Business Analyst - Product
Onsite / United StatesTemporaryMid level (2–4 years)
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Position: Business Analyst - Product
Location:*Santa Clara, CA
Duration:*12 Months
Work Arrangement:*100% Onsite
Role Overview
Focus Areas
- New Product Introduction (NPI)
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- Product Quality
- SKU/Product Lifecycle Management
- Manufacturing Test
- Product Engineering
- Quality Engineering
Primary Responsibilities
- Support the Product, Quality, and New Product Introduction (NPI) Workstream Lead throughout the SAP ERP implementation lifecycle.
- Gather, document, and validate business requirements from Business Process Owners (BPOs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and key stakeholders.
- Create and maintain current-state and future-state business process documentation.
- Identify process gaps and support process redesign.
- Support requirements workshops, process reviews, and solution validation.
- Partner with SAP functional teams and business stakeholders to ensure requirements are accurately reflected in solution designs.
- Develop and maintain process flows, business scenarios, and testing documentation.
- Develop test scripts and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Support UAT test planning, test script development, test execution, defect tracking and resolution using XRay in Jira, and test status reporting.
- Ensure approved solution designs are thoroughly tested and validated.
- Support Configure-to-Order (CTO) / Build-to-Order processes.
- Perform data validation activities to ensure accuracy and completeness of migrated and converted data.
- Support master data validation and reconciliation activities.
- Track and manage action items, issues, risks, and dependencies within the 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.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Supply Chain Analyst, Functional Analyst, or similar role supporting supply chain processes.
- Experience with one or more of the following:
- Product Master Data
- Bill of Materials (BOM)
- New Product Introduction (NPI)
- Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
- SKU Lifecycle Management
- Product Quality Processes
- Manufacturing Operations
- Understanding of SAP S/4HANA manufacturing, product master, and quality management processes preferred.
- Experience gathering business requirements and documenting business processes.
- Experience supporting 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 BPOs, SMEs, IT teams, and external implementation partners.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
- SAP S/4HANA implementation experience.
- Familiarity with Agile delivery.
- Experience supporting Configure-to-Order (CTO) or Build-to-Order.
- High-tech manufacturing, electronics, networking, semiconductor, or data storage industry experience is a plus.
