Business Analyst

Job Title:
Business Analyst

Location:

Remote
Job Type: Contract (only w2)
Pay rate: $37/hr on W2

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree required.

• Master's degree preferred.

Technical & Professional Skills

• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in the supply chain technology field.

• Strong data science, root causing, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

• Knowledge of SQL and API/EDI integrations.

• Knowledge of ERP, AWS, TMS, and Supply Chain Visibility systems.

• Understanding of the application development / configuration process.

• Strong Microsoft Office skills are required.

• Ability and desire to learn new technical tools and software.

• Ability to produce results with minimal direction.

• Must be detail-oriented and able to work within a team setting.

• Sense of urgency with strong follow-up skills.

Nice-to-Have Skills
1. Good presentation skills.
2. LEAN trained (regardless of achievement level).
3. Project Management across larger end-to-end supply chain technology.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of Baxter's transportation and control tower solutions along with backend data architecture.

• Work on multiple projects and deliverables from design through implementation and user adoption.

• Possess strong design thinking capability to drive solutions for complex supply chain issues.

• Act as the liaison between business and IT for requirements and for supporting existing applications.

• Partner and translate business requirements into application and data requirements; offer recommendations for solutions or improvements to business processes.

• Support global rollouts of multiple transportation and fulfillment systems in different geographies.

• Understand and implement business use cases from requirements and design through UAT and go-live. Continuously work with end users to enable user adoption.

• Attend to Critical & Major production issues jointly with IT and develop preventive solutions to ensure robust system performance.

• Drive global alignment in processes and user adoption.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify KPIs and develop dashboards and reports to monitor and measure supply chain performance.

• Develop, maintain, and establish operational specifications for transportation systems including information flow, configuration setup, testing, and ad hoc reporting.

• Analyze large datasets to perform root-cause analysis of complex issues and uncover solutions, trends, and opportunities.

• Proactively provide insight and solutions from the data and analyze trends to support regional/strategic decision-making.

• Provide testing support through SIT and UAT phases of the project.

Required Soft Skills
1. Root causing and Problem Solving: Strong capability to diagnose complex issues and develop preventive solutions.
2. Excellent Communication: Both verbal and written.
3. Strong Collaboration and Integrity: Ability to build trust and work effectively with teams.
4. Proactive Issue Resolution: Ability to drive resolution independently and communicate progress proactively.
5. Stakeholder Management: Professional in driving internal and external stakeholders to achieve progress & results.