Hybrid Senior Business Systems Analyst

at Ventura Foods

• Job title: Senior Business Systems Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $103,685 - $134,453 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Oracle, SDLC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Irvine, United States

About the role

• Senior Business Systems Analyst at Ventura Foods leading business needs and technology solutions. Collaborating across departments to enhance innovation-to-launch execution and manage complex projects in Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to bridge business needs with technological solutions
• Provide advanced support and guidance to both business partners and development teams
• Conduct technology discovery and in-depth process analysis
• Define business requirements and guide teams to successful completion of strategic initiatives
• Oversee complex projects and collaborate with multiple departments including R&D, Marketing, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and IT
• Ensure effective communication between partners and management
• Mentor less experienced team members and lead quality test planning efforts
• Manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and deployment communications

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Technology, Engineering, or Business
• 5-10 years of progressively increasing responsibility as a BSA
• Equivalent business experience, with extensive involvement in process analysis, process design and documentation
• Involvement in complex large scale and high impact projects/platform implementations that add significant business value
• Experience supporting end-to-end Idea to Market or Innovation-to-Launch processes, from ideation and product development through commercialization and operational readiness
• Experience documenting complex workflows, business rules, and data dependencies that support product lifecycle management and stage-gate execution
• Experience working with Oracle Fusion in support of product, supply chain, and financial processes; exposure to PLM or product data management concepts is a plus
• Knowledge in multiple functional areas or be an expert in at least one of the following: Logistics, Product Lifecycle Management, and corporate systems (HR, Commercial, Finance, Supply Chain, and/or Operations)
• Demonstrate deep process knowledge of key end to end processes like Idea to Market
• Ability to perform system and process analysis duties including flow charting and value stream mapping using process and software documentation tools
• Has direct participation and experience with multiple software platform implementations
• Ability to partner effectively with strategy innovations and R&D, Product Management, Engineering, Development, Operations, Supply Chain, Commercialization, Sales, and Finance
• Strong background in process discovery and requirements definition for cross-functional initiatives that enable faster, more predictable product launches
• Proven capability to lead UAT and business validation activities for solutions impacting multiple stakeholder groups with diverse needs
• Ability to balance innovation, compliance, and operational scalability when defining and prioritizing system requirements
• Prior experience with process improvement methodologies and tools (Kaizen, Six Sigma, Green/Black Belt, etc)
• Understanding of data systems, databases, software development life cycle, and information and application architecture
• Experience leading the development of UAT and QA testing plans and cases
• Ability to learn and adapt to new software and technology
• Project management skills a plus
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Benefits

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees
• Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
• Employee Appreciation Events
• Employee Assistance Programs