IT Business Analyst Purchasing Solutions

IT BUSINESS ANALYST AT VOLVO GROUP IT
Imagine yourself looking at a picture. Do you focus on the details or do you prefer to take a holistic view? Or are you one of those who can’t choose between these two approaches? Who rather combine your curiosity, analytical side and your sense of details in finding the best solution in every case? We are looking for a person who knows that the key to business success is curiosity and drive to take on new possibilities and who is able to look at the bigger picture as well as going down in details.

This is us, your new colleagues
The Solution Center Purchasing is the unit, within R&D and Purchasing Solutions, that has the responsibility to manage the deliveries for all solutions in the Purchasing portfolio. The Solution Center has the full responsibility on runtime (cost and quality of service) as well as the delivery of the IT part of P&IT projects. The main sites are located in Sweden, Bangalore and Japan. We want to make a difference by being there for our colleagues and our customers by providing excellent IT solutions.
We are now seeking an IT business analyst in Gothenburg, who has the drive and passion to contribute in converting business goals and stakeholder needs into excellent IT solution and services.

JOB DESCRIPTION
Your main focus within this role will be to understand business goals and stakeholder needs when working with a service, solution or Application Lifecycle. You will be involved in one or several of following activities; Stakeholder requirements needs, end user studies, process definitions, pre-studies, modelling and design ideation to find the optimal solution, consistent and efficient usage of solution and requirement management of Process & IT solutions.

We believe it is the right mindset that will make a difference within our organization. If you see yourself working in an environment that challenges you to combine your strategic approach with a more hands on attitude, then we believe you have the right attitude to be successful in this position. You will:

· Lead the requirement management process and coordination in pre-studies, projects and programs.
· Supports business in prioritization of scope and in selecting/designing optimal Process & IT solutions based on stakeholder and end user needs and business processes.
· Act as a domain expert
· Perform analyst tasks in pre-studies, projects or in runtime delivery.
· Demonstrate excellent solution understanding, combined with related process knowledge and solution dependencies and interfaces
· Responsible for managing the solution(s) in collaboration with senior business & process stakeholders.

· Facilitate modelling and analysis of business processes and operations from a requirement management perspective or design concepts for a product
· Identify risks regarding the functional solution from a Business Analysis perspective and proposes changes in business processes, IT implementations and/or operations when necessary
· Support business case development by securing business value creation
· Facilitate global workshops cross site according to recommended methods
· Execute trainings together with process and solution key user and Business Process Developer.
· Contribute to build and strengthen long-term relationships with stakeholders
· Manage process and solution key user network(s)
· (When applicable) Manage the business configuration of solution(s), support with master data setup etc.

Required knowledge/experience
In this position, you will be part of the Purchasing Solution team and report to Purchasing Solutions Delivery Manager. To be successful in your new role we want you to have the following knowledge/experience:

• Good understanding of the purchasing business processes
• Good understanding of purchasing solution usage, dependencies and interfaces, securing end-to-end understanding in order to be able to suggest improvements
• Good understanding of how to balance business needs and take decisions to prioritize
• Proven experience of handling Business Analysis in projects with Volvo Group methodology on level C according to the project categorization scale
• Proven capability working with stakeholders and sharing best practices and business knowledge
• Eager to learn and work with your own development.
• University/Master’s degree in informatics or equivalent.
• Strong communication skills and capability to participate in stakeholder forums

Are we a perfect match?
We can promise you some very skilled colleagues and some truly exciting challenges to work with. You will work in a global environment that provides you with developmental opportunities both professionally and personally. We at Purchasing Solution Unit want you to prosper and be happy, because when you succeed, we succeed. We are eager to learn from you and you will get fantastic opportunities to learn and develop with us. Together we drive prosperity.