Sr IT Business Analyst Procurement - Santa Clara, United States - Palo Alto Networks

Description

PALO ALTO NETWORKSis a revolutionary and dynamic company creating next generation enterprise security products. If you are a motivated, intelligent, creative, and hardworking individual who wants to contribute and make a difference, this job is for you

Operating in a fast-paced environment, the Sr.

IT Business Analyst (Procurement) works with business and IT leaders in defining the requirements needed to support 'procure to pay' in our growing operations organization.

Your expert skills in transforming defined processes into specifications or user stories for software developers will lead to successfully support the needs of both external and internal procurement and supply chain functions.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Engages in business processes framework including sourcing, Contract Management, Procurement, Vendor Management

Review and implement automation solutions within the compliance framework of the company, leveraging Agile/Scrum methodologies

Review User Business requirements and map to system capabilities identify gaps and work with the business to build functional solutions, develop and monitor testing strategies, and ensure resolution of any issues

Develop functional specifications for systems, changes and provide IT feedback to business partners (timing, budget, technical feedback)

Work closely with the technical development team to ensure accurate and timely code that matches the designs

Define testing strategies, consolidate test requirements from stakeholder, ensure all testing environments are setup when integrated solutions are to be tested and drive Functional Unit Testing of the solution including resolution of identified issues

Review Testing scripts for comprehensiveness, for example, to ensure accuracy of Integration and regression testing efforts

Participate in the development of production user documentation

Lead scrum meetings with developer team, Business team and stakeholders

Provide support to ease adoption of the new enhancements and ongoing production support


REQUIREMENTS
Solid understanding of the full end to end procurement process & systems in a global environment including Indirect Supplier Management & Onboarding, , Purchase Order Management, Procurement Contracts and reporting

Experience in software evaluation for procurement/supply chain functions is required to drive the overall strategy and roadmap

Hands on Experience Implementing and working with Procurement/Contract Management solutions like Coupa, Ariba or other Procurement SAAS tools

Hands on experience working with larger ERP solutions and integrations with procurement platforms, SAP Preferred

Experience with vendor master configuration

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment including ability to manage multiple priorities from various internal customers

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Strong Project Management leadership and project solving skills

Must be well organized with strong ability to multi task

Problem identification and timely resolution

5-8 years' hands-on functional and configuration experience including integration points with Procurement Platforms

Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

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