You will be responsible for ensuring that efficient and cost-effective business solutions and processes are in place to address business needs/requirements.
Information Seeking & Analysis Understand and analyse the current business environment. Operate confidently within business strategy, current trends and developments in the retail industry. Improve and maintain the systems and operational processes within a specific domain. Optimize current and potential integrated systems and E2E business processes. Analyse and understand the customers (Internal and external) that are impacted. Analyse and document user requirements and assess the business implication of these to the business process involved. Collaborate with user stakeholders in satisfying these requirements. Propose and document process improvements where appropriate and provide alternatives / options. Assess risks, costs and potential benefits of alternative business process designs. Develop business rules and monitor the implementation of these rules in the development of the various application systems. Devises, initiates and drives effective small to medium change initiatives in own area or department.
Facilitation & Influencing Taking ownership to maintain knowledge within a specific area and sharing of that knowledge across the team. This includes interviews, presentations and workshop facilitations with both business & IT. Work closely with Architects, Designers and Business stakeholders to design and implement solutions. Research & advise on alternatives presented by the technical designers and answer detailed questions regarding the business design. Confidently engage the most appropriate business representatives to obtain input and agreement on alternatives (related to best practise in the industry) that are presented. Plan, arrange and control meetings, workshops and relations with the user during the investigations, design and development of business processes and solutions. Advise stakeholders (within IT and Business) to consider solutions which will work best for the business. Motivate stakeholders to change practises and consider other alternatives. Coaching and mentoring of Junior BA team members.
Communication, Building & Maintaining Relationships To build and optimize trusting relationships with business users and IT stakeholders by delivering what was promised and providing comprehensive knowledge and support. Foster a partnership between business stakeholders, IT disciplines and the delivery teams. Collaborating with all disciplines to drive out value adding solutions, and ensuring quick and efficient delivery. Accurately communicating the business requirements to IT to ensure that business needs are effectively and efficiently addressed. Keep Business Users informed of any changes (also accommodate changes in requirements as they are progressively elaborated). Drive and oversee solution assessment and validation. Identify cultural, business and organisational constraints affecting options for change. To train business users, rendering support and facilitating sessions for end-users. Continuously support the business environment, while maintaining an understanding of enterprise business initiatives and objectives, the various line portfolios, current trends and developments in the technology field. Assist with and provide timeous feedback on ad-hoc queries from business stakeholders.
Organising, multitasking & time management Strong commitment to project objectives and delivering high quality work. Take responsibility for the timelines within the project plan. Plan and organise own work and deliver on promises. Focus personal efforts on achieving results aligned to organisation objectives.
Knowledge and Application Research, document and prepare business cases. Review and advise on various business cases which will align with the business strategies of the organisation. Actively investigate and recommend opportunities to optimize the business’ offering. Confidently provide solutions and ensure an understanding of scope by business user. Implement feasible techniques to elicit and analyse business problems and translate them into business requirements. Evaluate technical solutions and business processes against business requirements. Facilitate and co-ordinate User Acceptance Testing. Analyse and document project risks – recommend risk mitigation strategies. Actively participate in the development of the BA practice within the organisation. Contribute to improving ways of work for the BA community – commit to coaching others and being coached. Recognises others’ limitations and offers appropriate support, especially during difficult working periods. Demonstrates an awareness of own strengths and limitations. Keeps own skills and knowledge up to date as needed. Shares skills and relevant knowledge with others and provides guidance on how to complete tasks. Demonstrates a good understanding of the work of other parts of the organisation in direct contact with own area.

Qualifications
Degree or Diploma with 3 to 5 years related experience.
Business Analysis certification at Practitioner level (ECBA, CCBA), FTI certification or similar

Experience
3 years Business analysis in retail processes
3 years Retail/Digital industry
Experience working within all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
SAP experience – desirable

Knowledge and Skills
Formal training in business analysis and design methodologies
Solid track record in successful delivery in the BA environment
Experience in a global business environment is preferred
Business understanding of the broader retail industry will be advantageous
Basic understanding of cloud computing and deployment solutions
Excellent communication, both written and verbal
Good process modelling skills
Effective relationship management and collaboration skills
Good business and IT acumen
Self-starter, with a can-do attitude
Customer focused
Analytical thinking
Results driven
Good planning and time management skills

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