Business Systems Analyst Senior - EDW

SUPERVALU is a premier food and drug retail powerhouse with world-class supply chain and support services. We are the nation’s third largest grocery provider, with a diversified portfolio of regional retail banners, locally managed and branded, spanning the nation, coast-to-coast and border-to-border. As the largest food distributor to retail stores in the United States, we also provide a robust suite of supply chain services to serve both our own retail banners and thousands of independent retailers.

Combined, SUPERVALU’s two lines of business provide a wealth of diverse opportunities to grow and to contribute to a thriving enterprise

Our Philosophy:

Ongoing pursuit of excellence is a way of life at SUPERVALU and a key to our success. To achieve excellence, we seek associates who will contribute innovative business solutions. We embrace change and welcome others who do.

Our employees are as diverse as our opportunities - representing all ages, backgrounds and parts of the country. What they have in common is: talent, passion, sense of urgency, focus, standards, integrity - and an unsurpassed customer orientation. They form the foundation of our SUPERVALU Advantage - the key to our continuing success.

Title:  Business Systems Analyst Sr. - Enterprise Data Warehouse

PRIMARY FUNCTION

The Business Systems Analyst Sr. is responsible for eliciting and translating business and/or technical needs in to relevant documentation for assigned initiatives/projects. The BSA Sr. is responsible for establishing consensus among stakeholders and/or project team members in relationship to assigned deliverables. The BSA Sr. provides leadership and a collaborative approach to integrate the stakeholders, project team members, and IT service teams involved in solution development related activities. The BSA Sr. demonstrates the ability to perform job functions in an independent manner. The BSA Sr. acts as a driver of collaboration across project and service teams and serves as a liaison for project managers, managers, directors, stakeholders and other leadership as appropriate. The BSA Sr. is capable of performing on multiple enterprises level projects/initiatives and can be assigned as a mentor to work closely with BSA I and BSA II team members, guiding them to execute job functions and related processes in alignment with company standards. This position also regularly contributes to the identification and/or delivery of functional area process improvements.

JOB RESPONSIBILITES AND ACTIVITIES

•    Leads the gathering, analysis, documentation, and validation of business and / or technical needs using interviews, workshops, modeling techniques.
•    Documents business and / or technical needs using advanced textual, and visual, modeling deliverables designed to help SUPERVALU meet its strategic objectives, in accordance with the SUPERVALU methodology.
•    Facilitates medium to large sized groups of individuals, representing significant diversity in interest and level of leadership, to a common understanding of a solution.
•    Lead team building and self-driven skill development through active participation in appropriate training, mentoring, and certification programs.
•    Leads interaction with business owners, subject matter experts and project team members, collaborating to identify, develop, and document potential business and technology solutions.
•    Identifies, manages, and tracks business and technical needs objectives throughout the project’s lifecycle.
•    Identifies, evaluates, and communicates issues and risks, related to business processes to project, IT and business unit management, developing mitigation strategies in collaboration with business and project team members.
•    Demonstrates advanced understanding of assigned functional domains, and their integrations with other functional domains, while analyzing retail industry trends and researching functional best practices.
•    Leads project or initiative tasks with relevant team members, stakeholders, and functional domain leadership.
•    Leads day-to-day business interaction and business expectations in relationship to assigned deliverables, with the guidance of functional manager, project manager, and mentor.
•    Develop collaborative relationships with business stakeholders, subject matter experts, functional domain leadership, and other IT disciplines and service teams.
•    Integrates with other disciplines and service teams to ensure integration of analyst deliverable and process improvement efforts.
•    Assists with the development of content to support mentoring, skill building training, or tool related improvements.


JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education, Certification, and Relevant Experience:

•    Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills.
•    Demonstrates strong public speaking and presentation skills.
•    Demonstrate advanced facilitation skills with the ability to drive toward common solutions.
•    Demonstrate advanced interviewing, listening, and observational skills used to identify and define business and technical needs.
•    Demonstrate strong analytical and conceptual skills used to evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, while reconciling discrepancies.
•    Demonstrate strong analytical modeling skills (models that clearly and easily communicate concepts to customers).
•    Demonstrates a strong understanding of data models.
•    Demonstrates strong SQL skills.
•    Must have experience working with ETL tools, Informatica preferred
•    Must have strong computer skills and be proficient in use of desktop tools (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) required for the position.
•    Must work effectively in a team/multi-geography environment.
•    Preferred experience in Information Technology a must.
•    Experience in retail and supply chain organizations a plus.
•    Some travel may be required to accomplish job duties.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the associate(s) in this job. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary by position.
EOE