– Senior Business Analyst (Supply Planning, Strategy &

- Advisory)

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst with expertise in Supply Planning, Supply Chain Planning Tools, and Business Strategy Advisory. The ideal candidate will play a key role in driving business transformation initiatives, optimizing supply planning processes, and providing strategic recommendations to stakeholders.

The candidate should possess strong business analysis skills, domain knowledge in supply chain planning, and experience engaging with senior business leaders to deliver process improvements and digital transformation initiatives.

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Key Responsibilities

- Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document supply planning requirements.
- Act as a strategic advisor to business teams, identifying opportunities for process optimization and operational excellence.
- Analyze existing supply planning processes and recommend improvements to enhance efficiency and forecast accuracy.
- Lead workshops, stakeholder discussions, and discovery sessions to define business objectives and transformation roadmaps.
- Translate business requirements into functional specifications, user stories, and solution designs.
- Support implementation and enhancement of supply planning tools and platforms.
- Perform gap analysis, impact assessments, and business process modeling.
- Drive business process re-engineering initiatives across supply chain planning functions.
- Develop executive-level presentations and strategic recommendations for leadership teams.
- Support UAT planning,



test execution, defect resolution, and deployment activities.
- Partner with IT, Product, Data Analytics, and Supply Chain teams to ensure successful project delivery.
- Monitor KPIs and business metrics to support data-driven decision-making.

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Required Skills

Business Analysis

- Strong experience in requirement gathering, analysis, and documentation.
- Expertise in preparing:
- Business Requirement Documents (BRD)
- Functional Requirement Documents (FRD)
- User Stories
- Business Process Flows
- Use Cases
- Gap Analysis
- Impact Assessments
- Strong stakeholder and client management capabilities.

Supply Planning Domain

- Extensive understanding of:
- Supply Planning
- Demand Planning
- Inventory Optimization
- Production Planning
- Supply Chain Operations
- Capacity Planning
- Sales &
- Operations Planning (S&OP;)
- Integrated Business Planning (IBP)

Supply Planning Tools

Hands-on experience with one or more of:

- SAP IBP (Integrated Business Planning)
- SAP APO
- Kinaxis RapidResponse
- Blue Yonder (JDA)
- Oracle Supply Chain Planning Cloud
- o9 Solutions
- Anaplan
- Manhattan Supply Chain Solutions

Strategy &

- Advisory
- Experience working in consulting, transformation,



or advisory engagements.
- Ability to define business strategies and transformation roadmaps.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking skills.
- Experience presenting recommendations to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Ability to align business objectives with technology solutions.

Data Analytics &

- Reporting
- Robust understanding of data analysis and business metrics.
- Experience with:
- SQL
- Excel
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Ability to derive actionable insights from supply chain and operational data.

Preferred Skills

- Experience in Supply Chain Digital Transformation programs.
- Knowledge of AI/ML applications in Supply Planning.
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP S/4HANA or Oracle ERP.
- Understanding of Cloud-based Planning Platforms.
- Certification in CBAP, PMI-PBA, APICS/CSCP, or Supply Chain Management.
- Experience working in Manufacturing, Retail, Consumer Goods, Automotive, or Logistics domains.

Desired Competencies

- Strategic Thinking &
- Consulting Mindset
- Executive Stakeholder Management
- Business Transformation Leadership
- Strong Communication &
- Presentation Skills
- Analytical and Data-Driven Decision Making
- Process Improvement &
- Optimization
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Leadership and Influencing Skills

Mandatory Skills

- Business Analysis
- Supply Planning
- Supply Chain Planning Tools (SAP IBP/Kinaxis/o9/Blue Yonder/Oracle SCP)
- Strategy &
- Advisory
- Stakeholder Management
- BRD/FRD Documentation
- Process Improvement
- S&OP; / IBP
- Data Analysis

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