Business Analyst to the heart of Scania

Scania is now undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks, buses and engines to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.

Do you want to be at the centre of Scania’s unique modular system, allowing Scania to offer an extremely wide portfolio of products using relatively few components and parts? Do you love data and logical reasoning? Do you want to work in a multifaceted, complex, continually changing environment and take your skills to the next level?

Then you are reading the right ad, our awesome Agile Release Train is now looking for a Business Analyst keen on building and learning metadata modelling in our unique in-house developed proprietary metadata driven Product Data Management system.

As a Business Analyst you will work in close cooperation with various parts of Scania.

THE AGILE RELEASE TRAIN AND THE PRODUCT

At Scania we are developing a Scaled Agile framework that is inspired by SAFe.

Our Agile Release Train (OAS/PDM) enables Modularisation and Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) by hosting a set of capabilities, as well as, ensuring that methods and processes for these capabilities are awesome. The Agile Release Train consists of around 80 people – Product Owners, Business Analysts, Business & Solution Architects, Metadata Creators, Developers, Testers and many more. 

OAS (Object And Structure tool) is Scania’s unique in-house developed proprietary metadata driven Product Data Management system (including PLM capabilities). It is the core system which enables Scania’s famous and profitable modular approach when building vehicles by utilising product data, structures, configuration capabilities and support for Lifecycle Management. OAS supports multiple business areas and is used in everything from Research and Development to Sales and Marketing.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?


We offer you an interesting, fun, challenging and developing journey together with passionate colleagues within business and IT. Our Agile Release Train is involved in many of Scania’s Strategic Key Initiatives. 

The work environment is international, and your colleagues and stakeholders represent different nationalities and companies. In this exciting and dynamic setting, you can influence the future process and IT landscape within the TRATON Group.

Scania has a competitive package of benefits, such as private car lease, bonuses, flexible working hours and much more. Working from home is more a fact than a wish nowadays and Scania is one of the leading companies on the market that has implemented this approach.

WHAT WILL YOU DO IN THIS ROLE?


• Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement
• Performing requirements analysis
• Conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings
• Creating metadata models (describing object models that implements information models, supporting business needs), in Scania’s proprietary metadata driven Product Data Management system
• Performing user acceptance testing
• Working closely with business and software developers
• Ensuring solutions meet business needs
• Participating in the continues improvement of our Ways of Working

WHAT IS NEEDED IN THIS ROLE?


• The ability to see the big picture, while working with details
• Skilled people’s person, collaborating with many different stakeholders, coordinating, and connecting people
• Have a humble and prestigeless approach to problem-solving
• Highly autonomous and comfortable working in a multifaceted, continually changing environment

YOUR EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION 


• Experience from relevant industries and digital products 
• Enjoy working in an agile team-based environment with lean principles with a strong customer and user focus
• Few years' experiences of operational work in product/software development, production, change management or business development
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, IT or similar

Furthermore, it is an advantage if you have knowledge about Scania's product description, core processes and methodology, as well as working with complex IT systems and Product Data Management.

If this sounds like a role in which you could excel, please apply to this posting, we would love to speak to you!

If any questions regarding this position, please contact linus.svanberg@scania.com 

 

 


Scania is a world-leading provider of transport solutions. Together with our partners and customers we are driving the shift towards a sustainable transport system. In 2020, we delivered 66,900 trucks, 5,200 buses as well as 11,000 industrial and marine power systems to our customers. Net sales totalled to over SEK 125 billion, of which over 20 percent were services-related. Founded in 1891, Scania now operates in more than 100 countries and employs some 50,000 people. Research and development are mainly concentrated in Sweden. Production takes place in Europe and Latin America with regional product centres in Africa, Asia and Eurasia. Scania is part of TRATON GROUP. For more information visit: www.scania.com.