JOB DESCRIPTION
Title: Business Analyst I

The Business Analyst works in a fast-paced environment within Mouser's IS team, and supports the delivery of global solutions across Mouser Electronics. The Business Analyst analyzes department processes, documents business requirements, recommends process improvements and acts as the functional subject matter expert (SME) for the project and assigned business unit(s). The Business Analyst works and establishes solid relationships with stakeholders, project team members, IS Managers and Directors, Mouser Executives, and other "key" individuals throughout the organization.

ACCOUNTABILITIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

•    Expected to learn, develop and maintain a strong acumen in both IS and the Mouser business and apply it to each assignment. 
•    Establish and maintain open, fluid and timely communications with all interested parties, stakeholders, and project team members. This could include all levels from Company Executives to individual contributors.
•    Must take initiative to spend time with all user levels. This includes formal meetings, informal meetings, side by side, etc.
•    Expected to send out meeting agendas in advance and distribute comprehensive meeting notes to attendees.
•    Facilitate requirement sessions with key individuals to understand current processes, identify requirements, and business rules.
•    Develop into an agent of change; ask questions and suggest ideas for requirements and projects. 
•    Establish a firm understanding of assigned business unit(s) and projects, including the business value behind each change.
•    Document and assist with prioritization of functional (what) and non-functional (how) requirements to support new and existing applications.
•    Responsible for producing wireframes, mockups, user guides, demoing new solutions or changes, validating the project meets requirements, supporting UAT, and implementation of assigned projects.
•    Collaborates with IS Teams to validate business requirements against system functionality. 
•    Serves as the point of contact for the Business, Developers, Software Architects, and QA throughout the lifecycle of the project.
•    Partners with Developers, QA, and Business Teams to support the development, testing, and deployment of the project.
•    Responsible for project communication, weekly project dashboards, creating timelines, and overseeing the completion of smaller projects.
•    Schedules and facilitates regular project prioritization sessions with assigned business unit(s). 
•    Available to work early, late and weekends when needed to fulfill assigned responsibilities.

SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

   In depth understanding of Mouser’s business systems, applications, data sources etc. 
• Knowledgeable of the software development lifecycle, project management tools and methodologies (waterfall, agile, prototyping, JAD). 
• Proficient in process mapping, business process reengineering, and gap analysis. 
• Ability to read programming languages such as C, C++, Unibasic, MV Basic, Java, or Python. 
• Basic understanding of relational and/or multi-value database including the ability to read and write SQL statements.

Requirements
•    Bachelor's Degree in Business or relevant discipline preferred with 0 to 2 years of relevant work experience is acceptable.

 

Category: IT/IS

This is a summary of the primary accountabilities and requirements for this position.  The company reserves the right to modify or amend accountabilities and requirements at anytime at its sole discretion based on business needs. Any part of this job description is subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.