business processes.
- Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect management, and business validation activities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Experience validating data and supporting data migration activities.
- Ability to work effectively with Business Process Owners, Subject Matter Experts, IT teams, and external implementation partners.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba, or other ERP and procurement platforms is preferred.
- Experience supporting ERP, supply chain, procurement, or business transformation initiatives is preferred.
- High-tech manufacturing, electronics, networking, semiconductor, or data storage industry experience is a plus.
Remarks
Business Operations
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Logistics, Operations, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Supply Chain Analyst, Functional Analyst, or similar role supporting supply chain execution processes or in IT.
Kind Regards,
Gurvinder Singh | Sr. Technical Recruiter | Staffing
Tech Observer
Phone: (201) 500-9357
Email: ***email_hidden***
