Business Analyst – Cost

Santa Clara, CA, US • Posted 18 hours ago • Updated 18 hours ago
Contract W2
6 Months
No Travel Required
On-site
$70 - $85/hr
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Job Details

Skills

  • Business Process
  • Contract Lifecycle Management
  • Data Validation
  • Computer Networking
  • Business Readiness
  • Defect Management
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
  • Organizational Skills
  • Facilitation
  • SAP Implementation
  • Supplier Relationship Management
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Status Reports
  • Test Scripts
  • SAP
  • SAP HANA
  • SAP ERP
  • Procurement
  • Training
  • Data Migration

Summary

What You Will Do

● Support the Cost Workstream Lead throughout the SAP ERP implementation lifecycle.

● Document and maintain current-state and future-state business processes across:
○ Strategic Sourcing
○ Direct Procurement
○ Cost Operations
○ Hyperscaler Operations
○ Supplier Management
○ Supplier Collaboration
○ Spend Analytics
○ Contract Lifecycle Management

● Gather, document, and validate business requirements from Business Process Owners (BPOs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and key stakeholders.

● Support requirements workshops, process reviews, and solution validation sessions.

● Partner with SAP functional teams and business stakeholders to ensure requirements
are accurately reflected in solution designs.

● Review proposed solutions and identify gaps, risks, or process impacts.

● Develop and maintain process flows, business scenarios, and testing artifacts.

● Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities, including:
○ Test planning
○ Test script development
○ Test execution support
○ Defect tracking and resolution using XRay in Jira
○ Test status reporting

● Ensure all approved solution designs are thoroughly tested and validated prior to
deployment.
● Maintain a strong understanding of Source-to-Pay (S2P), procurement, sourcing, and
supplier management processes.
● Perform data validation activities to ensure accuracy and completeness of migrated and converted data.
● Support supplier, procurement, sourcing, contract, and spend data validation and
reconciliation efforts.
● Track and manage action items, issues, risks, and dependencies within the Cost
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 activities.

What You Bring:

● Bachelor''s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Operations, or a related field.
● 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Procurement Analyst, Supply Chain
Analyst, Functional Analyst, or similar role supporting procurement, sourcing, or supply
chain processes.

● Experience working with one or more of the following areas:
○ Strategic Sourcing
○ Direct Procurement
○ Cost Operations
○ Hyperscaler Operations
○ Supplier Management
○ Supplier Collaboration
○ Spend Analytics
○ Contract Lifecycle Management
○ Source-to-Pay (S2P) Processes

● Understanding of procurement, sourcing, supplier management, and cost management processes.

● Experience gathering business requirements and documenting business processes.

● Experience supporting User Acceptance Testing (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 Business Process Owners, Subject Matter Experts, IT
teams, and external implementation partners.

● Strong communication, facilitation, and organizational skills.
● Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba, or other ERP and procurement platforms is preferred. 
● Experience supporting ERP, supply chain, procurement, or business transformation
initiatives is preferred.
● High-tech manufacturing, electronics, networking, semiconductor, or data storage industry experience is a plus.

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  • Dice Id: 91126178
  • Position Id: 9012078
  • Posted 18 hours ago
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