Sr Business Analyst SAP PPDS

Company Description

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function of Position

As Sr. Business Analyst, you will be accountable for configuration of SAP PP and S4 PPDS, author functional specs and work with development team to integrate Production Planning solutions and associated applications

Essential Job Duties

• Understand and analyze the business requirements. Author functional specifications, implement PP/PPDS solution.
• Perform deep data analysis for relevant business process flows and explain the MRP and PPDS output.
• Operate as a credible IT point of contact for production planning business function.
• Conduct unit and Integration testing and regression testing.
• Support ISI’s production processes and all associated business systems functions.
• Collaborate and provide inputs to the development team during development phase to meet the business needs.
• Help business teams on reporting requirements on the reporting team working in conjunction with the data warehouse team.
• Conduct QA validations and lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) tests.
• Support, assist and train the users on new modified system configurations highlighting the impact on business processes.
• Maintain IT Business system integrity and application notes, system upgrades, changes, and user updates.
• Work closely with onsite team, offshore team, managers, and executives to ensure the release of high-quality solutions.
• Follow the Intuitive change management process. Analyze impact of changes to the corporate application landscape.
• Act as Senior BA and guide & mentor the team members in providing best solutions and do peer review and advice on areas of improvement.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience implementing Production Planning solutions (SAP PP/DS) in a medical device or high-tech manufacturing industry is required.
• Minimum 8 years of Implementing Production Planning and other related SAP modules is required.
• Experience in SAP – Production Planning and Detail Scheduling capabilities - interactive production planning, Detailed scheduling, Pegging, Production Planning table, Planning board, constraint-based planning, multilevel scheduling, and sequencing is required.
• Knowledge of business processes in the areas of Capacity Planning.
• Experience in medical device manufacturing or life sciences industry is preferred.
• Experience working with business end users, gathering requirements, and building detailed functional design specifications.
• Ability to guide team members and mentor them as needed.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision or guidance.
• Ability to work in a team environment, effectively interacting with others.
• Ability to multi-task and perform effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to work independently and consider cross-functional and downstream impacts with close attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Required Education and Training

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience

Working Conditions

• Set Schedule

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Project management
• SAP certification
• CPIM or CSCP certification

Additional Information