What if you were given the opportunity to make a difference?
It`s time to embrace your Infinite Possibilities! This is your opportunity to be a part of International Paper, a Fortune 500 company and global leader in paper and packaging products. IP is known for our commitment to the environment and cutting-edge technology. We have spent more than 100 years creating new ideas and we are looking for people who can collaborate to help us build on our history while creating future success.
We are an established and expanding Global Business Services Center in Krakow. Thanks to our engaged employees and operational excellence we provide advanced services in the areas of Finance, IT, Global Sourcing, Supply Chain and Global Customer Service.
You have the opportunity to contribute your unique talents as you develop a rewarding career and learn from experts in our diverse and international work environment.
International Paper’s Application Services (AS) organization is charged with sustaining, designing, building and implementing an enterprise Supply Chain ERP solution based on an SAP technology platform. The objective of the solution is to support and enable changing business processes to improve customer satisfaction and reduce supply chain costs. The application processes include Source, Deliver, Manufacturing Processes, Order Management, E-Commerce, Planning & Scheduling and Plant Maintenance. The supporting technology areas are SAP Development, Business Warehouse/Intelligence, Manufacturing Execution System (MES), and Data Management.
The IT Business Analyst - SAP will work in a team environment to support, recommend and deliver technology enabled business processes in the areas of Materials Management - Inventory, Purchasing & Interfaces. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of Supply Chain processes and have experience performing design in the area.
The applications in scope include SAP ECC, EDI (electronic data interchange), MES, plus any additional Global Supply Chain approved operating model applications.
- Understand, design, build, implement and sustain best practice solutions for the functional area
- Define and document functional specifications for custom developed applications based on business requirements
- Configure SAP MM and other related applications to enable defined business processes and complete configuration documentation
- Perform testing to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the solution
- Identify, assess impact, and provide recommendation for resolution of issues related to business processes, procedural and system changes; escalate problems of high complexity and severity
- Perform sustain activities in the assigned area – end-user support as needed by resolving help desk tickets
- Analyze and understand complex user information flows and business data to support decision making and effectively present information
- Evaluate alternative procedural and systematic solutions that meet needs while maintaining business standards.
- Execute proof of concept testing in a cross team environment to validate design assumptions
- Ensure the business group’s needs are being met and that assignments are delivered on time by participating in project/planning meetings and communicating regularly with team and management.
- Work cohesively with other Information Technology resources, Business Analysts on other App Services teams, business Center of Excellence representatives and Process Information Management
- Support IT innovation projects, process redesign and strategy aiming at continuous improvement
- Support knowledge sharing culture
- 6+ years of SAP experience with minimum 3-4 years of IT experience
- IT SAP experience in at least one of the following areas: Material Management (MM), Logistics Execution (LE), Sales and Distribution (SD)
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, logistics or related field preferred
- Expertise with IDOC, EDI and ALE processes
- Expertise with SAP Inventory Management and Purchasing preferred
- ABAP debugging skills would be an asset
- Experience with integration between the SAP modules and external systems
- Strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in multiple business areas in a constantly changing environment
- Fluency in English
- Knowledge of French, Spanish or Russian would be a plus
If you are excited about this role, please send us your application with a statement below.
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