Business Analyst III

Business Analyst III

BCforward is currently seeking Business Analyst III as an onsite opportunity!!

Position Title: Business Analyst III

Location: Newark, CA

Anticipated Start Date: 6/20/2025

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 12 Months with possible extension

Job Type: Contract (>%3D40 HRS WEEKLY)

Pay Range: $50 - $60/HR

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Job Description

• Client's IT Supply Chain is responsible for fulfilling all internal end user IT needs. We build integrated, scalable, and robust processes and systems to manage planning & inventory life cycle.
• We are currently looking for an experienced individual to support in day-to-day tooling and process operations, as well as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) support.

Responsibilities

EDI Operation Support

• Onboarding of new vendors to internal EDI platform
• Migration of existing vendors from legacy internal EDI platform to new internal EDI platform
• Manage day-to-day communications with EDI vendors for Q&A and troubleshooting
• Monitor EDI dashboard, adding incident tags, extracting data and report for tooling health. Proactively flag risk to the core team
• Proactively identify EDI tooling issues in tasks and provide root cause analysis and prompt feedback for each instance
• Create and maintain tooling manuals (workflows, tagging, set up requirements and troubleshooting guide)
• Update tooling configuration and vendor profiles, system master data for team lead approval to support operation
• Provide Tier 1 on-call support for Supply Chain tooling issue triage and troubleshooting
• Escalate Tier 2 issues to respective teams and follow up for resolution

Tooling and Process Improvement Support

• Value streaming as a process, identify opportunities for improvement and develop solutions for simple problems
• Monitor and report status of enhancement implementation
• Assist on user acceptance testing (UAT), debugging and provide status updates
• Create and maintain process/training documentation (update WIKI)
• Assist with global process/tooling rollout

Minimum Experience Needed

• 5-year experience in Supply Chain, desired to be in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
• System or Tooling Implementation experience
• Basic project management in system implementations, experience in user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Data analysis skills - using dashboards to analyze data and report to business
• Advanced Documentation (i.e. Process flows creation, SOP documentation, training guides/manuals)
• Problem solving skill
• Experience working with cross functional partners

Desired Experience

• EDI Signal onboarding and maintenance
• Specifically, EDI 850 (PO), 855 (POA), 856 (ASN), 860 (CO) and 810 (Invoice)
• Vendor management
• Advanced process flow visualization tools like LucidChart or Visio, Google Sheets/Slides
• Experience creating and maintaining tooling manuals
• Global exposure

Minimum Years of Experience

5+

Must-Have Skills

• EDI Operation Support: Experience in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with a minimum of 5 years in Supply Chain, specifically in EDI onboarding and maintenance
• Data Analysis: Ability to analyze data using dashboards and report to business stakeholders
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills to identify and resolve EDI tooling issues

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Process Flow Visualization: Proficiency in process flow visualization tools like LucidChart or Visio, Google Sheets/Slides
• Vendor Management: Experience in managing vendors, including communication and troubleshooting
• Global Exposure: Familiarity with global process/tooling rollout and experience working with cross-functional partners

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 239614 when responding to this ad.

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