Senior IT Analyst Business Systems - Manufacturing

• Key participant in cross-functional business and IT team with the responsibility to define user needs for the MES & Digital Factory functions.

• Produce as-is process maps of current business practices through team interviews with process owners and users.

• Produce recommended optimized process maps of business practices with input from process owners and users.

• Determine user requirements for configuration and presentation of the MES & Digital Factory solutions through interviews with functional, program specific, or role specific user groups.

• Translate the output of process mapping and user requirements to the technology team lead, IT Manager.

• Help prepare proposed implementation initiatives to the appropriate steering committee for approval.

• Responsible for oversight of implementation of approved action items, including training and user satisfaction.

• Responsible for creating the lessons learned during each stage of the implementation for use in subsequent planning and execution of the implementation plan.

• Responsible for monitoring solution metrics and developing continuous improvement initiatives for the solutions.

• Responsible for any special projects or assignments as agreed upon to support the MES & Digital Factory.

• Maintains technical expertise in area of responsibility. Develops and maintains process documentation for existing and proposed processes.

• Provide On-going production support for existing MES & Digital Factory solutions.

• Create and maintain functional specification documentation (DRD) based on defined business requirements.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, engineering or information technology related.

• 6 to 10 years of experience working in discrete manufacturing industry.

• Basic knowledge of Automotive MES & Digital Factory process required.

• Must have experience of group facilitation.

• Must have experience of business process mapping and optimization.

• Knowledge of SAP is preferred.

Skills & Abilities

• Good organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to multi-task effectively, self-motivated, and works with some direct supervision.

• Must act as a liaison between the business and IT to define, design, and implement solutions.

• Must have the ability to absorb information quickly and make decisions as to how to proceed with each issue based on its own merit.

• Must have good analytical and problem solving abilities.

• Excellent communications & presentation skills required to interact with both IT resources as well as business users, located in multiple departments.

• Requires the ability to give clear verbal and written information geared to specific audiences

• Ability to understand out of the box packaged software functionality, and perform basic administration tasks, after attending appropriate vendor provided training.

• Travel is expected at 10 - 25%, with most of travel being specific for project milestones, such as user training.

• Key participant in cross-functional business and IT team with the responsibility to define user needs for the MES & Digital Factory functions.

• Produce as-is process maps of current business practices through team interviews with process owners and users.

• Produce recommended optimized process maps of business practices with input from process owners and users.

• Determine user requirements for configuration and presentation of the MES & Digital Factory solutions through interviews with functional, program specific, or role specific user groups.

• Translate the output of process mapping and user requirements to the technology team lead, IT Manager.

• Help prepare proposed implementation initiatives to the appropriate steering committee for approval.

• Responsible for oversight of implementation of approved action items, including training and user satisfaction.

• Responsible for creating the lessons learned during each stage of the implementation for use in subsequent planning and execution of the implementation plan.

• Responsible for monitoring solution metrics and developing continuous improvement initiatives for the solutions.

• Responsible for any special projects or assignments as agreed upon to support the MES & Digital Factory.

• Maintains technical expertise in area of responsibility. Develops and maintains process documentation for existing and proposed processes.

• Provide On-going production support for existing MES & Digital Factory solutions.

• Create and maintain functional specification documentation (DRD) based on defined business requirements.

• A wide range of benefits from the Company Social Benefits Fund;

• Private medical care sponsored by the employer for Cooper Standard employees;

• Preferential terms for accident insurance (NNW);

• Co-funding for the Benefit Multisport card;

• Employee Pension Program (PPE after 12 months of employment);

• Co-funding for the purchase of glasses/contact lenses;

• Employer-sponsored access to the Multi.Life application;

• A wide range of internal training and mentoring programs;

• HR open door policy;

• Friendly work atmosphere;

• Integration initiatives;

• Flexible, hybrid working hours (working one day a week from the office);

• Private parking spaces in the city center;

• Employee discounts at the Sfera Shopping Center in Bielsko-Biała;

• Modern offices in the city center with a view of the mountains;

• Relaxation area; delicious coffee without limits.