D&T Business Analyst - Procurement & STP

The D&T Business Analyst - Procurement & STP will be a key contributor to the delivery of Procurement & STP digital transformation projects. This role will be accountable for partnering with the Global Procurement & GBO teams in driving efficiency and effectiveness and aligning with their priorities., * Liaise and communicate with Procurement & STP key users and stakeholders on initiatives prioritized within the D&T portfolio, recommending solutions to achieve organizational goals.

• Understand business problems and opportunities in the context of Procurement & STP
• products and solutions used in operations.
• Elicit, analyze, and validate requirements for changes to business processes and policies, translating them into well-defined product requirements, including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.
• Define business requirements and gaps to defined solution standards.
• Design process, data, and technology to fulfill requirements in collaboration with business users, solution vendors, consultants, and subject matter experts.
• Design information and application security.
• Build knowledge and competency among user population.
• Test, deploy, and stabilize operations of the solution.
• Identify and drive improvements/enhancements to Procurement & STP processes or products, including preventing or correcting defects and making changes, enhancements, and maintenance of the system.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders to ensure technology investments and products are well-integrated across the Supply Product line, creating efficiency, enabling growth, and lowering support costs.

Business Engagement, Strategy, and Execution:

• Capture as-is business capability maturity and processes to at least L4.
• Define, align, and publish to-be business capability maturity to deliver strategic objectives, including target process flows.
• Anticipate and identify future opportunities, providing external perspectives and provocation.
• Support application rationalization roadmap and develop robust business cases for strategic prioritization of D&T investment.
• Support identification of high-level impact of change from development/transformation of identified business capabilities.
• Build credible relationships with stakeholders and SMEs within the category, representing the market within D&T.
• Collaborate with the category to identify technology solutions aligning with strategic priorities and driving operational efficiency.
• Work towards value optimization of D&T for the market, considering new technology investments, adoption, usage of key systems, and service excellence.
• Participate and perform analysis in strategic planning sessions, providing technology insights and recommendations.
• Gather requirements from business units and translate them into actionable technology initiatives.
• Collaborate with solution teams in respective value streams to deliver the technology roadmap as per commitments.

Benefits Realization, Adoption, and Service Operations:

• Support business units during the transition to new technology solutions, ensuring organizational impact is understood and prepared for.
• Support change management efforts to facilitate smooth technology adoption within the category.
• Monitor and measure the effectiveness of technology implementations, making recommendations for improvement.
• Monitor adoption of solutions and define interventions where needed.
• Maintain awareness of operational tech landscape, supporting service and maintenance activities as needed.
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement and efficiencies in ways of working.