Business Analyst (IT)

Job No: NP272
Location: Richmond, BC

JOB PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE

Partner with various departments at Nature’s Path to identify opportunities to improve the way our business operates. The Business Analyst’s objectives include and are not limited to:

  • Leading in-depth business process reviews for various departments to identify improvement opportunities (e.g., Sales, Customer Service, Plant Operations, Logistics, Finance, Quality, etc.)
  • Assessing current and future capabilities to extend the use of our ERP and create value (reduce costs, grow revenues, automate processes, generate insights) for our various stakeholders
  • Initiate projects and drive them to completion with company stakeholders
  • Support the business through comprehensive test planning and execution with changes to our ERP and technology portfolio to minimize risk
  • Support the rollout of an organizational data insights and analytics strategy
  • Creation of policy, process and procedure to support our team members in running the business
  • Identify technology needs of operational projects initiated in different departments and determine how best to integrate them
  • Provide support to the ERP user community as-needed
  • Provide input to the technology roadmap
  • Support transition of technology projects to operational support team
  • Work with internal partners to develop SOPs and job aids as-needed for new and existing applications
  • Other tasks that may be required to support the organization’s strategy and ongoing operations

CRITICAL OUTCOMES OF THIS ROLE

  • Examples of Business Analyst deliverables include (non-exhaustive)
    • Business process workshops and outputs (process flowcharts)
    • Recommendations for process improvements
    • Project plan
    • Testing plan
    • SOP
    • Functional and integration design documents
    • Report specifications
    • System deployment and cutover approach
    • Issue and change logs

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE 

Education

College Diploma or University Degree in Business or Information Systems, or equivalent experience or combination.

Experience

  • 5-8 years experience in developing, implementing, testing and supporting business processes with enterprise systems.
  • Experience with databases, applications and data integration.
  • Experience working with stakeholders through change management.
  • Experience with project development and execution.
  • Strong analytical, conceptual and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience working in cross-functional organizations and teams.
  • Experience with IFS ERP is an asset.
  • Experience working in CPG or manufacturing industry is an asset.
  • Experience with continuous improvement or LEAN in theory and/or practice is an asset

 

Upon joining Nature's Path, you will become part of a vibrant team that contributes to bringing healthy, organic food to the world in a sustainable way. At Nature's Path, we follow 5 core competencies and, as a result, strive to build a culture that is: performance driven, always improving, team focused, honourable and respectful, and sustainably and socially conscious.

 

About Nature's Path

Nature's Path is a sustainability-driven, deliciously-healthy organic food company that believes in "leaving the earth better than we found it". At Nature's Path, we believe in the idea that you can come to work, and help make the world a better place in the same day. Nature's Path has received numerous awards such as the Greenest Employer award, BC's Top Employers award, and Financial Post's Ten Best Companies to work for in Canada!

As a family-run, privately-owned company with locations in Canada and the U.S., our company was founded with strong entrepreneurial spirit and mission to leave the Earth better than we found it, which has become part of everything we do. Since our establishment in 1985, we have expanded to employ a team of over 600 employees in U.S. and Canada! Our company's innovative brands include Nature's Path, Love Crunch, Envirokidz and Que Pasa.

We are passionate about food that is good and good for you! Founded in 1985, Nature's Path Foods is headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, employing approximately 500 people at its facilities in both Canada and the United States. The family-owned company is the number one producer of organic breakfast foods and snacks sold in natural, specialty and retail grocery stores in 40 countries worldwide. The company's innovative brands include Nature's Path, EnviroKidz, and Que Pasa.

Our goal is to be a trusted name for quality organic foods in every home: socially responsible, environmentally sustainable and financially viable. We believe that everyone should have access to delicious food that is both good for people and the planet. If you share our vision, please explore our opportunities and take the path to a new and exciting career! Visit Nature's Path online at www.naturespath.com, join us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

 

 

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