Business Analyst - 12 month FTC
22 hours ago
Bradford
Business Analyst Warehouse and Logistics Programme 12 month FTC FGH Business Centre 66-70 Vicar Ln, Bradford BD1 5AJ Hybrid flexibility 2 full office days per week across Tues/Weds/Thurs Are you a dedicated Business Analyst looking to elevate your career? We have a great opportunity for you to support FGH’s Warehousing & Logistics Programmer, where you will utilise best practice Business Analysis techniques, skills and behaviours. In this role you will also support the Business Architect by bringing knowledge and understanding from projects to the broader architecture domain. About The Role The role sits within the Business Change Team which is part of FGH’s Value Delivery Office function. The Business Analyst will be a key individual in providing support to the Warehouse / Logistics programme, through strong business analytical skills, facilitation skills and effective relationship building. Accountabilities • Exhibit solid and comprehensive business analysis skills, including the ability to think in a clear and structured way, and to bring clarity and structure where there is complexity and a lack of understanding., • Work with a range of different stakeholders and navigate through complex issues to get to a conclusion, bringing stakeholders with you as much as possible., • To develop high quality documents, particularly in Word, PowerPoint and Excel, which are clear, well-constructed and well-formatted, with a strong attention to detail., • Support or lead in workshops, which may include, as a guide, the following activities:, • Mapping new / optimised warehousing, logistics, supply chain processes, • Defining and approving business requirements, • Leading cross functional workshops, ensuring goals and objectives are clearly understood and outputs are clearly articulated., • Generally be prepared to take a supporting or lead role, depending upon the need. Working with the PM on your projects, you may be asked to take ownership for specific deliverables or activities, and you will need to be comfortable working to a brief, rather than be spoon fed specific tasks to carry out., • Through working on your project or projects, and working with other subject matter experts and the Business Architect, act as the Manufacturing/Logistics/Supply Chain process expert., • Support the Business Architect in developing a Business Architecture which captures essential aspects of the business using the knowledge you build up in your role., • Play an active role in UAT to ensure test plans align with requirements/designs and any changes or defects are fully understood and impact assessed., • Be comfortable with and have experience of all or most of the below:, • Capturing and documenting business processes to an agreed standard (which you may be asked to help establish), using Visio or similar tool., • Capturing and documenting business requirements, including supporting MOSCOWing, tracing through solution and testing, and generally ensuring that scope is delivered as agreed., • Working with business stakeholders to capture Business Change assets, such as Business Change Impact analysis items, Training Needs, Process Changes etc, which will drive business led change as part of implementation of a project., • Carrying out Root Cause Analysis to support business in identifying business change needs., • Facilitating and contributing to formal document review, both by providing structured and clear feedback, and by coordinating the feedback of others and tracking to ensure all comments have been addressed. Employ clear quality criteria in doing this which may be provided or you may need to develop to ensure a consistent, high quality outcome. Essential ABOUT YOU • Able to commute to Bradford City Centre, • Prior experience implementing Warehouse Management / Order Management systems, • Prior experience of supply chain management and logistics, • Prior experience of implementing ERP solutions, ideally Dynamics 365, • Competent user of Word and PowerPoint to create high quality deliverables and assets., • Proficient user of Excel as a key tool in the Business Analyst’s bag. Specific skills are:, • Ability to capture data in a structured way using tables and lookups where appropriate., • Ability to sort and filter data., • Ability to summarise data using Pivot Tables., • Ability to visualise data using the appropriate chart or graph., • Ability to carry out simple automation or data processing tasks using formulae, particularly lookup functions., • Basic commercial understanding of business and retailing., • Previous role held, work placement or part time role in a commercial or retail environment., • Hands on and practical, as well as strategic., • Confident communication skills, able to engage stakeholders and peers effectively., • Must be capable of researching complex issues from scratch and to assist in the production of recommendations at director and senior management level. Desirable • Prior experience of working with a pure play on-line retailer, • Business process optimisation lean manufacturing / six sigma experience, • Understanding of ERP / SCM / WMS / OMS supplier landscape, • Advanced Excel user., • Basic competence in use of a database package such as Access or more advanced., • Good understanding of retailing, markets, customer groups., • 6 Months plus experience in a commercial environment. About Us For over 100 years, Freemans has been at the forefront of home shopping, delivering quality products and exceptional service. We’ve accepted the challenge to transform our business into a modern, digital-first retailer. With a rich heritage and an eye on the future, we are a forward-thinking, tech-driven online retail business, making fabulous fashion and stylish homewares accessible and affordable for everyone. Based in West Yorkshire and part of the OTTO group one of the world’s largest online retail organisations, Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH) is the home of familiar brands such as Freemans, Grattan, Kaleidoscope, and Curvissa. What We Offer You FLEXIBILITY We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working options to help you achieve a healthy work life balance. Our full time head office colleagues work a minimum of 2 days per week in the office, allowing the perfect balance between collaborative in-person team work and the flexibility to work from home. TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT Turning your job into a career is a real passion for us and our development programmes will enable you to grow in role. We offer clear career pathways that will show you the way, outlining the skills, behaviours and knowledge needed to perform at the next step. We invest in our colleagues, giving them all the opportunity to progress. INCLUSIVITY As a business, we depend on a fusion of identities, characteristics, backgrounds, and cultures to fully appreciate our people and our customers. Freemans has a long-standing commitment to ensuring fairness and balance. Our company is an inclusive organisation where everybody can make the most of their talent and abilities. Our pay, reward, and progression approach is based solely on fairness and merit. Benefits We firmly believe that we should reward our brilliant people with extensive benefits to help them stay healthy, relax and re-energise, have fun, manage the day-to-day and plan for the future. Here are just some of our great benefits for this role: • Competitive salary, car allowance and annual bonus scheme, • 37 days holiday, • Private Medical Insurance and Healthcare cash plan, • Competitive pension scheme, • Paid paternity and maternity leave, • Incredible staff discounts, • Subsidised Canteen Ready to apply? If you’re excited about this opportunity and want to join FGH, click apply now to send us your application. Please be sure to include a link to your design portfolio on your CV.