Role: Business Analyst (Bridgestone) Location: Akron, OH (onsite) Mode of work: Fulltime Job description: As a Business Analyst you will work with the customers directly to educate them on our Enovia / 3DX product and functionalities, collate and match their business requirements, identify configuration customizations, prepare blueprint documents, and come up with implementation & testing strategies (Agile / Waterfall or hybrid as applicable), and be a critical link between the Customer stakeholder (Leadership / SMEs / Product Owners), Solution Architect , Development and Testing teams. You will also be a part of the project team till go live - as and when needed.
Roles and Responsibilities: - In-depth understanding of the current product and services portfolio.
- Responsible for translating high-level business requirements into detailed functional specifications and managing requests for changes to the specifications- more likely in conjunction with the product(s) our customers opt for.
- Working with Development team and help technical team in finding technical solutions keeping the functionality intact.
- Preparation of discovery document as a high-level business requirement from clients.
- Preparing Blueprint document and capture the requirements in a form of User Stories or Functional Requirement Documents (FRDs).
- Helping the technical team syncing the Blueprint document / User Stories / FRDs with Technical specifications written by Technical team and providing time estimates for the User Stories / FRD items
- Supporting development of Proof of Concepts, industry based prepare case studies etc. when required
- Reviewing Test Scenarios from functional coverage perspective (unit testing) and provide feedback to Testing Team.
- Application review from functional and UI perspectives and provide feedback to the concerned teams.
- Imparting product knowledge to development and test teams on the functionality.
- Training customer representatives such as SMEs, Product specialists on product functionality enhancements and help them on the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and ensure a successful go-live
- Supporting Sales, pre-sales and Business Development engagements with SMEs as required
- Anchor the Blue-printing activity - blueprinting plan creation and execution. Prepare the Statement of Work (SOW) for the new opportunities
Required Skillset: - Graduation (any) and should have 3+ Years of comprehensive BA experience in a Process industry
- Should have strong functional and technical implementation knowledge in Engineering Central, Change management, Variant data management, IP Classification, Part Management, Model based development in Enovia 3D Exp. 2016x-22x platform
- Implementation experience in Material Management, Formulation & Recipe, Compliance Management are the essential skills required for this role
- Another important qualification is an attitude to take ownership, and to do whatever it takes to meet deadlines, and deliver quality work on time.
- Should be able to extract and document explicit, implicit, and non-functional requirements, alternate use cases and exception handling.
- Knowledge of workflow and prototyping tools and/or practices
- Well versed in Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Excellent analytical skills with a consultative mindset
- Collaborative and can-do attitude.
- Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to stand up in a crowd and speak about requirements; ability to gather requirements while collaborating with different personnel and departments of a client organization; ability to write and speak error free grammatically correct English
- Good organizational and communication skills, the ability to work well in a fast-paced environment
- Team sport and ready to work in and as a team.
Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.