Business Systems Analyst

Medline Industries

  • Northfield, IL
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 1 month ago
Technical Business Systems AnalystMedline Industries, LP is the leading nationwide supplier of medical, surgical, and pharmaceutical products to hospitals, nursing homes, HME providers, surgery centers, physician offices and home care/hospice settings. Due to continued growth, we need a Senior Technical Business Analyst to join our IT team.SummaryResponsible for collaborating with business partners and identifying business problems. Recommends solutions with new or existing processes, applications, systems, programs, or software. Responsible for project planning, execution, and implementation of changes to reporting solutions as well as ensuring accurate and timely data solutions delivery to business partners. Will manage and drive multiple primary assignments and handle complex issues/requests. Will act as the primary contact as a business relationship manager that will become a subject matter expert in operations data for Safety, People, Quality, Service, or Cost. You will work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment that requires you to be detail-oriented and comfortable in working with multiple business and technical teams.Responsibilities
  • Lead and drive requirements-gathering sessions with multiple stakeholders with minimal dependency from the Lead or Manager.
  • Organize and engage in effective meetings with the team and business.
  • Identify the inter-dependencies of complex projects across domains. Requires leading, communication, and collaboration with cross-functional teams including senior leaders and executives.
  • Research technologies/solutions available with minimal dependency on lead/manager.
  • Take ownership of deliverables and improve existing processes. Define standards for team deliverables and processes.
  • Prioritize primary assignments and ad-hoc work for junior team members. Provide feedback to team members as required.
  • Investigate and document business requirements from business partners to facilitate discussions and conduct workflow analyses. Construct workflow charts and diagrams, study system capabilities, and write specifications.
  • Recommend solutions or improvements to business processes that can be accomplished through new technology or alternative uses of existing technology.
  • Interpret business requirements to functional designs. Collaborate with Developers and Engineers on Technical designs and development as needed.
  • Perform implementation and configuration activities including prototyping, analysis, system configuration, operational implementation, and process documentation.
  • Acts as a liaison between the IT development group and business partners for the development and implementation of new systems and enhancement of existing systems.
  • Working with large datasets within applications, developing reports and dashboards as well as the creative problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills necessary to drive change.
  • Ensures solutions are tested/validated sufficiently before being implemented in production.
  • Works with the business partners to ensure process and system changes are communicated clearly and that users are informed and/or trained sufficiently.
QualificationsEducationBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field; or equivalent work experience.Work Experience
  • At least 4 years of experience in system analysis and configuration, such as:
  • Dashboard development experience using Tableau or other similar technology
  • Utilizing SQL for data analysis and performance tuning
  • Analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions
  • Experience working with design/development teams through a full development lifecycle.
  • Experience in an Agile/Scrum environment
  • Experience applying project management methodologies.
Skills
  • Broad knowledge of hardware, software, and programming.
  • Experience documenting complex processes and generating supporting diagrams.
  • Time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
  • Experience working with cross-functional teams and facilitating teams to identify and implement solutions to complex problems.
  • Ability to assess and initiate actions independently.
  • Experience and skills in influencing, leading and directing individuals in multiple functional areas.
  • Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills.
  • Strong customer service skills.
  • Strong business analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Self-motivated, demonstrated bias for action.
  • Strong understanding of project management life cycle and system development life cycle, project management methodologies, and procedures, including Agile.
  • Strong business analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to influence across business functions and manage stakeholders’ expectations effectively.
  • Experience working in onshore/offshore model.
  • Strong prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills.
  • Proficient in JIRA, MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) software.
  • Demonstrate collaborative skills and ability to work well within a team.
  • Ability to work with and influence peers and management.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to translate business processes or concepts into technical requirements are essential.
  • Ability to test and document end-to-end processes.
  • Self-motivated, demonstrated bias for action.
Preferred Skills
  • Familiarity in application development using No-Code, Low-Code platform is preferable.
  • Experience in supporting the development of low code Applications, RPA, Data Reporting, and Data visualizations.
  • Experience working with Tableau, WebFOCUS, SQL, SSIS, Alteryx, Power BI, Python, and R.
  • Experience with Machine Learning and predictive analytics strategies.
  • Familiarity with SOAP, RESTful APIs, Micro services, JSON, XML, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Ajax
About Medline:
Medline is the largest privately held manufacturer and distributor of healthcare supplies in the United States, providing more than 550,000 products that serve the entire continuum of care. Our innovative products and programs can be found in most hospitals, extended-care facilities, surgery centers, physician offices, home care dealers, home health agencies and retail outlets.Founded in 1910, Medline has grown from a small manufacturer of aprons, surgical gowns and uniforms to a thriving $17 billion global enterprise because of our dedicated people, entrepreneurial spirit and honest values.Again named one of the country’s "Best and Brightest Companies to Work For,” and once again named to Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplaces, Medline has experienced fifty-plus years of consecutive annual growth, and is headquartered in Northfield, IL.

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