Sales and Distribution Business Systems Analyst

James Hardie Building Products is the $1.5B world-leader in Fiber Cement Siding. In the United States, we have operations in eight manufacturing plants, two regional offices and two research centers. No matter where we operate, our goal is to remain at the forefront of the fiber-cement industry, capitalizing on our global leadership in building products and manufacturing and technology for both new home construction and remodeling.

Work closely with Customer Service, Shipping, Transportation and Accounts Receivable to design, develop, test, and implement appropriate configuration within the SD module of SAP to effectively meet business requirements. The position will also work in collaboration with business management, users and development staff to identify functional specifications for all SD developments. This role will combine SD production support activities for business as well as new project implementation.

• Takes a lead role in developing appropriate SAP SD solutions for new implementation projects by
• Executing and testing appropriate configuration related to SAP SD module
• Writing clear, complete functional specifications for development team for SD related developments
• Leading and/or executing SD implementation efforts, including design, build, test, documentation, and go-live activities
• Provides configuration and SD knowledge support to other Functional Business Analysts by
• Collaborating with other Functional Analysts to develop effective SAP solutions
• Ensuring SD integration with other modules is effectively developed and tested during Integration Testing
• Work closely with Sales, Customer Service, AR, and Logistics to recommend business process changes based on knowledge of SAP and best business practices by
• Researching and identifying appropriate SAP solutions to business requirements
• Using past experiences and knowledge of Sales, Service and Distribution to recommend appropriate business process solutions to new business requirements
• Provides ongoing Business as Usual (BAU) support for Sales and Distribution applications by
• Becoming completely familiar with existing SAP SD design and enhancements
• Analyzing problem tickets and change requests and determining appropriate solutions
• Updating configuration as needed and working with developers to modify and test programs
• Managing end user testing and confirming user acceptance of all SD changes

Education:

• BS/BA degree in Information Systems, Business, Finance, Sales, Marketing or related field

Required Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 7+ years of SAP SD configuration experience, including Order Management, Pricing, IDOCs, Billing / Credit, Consignment / VMI, Shipping & Transportation, Sales Territory Realignment (ECC 6.0 preferred)
• Minimum of 2 full life-cycle implementations of SAP - must include requirements gathering, blueprinting, SAP configuration and functional testing
• 4+ years experience in production support environment required

Preferred Experience:

• Additional experience with JDA SCM software, transportation processing, customer service, EDI/IDOC, ABAP, Query, BW/BI, MM/WM and CRM a plus