Business Analyst

Join us at WinCo Foods, where we're more than just a grocery retailer - we're a growing family of over 140 supermarkets in 10 states with over 22,000 employee owners. Our purpose is to make the lives of our customers and employee owners better by offering the lowest possible prices to feed their families. Currently, WinCo is the second largest Employee-Owned company in the United States. With more than 500 millionaire employee-owners in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Our benefits, including top-tier medical plans and tuition support set us apart. In your role, you'll be instrumental in making a real impact in the communities we serve, embodying our purpose every day.

Job Summary

The Business Analyst supports business processes and manages small to medium sized projects. Key aspects of this position include: (1) Researching, analyzing, and documenting business processes to define business requirements and user specifications for system process changes and improvements, (2) Coordinating people and processes to ensure projects are delivered on time and produce the desired results, and (3) Closely working with other business analysts, business stakeholders, software developers, application administrators, and IT infrastructure and security personnel to ensure proper application design and implementation.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

Business Analysis
• Creates and maintains system documentation.
• Performs gap analysis for the assigned area of responsibility and provides recommendations for improvements.
• Owns and develops relationship with business stakeholders, working with them to optimize and enhance solutions in their area of responsibility.Project Coordination / Management
• Defines and tracks project tasks and issues.
• Runs project meetings to keep open projects on-schedule, and on-budget.
• Works with the stakeholders and vendors to create realistic and achievable timelines.
• Escalates project deliverable and/or timeline concerns.
• Completes projects within expected deadlines or defined time estimates.
• Facilitates and performs user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Effectively works with vendors to provide the best solution for the business and IT.
• Ensures all project and vendor documents are collected and reviewed.
• Creates and reviews PCRs (program change requests) especially related to projects.
• Gathers business requirements and manages scope.
• Documents business decisions and provide project summaries.
• Participates in the evaluation of new systems.
• Independently coordinates one or more small- to medium-sized projects, with coaching.

Requirements

Education/Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, information systems, or equivalent work experience.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office suite and SharePoint software.
• Proficient use of remote office and collaboration tools such as Zoom, MS/Teams, and Slack.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
• Knowledge of IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL).

Ability to:
• Apply analytical and problem-solving skills in all areas of project management and business systems analysis.
• Work effectively in a team-oriented environment by establishing and maintaining good rapport with co- workers, supervisors, and others.
• Utilize strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Work on concurrent tasks (multi-tasking) and utilize proper time management.
• Organize, facilitate, and coordinate meetings as needed, especially for projects, requirements gathering, business process reviews, or business priority setting.
• Correctly communicate timely meeting recaps including business decisions, open items, and required tasks/next steps.
• Actively participate in meetings as needed and identify and assign appropriate tasks.
• Work independently on assigned tasks with some coaching.
• Perform duties with efficiency and accuracy.
• Perform confidential tasks with integrity.
• Ability to understand ROI (return on investment) analyses, for project selection and prioritization.

Machines and Equipment Operated:
• Office machines (e.g., cell phone, computer, copy machine, telephone, fax, etc.) and other devices.

Preferred Education, Experience and/or Credentials:
• Business analyst and/or project management experience
• PMI-PMP Certification
• Agile Certification, such as PMI ACP
• Experience in retail business operations.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job. All employees must comply with Company policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of personnel may vary.

As the WinCo Foods community continues to grow, our variety of perspectives and wide range of experiences are essential to our strategy and success. We are committed cultivating and celebrating an inclusive environment in which all employees are valued and respected.