Position: IT Business Analyst Innovate/PLM
Company: Vodworks
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

The IT SC Innovate team is responsible for all IT solutions within the
R&D/Innovate domain and SAP PLM is the core application utilized to support the business
processes in this domain. As a team, we have an ambitious roadmap to further deploy the SAP PLM
solution across the organization in the next years while starting to harvest the value from our current
install base in close connection with the digital R&D group through data and analytics.

Key challenge for this role is combining good technical and functional application knowledge with in-
depth knowledge of processes and a very good understanding of the business.

• Product Specification Management For Finished and Semi-finished products
• Recipe Management for Finished and Semi-finished products to ensure proper integration to
the SAP ERP application
• Data and Analytics management to ensure the right data is going into the system and that
we utilize the data from the systems to create the right insights and drive business value
• Label Management driving the right product labels
• Integration Management to ensure all the internal Innovate processes are properly working,
and facilitate the integration to other domains and applications
• Handover to the production process that will drive the connectivity from Recipe to BOM and
production
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate for this IT Business Analyst position has the following capabilities:
• Self-managed professional with experience in R&D and innovative processes supported in
SAP PLM.
• Technical knowledge of SAP PLM and a good understanding of business needs &
operational requirements within the Innovate domain.
• Strong capabilities on dealing with Data and Analytics with the ability to translate business
needs in IT solutions
• Sense of ownership, ensuring projects and other changes are delivered according to agreed
time lines and SLA.
• Good communication skills and team spirit.
• Academic/Bachelor Master or proven further ‘self-learning education’.
• 5+ years of work experience in the SAP PLM domain.

Job Description
Business process and technology improvement
• Expert of E2E Product lifecycle management business processes and translating business
challenges and value opportunities in process and technology solutions.
• Liaise with the service development team to suggest a high-level functional solution
• Develop comprehensive requirement specifications that will determine the estimate of cost,
time and resources to deploy solutions
• Strong data and analytics capabilities, with the ability to translate data and analytics into
value opportunities and insights for the business
IT Strategy Definition & Execution
• Provides input for domain IT strategy and strategic portfolio planning/ Roadmap
• Prioritization of innovation/change in cooperation with business owners.
• Brings the outside in - understand the own industry end-to-end, bringing best in class
processes/technology and ways of working
• Support the company business in defining the business process and technology
requirements and strategy
• Safeguard platform strategy and global process template
• Collaborate effectively with other service units, platforms, and IT Clusters
Knowledge Expert & Advisor
• Possesses a deep understanding of the assigned business area E2E process and
technology knowledge of global and local solutions
• Coaches colleagues on the way of working
• Is a trustworthy advisor (person to go to) for identifying opportunities and risks for solution
developments and for supporting management in decision making
Project Management
• Manage and realize large projects and change initiatives (classic Waterfall + Agile Scrum)
• Manage project rationale and perform scoping assessments to determine the feasibility of
projects