Architect, Business Systems Analysis

Employee Type:Full timeLocation:IL Oak BrookJob Type:Information TechnologyJob Posting Title:Architect, Business Systems Analysis - PLM About Us :
TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of more than two dozen production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada. At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people. We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers , directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families. We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future .
What You G ain :
Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training , tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform - DevelopU - with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups .Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period - you're eligible from your first day401 ( k ) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.Comprehensive paid time off opportunities , including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holi days) .Enrollment in our wellness and employee assistance programs .Job Description: About the Role :
The
Architect, Business Systems Analysis
- PLM position is focused on functional SAP PDM , SAP PPM and other related technologies. This role will collaborate with Business Stakeholders in the Commercialization and Research & Development functions to support, enhance and build solutions for these functions.
Business Process: Lead others by working across boundaries and ensuring best practice solutions are developed and implemented. Seek ways to implement process changes to improve business process productivity. Collaborate with suppliers to recommend best practice solutions.Functional Analysis: Proactively validate results of functional requirements gathering process.Functional Design: Direct functional designs of solutions enable process change, continuous improvement and competitive advantage. Ensure solutions optimize and protect the TreeHouse Foods IT Ecosystem and achieve maximum ROI.Architecture: Through collaborative means, research technical solutions to broad business problems and ensure application/ technical strategies are tightly linked. Influence and set Ecosystem architectural standards to meet long term requirements reusing existing solutions where possible. Ensure Ecosystem portfolio is continuously maintained .Information Security: Establish security standards for emerging technologies. Ensure appropriate " defense in depth" and "least privileged" security concepts are designed into Ecosystem .Availability / Recovery: Establish and direct efforts to measure and continuously improve Ecosystem availability working closely with business partners. Establish design standards for operational availability and recovery point/ time objectives that are cost efficient and effectively protects business from interruption.Capacity/ Performance: Utilize capacity trends and long-term business/ technical strategies to ensure Ecosystem capacity is appropriately accommodated. Ensure licensing for environments is forecasted appropriately and in continuous compliance with contractual agreements. Measure and lead efforts to continuously improve performance of systems continuously driving efficient utilization of technical components.Research/ Development: Assess applicability and readiness of emerging technology solutions. Effectively influence suppliers to develop solutions to meet business needs.Quality Assurance: Direct design and quality reviews and ensure technical resources are optimized .Technical Analysis: Proactively validate conclusions associated with requirements gathering process focusing on full spectrum of application performance.Technical Design: Ensure optimal performance and quality of technical designs.Construct/ Implement: Ensure quality delivery of tuned application environments that are contemporary and in accordance with architectural guidelines. Provides direction on training and content development and delivery to end users. Provides direction on project Cutover and Go-Live activities. Provides direction for programs and/or large projects. Accountable for the overall solution capabilities of projects/initiatives.Incident/ Problem Management: Direct and educate others in conducting effective investigation/ diagnosis of incidents and root cause analysis of problems across the TreeHouse Foods IT Ecosystem. Develop, implement and document solutions in a timely manner and validate with users that service has been restored.Change Control: Direct and educate others in conducting proper urgency, impact and risk assessment of change requests. Plan, schedule, implement and document changes in accordance with Change Advisory Board (CAB) processes.Accountable for results which may impact the entire function.Accountable for financial impact can be broad and have a far-reaching impact on the organization but is not easily quantifiable.The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list of all tasks. Additional tasks and duties may be assigned from time to time as necessitated by business needs. About You :
You'll fit right in if you have:
Degree BSc in Technology or equivalent10+ years of Solid SAP configuration experience in SAP PPM and PDM areas , including knowledge of Opentext , DMS and WorkflowAptitude to work on SAP functional designs in Product Lifecycle Management area .Experience in the food industry regarding material creation thru discontinuation.Business Process: Lead others by working across boundaries and ensuring best practice solutions are developed and implemented. Seek ways to implement process changes to improve business process productivity. Collaborate with suppliers to recommend best practice solutions.Functional Analysis: Proactively validate results of functional requirements gathering process.Functional Design: Direct functional designs of solutions enable process change, continuous improvement, and competitive advantage. Ensure solutions optimize and protect the TreeHouse Foods IT Ecosystem and achieve maximum ROI.Work with users in all aspects of rolling out new functionality.Support business team in both run state and plant go lives (as applicable) .Familiar with SAP roll out methodologies including agile.Work in a team environment to collaborate and innovate.Focused on continuous improvement and bring new dimensions to SAP back-end operations.Go getter attitude and want to progress in career and continuously learn. Your TreeHouse Foods Career is Just a Click Away
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