Business Systems Analyst SAP Extended Warehouse Management

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Job Description

Function

Information Technology/Enterprise Business Systems/EWM

Position Overview

The Business Systems Analyst (BSA) is responsible for supporting, enhancing, and optimizing enterprise applications and business processes within an assigned functional domain. The BSA serves as a trusted partner to business stakeholders, providing functional expertise, solution analysis, process improvement recommendations, and day-to-day operational support to ensure enterprise systems effectively enable business objectives.

The BSA works closely with business users, the Manager Enterprise Systems, Digital Business Partners, technical teams, and third-party service providers to deliver stable, efficient, and scalable technology solutions. This role is responsible for analyzing business requirements, identifying process improvement opportunities, coordinating solution delivery, supporting system enhancements, and ensuring the successful adoption of new capabilities.

In addition to operational support responsibilities, the BSA contributes to continuous improvement initiatives by identifying opportunities to leverage automation, analytics, AI-enabled capabilities, and process standardization to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and user experience.

Domain Responsibility Summary

Master Data \& Governance

• Support warehouse master data governance processes.
• Ensure quality and consistency of warehouse-related master data.
• Maintain and support
• Warehouse structures
• Storage types and sections
• Activity areas
• Work centers
• Packaging specifications
• Warehouse process types
• Product and inventory master data
• Partner with business teams to improve master data accuracy and controls.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnership \& Requirements Management

• Develop a strong understanding of assigned business processes, objectives, and operational challenges.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for business users within supported functional areas.
• Gather, document, and analyze business requirements for enhancements, projects, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate requirements workshops, process reviews, and solution discussions.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications and solution requirements.
• Support the evaluation and recommendation of technology solutions that address business needs.

Integration \& Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support integrated business processes.
• Analyze impacts of process and system changes across upstream and downstream applications.
• Support integrations between SAP EWM and
• SAP S/4HANA
• Materials Management (MM)
• Production Planning (PP)
• Quality Management (QM)
• Sales \& Distribution (SD)
• Transportation Management (TM)
• Warehouse automation technologies
• RF and mobile devices
• External logistics providers

SAP EWM Core Capabilities

Demonstrated expertise in

• Warehouse structure design
• Storage bin management
• Activity areas
• Warehouse process types
• Work centers
• Resource management
• Queue management
• Warehouse monitoring
• Exception handling

Inbound Warehouse Processes

Strong knowledge of

• Advanced Shipping Notices (ASN)
• Inbound delivery processing
• Goods receipt processing
• Putaway strategies
• Deconsolidation
• Cross-docking
• Returns processing
• Production receipts
• Quality inspection integration

Outbound Warehouse Processes

Strong knowledge of

• Outbound delivery processing
• Wave management
• Pick, pack, stage, and load processes
• Goods issue processing
• Transportation integration
• Customer order fulfillment
• Shipment execution

Internal Warehouse Processes

Experience with

• Replenishment strategies
• Stock transfers
• Bin-to-bin movements
• Posting changes
• Inventory adjustments
• Scrapping processes
• Cycle counting
• Physical inventory procedures

Inventory Management

Knowledge of

• Inventory accuracy controls
• Batch-managed inventory
• Serialized inventory
• Handling Unit Management
• Stock type management
• Inventory reconciliation
• Traceability processes

Warehouse Execution Management

Strong understanding of

• Warehouse Tasks (WT)
• Warehouse Orders (WO)
• Labor optimization
• Task interleaving
• Queue determination
• Resource assignment
• Operational monitoring

RF \& Mobile Warehouse Execution

Experience supporting

• RF framework configuration
• Mobile warehouse transactions
• Barcode scanning solutions
• Operational exception handling
• Warehouse operator workflows

Application Support \& Operational Excellence

• Provide functional support for enterprise applications within the assigned domain.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve application, process, and data-related issues.
• Coordinate issue resolution with technical teams, AMS providers, and vendors.
• Support incident, problem, and service request management processes.
• Monitor application performance and identify recurring issues and improvement opportunities.
• Ensure business continuity through effective support and knowledge management practices.

Process Improvement \& Solution Delivery

• Analyze business processes and identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, and optimization.
• Support implementation of approved enhancements and system changes.
• Participate in project activities, including fit-gap analysis, solution design, configuration reviews, testing, deployment, and hypercare support.
• Identify opportunities to