Business Analyst - Weighbridge

Job Title: Business Analyst - WeighbridgeLocation: Hopkins, MN (50% on site)Duration: 6 months with the possibility to extendPay: Best Market Rate Dahl Consulting is currently partnering with a leading supplier in the Food industry. We work one-on-one with great candidates to help connect them with local employment opportunities. This company is hiring a Business Analyst. Interested? Get more details below! This position requires both broad and deep knowledge of the solution(s) and business processes, and the ability to design solutions by mapping customer business problems to reusable end-to-end business application solutions. The BA will engage in business decision discussions related to agility, business value, and business processes. The BA has a passion for the business which is demonstrated through professionalism and striving for excellence in all aspects of the business experience. This position requires an individual who is resourceful, confident under pressure, and has demonstrated competence in expectation management. This position is expected to follow the Project Delivery Process and Requirements Analysis and Solution Design process framework.

• Complete a workflow analysis for new environments, including developing specifications and quotes for potential projects and/or ongoing maintenance needs. Collaborate with infrastructure teams to order appropriate hardware and software as required.
• Work on various projects to deploy, lifecycle, decommission, and rationalize plant systems.
• Coordinate upgrades and changes to minimize interruption of plant processes.
• Elicit requirements (performance, availability, security, accessibility, cross-browser compliance) using a methodology most appropriate for the context of each project.
• Develop requirements specifications according to standard templates.
• Clarify and improve the business processes impacted by the technology changes that are part of assigned projects.
• Identify system changes for downstream system and/or organizational impacts.
• Provide hypercare / post go live support for Infrastructure and plant applications as part of projects (including after hours on call if required by the project).
• Utilizing both formal and informal processes, share knowledge with the operations team and ensure the support team has the knowledge and documentation needed to properly support what has been deployed.
• Plan for acceptance of solution/hardware changes (change management, communication, training needs).

• Create solution designs across process, data, and technology that meet business requirements and adhere to relevant standards and principles, leverage common tools and processes, and meet cost/delivery objectives.
• Consider in the design, the business implications of the application of technology to the current and future business environment.
• Perform reviews with key stakeholders throughout the design lifecycle to ensure alignment on solution designs and requirements. This may include but is not limited to the following activities: design reviews, testing execution, deployment verifications, customer satisfaction reviews, etc.
• Create supporting solution design documentation to ensure sustainment of the solution and business capability, support solution implementation as necessary.
• Participate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze trade-offs between usability and performance needs.
• Be the liaison between the business, technology teams and support teams.

• Work with businesses to establish clear connections between business goals and strategies and the process data, and technology investments required to achieve them.
• Create and maintain long-term working relationships with technology teams, functional counterparts, vendors and business partners.
• Engage and influence business sponsors and users and contribute to their targeted business outcomes.
• Effectively engage stakeholders in change management activities.

• Manage workload and priorities to deliver agreed upon project milestones.
• Provide input to staffing plans at the project-level to identify key / required skills.
• Ensure traceability from business requirements through application testing and work with offshore development and QA teams clarifying requirements.
• Hold project team members accountable to their deliverables and ensure project execution.
• Prepare estimations of effort in order to achieve a preferred solution.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or a manufacturing-related discipline; OR equivalent experience
• 3 years experience in diverse operational, IT, and/or business roles
• 1 year experience in IT services for infrastructure and applications in a plant environment
• Understanding of all aspects of applications, including data in the database, installs on a client PC, configuring and troubleshooting peripheral hardware (such as hand scanners, printers, scale indicators, cameras, RFID readers, control devices, Term I/O controllers, photo eyes, ethernet hardware, etc.), and business process issues
• Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) systems that sit in between the plant floor and our ERP systems, especially scale/weighbridge systems
• Strong analytical skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements
• Ability to influence peers and leadership stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to communicate technical and business information effectively to both technical and non-technical people
• Strong project management, planning and organizational skills
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies