Position Purpose:
Work with management and key users to recognize and identify business opportunities. Facilitates project team of developers and users to meet requirements for development of business systems. Opportunities may require changes to existing systems, selection and integration of third party solutions or implementation of existing features of current system. Analyst must maintain a total Woodward perspective when selecting a solution and collaborate and drive to common business processes across the organization.
Essential Functions:
Primary responsibility is analyzing business processes and designing the business system.
Adhere to Woodward IT Development processes and procedures.
Support Power User Network by working with Process Owners to obtain direction and priorities, facilitating power user network meetings by location, coordinating training, resolving integration issues, software testing, and maintaining or preparing documentation.
Team project lead over multi-site business development projects.
Actively pursue new system technologies and solutions and apply them to business opportunities.
Act as a change agent within the business for adoption of process and/or IT system changes.
Provide technical support including working with IT.
Review system specifications for completeness and accuracy to ensure adequate information and justification are provided.
Facilitate and coordinate software testing on system changes.
Act as a liaison to users implementing purchased software, participating in selection, evaluation, implementation, and ongoing support.
Provide follow up and closure to projects as well as on-going support.
Work with leaders to ensure project timelines fit within daily work assignments.
Other Essential Functions:
Assists with special departmental projects as necessary.
Performs miscellaneous duties as required.
Communicates, participates and provides input with the department or at a project level.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
Solid understanding of business systems and manufacturing environments.
Solid understanding of system life cycle methodologies
Demonstrates sound, logical thought processes and problem solving skills when producing system specifications.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks for self and team members.
Communicates and interacts well with others in order to understand user requirements and to provide occasional advice and instructions.
Provides excellent customer service.
Able to facilitate a small team.
Demonstrated ability to manage small projects.
Understanding of integration with other WISE modules.
WISE implementation experience.
Knowledge of the WISE solutions and related applications (BOBJ/Lawson/GL/e-Business/etc.).
Knowledge of underlying WISE data tables.
Knowledge of developing wireframe specifications.
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS)
Experience:
Functional module experience. Functional module would be area like Sales, Finance, Purchasing, etc.
Experience with detailing program specifications and testing programs.
Experience with giving direction to IT individuals and users.
Experience implementing process and system changes where existing processes are in place.
