Business Analyst

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you

**Job Description**:
WHEN YOU JOIN US YOU WILL BE;

The IKO Global IT department is looking for a passionate, inquisitive, detail oriented and customer focused Business Analyst to join our growing team.

A key goal in Global IT is successful collaboration with IKO key business leads and stakeholders to deliver on prioritized corporate initiatives.

We strive to improve our processes regularly; utilizing new technologies, leading practices and experiences from our personnel.

The IT Business Analyst role will focus on a global ERP Deployment project working directly with key business leads to collect business requirements, prepare functional specifications, prototype defined functionality and assist in the overall organizational change associated with a global deployment. The underlying ERP platform is JD Edwards.

You will work closely with the ERP project leadership team, Business Process Owners, Business Analysts from other functions, and IT Management to ensure the project progresses along agreed timelines and meets the key business requirements and success criteria.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Design the global ERP solution including documenting business processes, business scenarios, detailed business requirements, prototyping solution, writing and coordination of test script execution, monitoring and training on system changes
- Participation in detailed Conference Room Pilots and User Acceptance Testing activities in line with the global deployment timeline
- Develop/update materials for training end/key users; i.e. appropriate system process documentation, procedures and / or work instructions
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities
- Travel within North America and to European locations will be required

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE.
- 2-5 years’ experience as a Business Analyst, on large and complex technology projects with a focus on Sales and Customer service in the Manufacturing industry.
- 2-5 years’ experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software preferably Oracle JD Edwards. Strong analytical skills with developing new reporting analytics.
- Good knowledge in JD Edwards Enterprise One Software and having hands on experience in Inventory management and Procurement modules like requisitions, quotations, purchase orders, catalog pricing, approvals, receipt routing, lot maintenance, cycle count, inventory adjustments etc.
- Project Experience in full life cycle Implementation, upgrade, enhancement, rollout and support projects
- Provide vision, leadership and drive the process changes and improvements within the Inventory and Procurement functions
- Work closely with the BU’s functional representatives in the development of simplified/lean process improvements or operating practices which best utilize the systems to improve quality, increase productivity and supports business goals
- Develop peer, cross-functional and cross-Bu relationships to maximize best practice sharing and team effectiveness
- Responsible for the timely completion of project tasks and activities within functional area by directing activities of others as well as maintaining individual project responsibilities
- Responsible for the development of the functional training and coordinating the on-going functional support, including but not limited to the development of BU super users
- Act as the functional change agent by creating a sense of purpose to meet the goals of the business and leading by example
- Own issue / risk identification, escalation, resolution and communication with the project team and functional management including BU functional leaders
- Analyze the BU’s competitive position in the use of technology in relation to the industry best practices
- Prepare, present, and review overall plans, status reviews and reports as required by project and with BU responsible
- Experienced with SDLC methodology run projects from Requirement Gathering, Design, Testing, Documentation Training through Implementation and Post Live Support.
- SharePoint experience is an asset.
- University degree is required
- PMI-PBA certification is an asset

ADDITIONAL SKILLS:

- Ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to different levels of the organization (written and verbal - i.e. PowerPoint)
- Business process flows and modelling
- Analytical and critical thinking skills
- Ability to handle multiple priorities; changing course and direction as needed

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Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO i