Business Analyst – Manufacturing Systems

• Job Details
• Job Title: Business Analyst – Manufacturing Systems
• Client: Japanese IT Company
• Working Location: Liberty, NC
• Working Style: Onsite
• Employment Type: Contract
• Salary: $47 / per hour
• Benefit: No Insurance but 401K Match
• Visa Support: N/A
• Working Hours: Standard Business Hours
• Language: English

• Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, engineering, supply chain, and IT stakeholders to understand operational challenges, business goals, and improvement opportunities.
• Gather, document, analyze, and validate business, functional, and technical requirements.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and meetings to gather requirements and align stakeholders.
• Develop BRDs, functional requirements, use cases, process maps, and user stories.
• Analyze existing business processes and identify opportunities for improvement, automation, and standardization.
• Lead process mapping and gap analysis across manufacturing, quality, and support functions.
• Support continuous improvement and Kaizen initiatives and track measurable business outcomes.
• Work closely with IT teams, software vendors, and project teams to design solutions that meet business requirements.
• Support system implementations, upgrades, and enhancements, including solution reviews and deployment planning.
• Define business rules, workflows, reports, dashboards, and data requirements.
• Develop and execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) plans and test scenarios.
• Coordinate testing with business users and project teams and verify solutions against business requirements.
• Support organizational change management and user adoption for new systems and processes.
• Develop training materials, user guides, and communications and facilitate end-user training.

• The right candidate will possess:
• Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and business processes.
• Ability to translate business requirements into effective technology solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
• Experience working across manufacturing, quality, engineering, supply chain, and IT teams.
• Strong process mapping, gap analysis, and requirements management skills.
• Continuous improvement mindset with experience supporting process optimization or Kaizen initiatives.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across multiple organizational levels.

• Required Qualifications & Skills:
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, or related role.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, supply chain, MES/MOM, ERP, or quality systems.
• Experience gathering and documenting business and functional requirements.
• Experience with process mapping, gap analysis, and business process improvement.
• Experience supporting system implementations, upgrades, or enhancements.
• Experience developing and executing UAT plans and test scenarios.
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid project methodologies.
• Experience with tools such as Microsoft Office, Power BI, Visio, Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar collaboration tools.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.