IT Business Analyst at AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, 6 Months, £Contract Rate

6 Months or more Information Technology

Contract Description

6 months contract

 

The IT Business Analyst will be specifically aligned to a process associated with one of the Clinical Supply processes under the Enterprise Process Owner (EPO) domain. During the global process design phase, you will own the solution design for your process area and act as the central pivot point for defining the integrated solution for this area, ensuring integration between business process definition, SAP solution definition and SAP data objects definition.

 

You will be responsible, for your process area, for ensuring that the global standard solution is fully and accurately documented and tested according to project standards and will champion the design through the required governance forums. You will work closely with other IT BA’s, Product Managers and experts across the design team to ensure that the solutions are effectively integrated in to a wider AstraZeneca global standard design. This will also include working with SMEs from our external partners to ensure that the AZ solution adopts standard and leading-edge technology in fulfilling the design.

 

Typical Accountabilities

  • Work closely with the business teams in the process design to ensure alignment with S/4HANA best practice and SAP standard functionality
  • Able to represent your process domain on senior internal and external forums as required in your capability domain
  • Support the data team to ensure successful migration / creation of data objects that support the AZ global design across the application landscape
  • Ensure effective prioritisation of activities in line with the overall deployment strategy and project imperatives in alignment with Business Technology Group portfolios and BAU services
  • Work with the AZ Architecture teams to ensure that the solution and data design align with the strategic view for IT applications
  • Document and test the solution design in accordance with AZ compliance standards
  • Report on status of activity to plan and manage RAID items in your area, rolling up to the Enterprise domain
  • Champion the design for your capability through the appropriate governance forums

 

Essential:

  • Demonstrated experience of supply planning, demand forecasting in SAP environments S/4 experience
  • Experience of Process Mapping / User requirements / user stories / gap analysis
  • Understanding of end- to -end pharmaceutical supply chain processes.
  • Proven track record of delivering complex process designs within a large business transformation project
  • Understand Agile methodology and tools i.e. - JIRA
  • Good stakeholder management and communication skills with Business and IT areas with a demonstrated capability to influence / challenge key partner groups
  • Strong team player able to work across the program team and communicate in business and IT terms
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and possessing an agile and open mindset
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully deliver IT change across multiple locations and/or Business Functions including ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language

 

Interested? Apply now.