We have recently announced the creation of Pilgrim’s Shared Services, a fourth stand-alone company, which will bring together some of the support functions of our current three businesses (Moy Park, excluding France and Netherlands, Pilgrim’s UK & Pilgrim’s Food Masters). Its purpose is to deliver a high-quality shared service to those three businesses.
As the business grows, this shared service will broaden opportunities for career development as part of a far larger organisation. We will also continue our investment in technology to drive efficiencies and improved ways of working.
The Shared Services company includes a dedicated Continuous Improvement function, whose core responsibility is to drive positive business transformation across the business. Reporting to the Head of IT Governance, we are pleased to advise that we are now recruiting for an
IT Business Analyst.
The Role
Specifically focused within the IT function, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to extend their skills and apply this to a FMCG business. The role will involve exposure to delivery of IT strategic projects focusing on business process and systems analysis.
To define and enhance existing and new IT solutions by ensuring they effectively align with business needs as an integral part of allocated project work. These projects include the development/enhancement of integrated
business systems; exploiting business systems potential and engaging in business systems development projects
and analysis.
The remit of the role includes ensuring that processes are well defined and communicated; identifying skills that people require to successfully fulfil their role, understand and write basic SQL code and logic to complete functions within applications to meet business requirements; identifying and addressing change requirements that ensure there is a supportive management approach, ensuring systems address business requirements and supply the relevant information needed to run the organisation.
Job Responsibilities
- Systems Analysis - Undertake analysis and systems development work, (analysis, design, systems development, understanding and matching user requirements, implementing, support and maintaining) related to existing and new systems, processes and procedures
- Stakeholder Analysis and Management - Define stakeholder ownership and involvement during and post project implementation. Devise, implement and review stakeholder management strategy as part of project. Acquire range of information about the business situation including any risk or issues to be considered. Communicate business analysis outputs to stakeholders as defined within project.
- Requirements Engineering - Facilitate and document workshops to understand, document and support design of business requirements. Develop Requirement Specifications, Functional Specifications and Implementation Plans.
- Testing - Develop and record Testing and User Acceptance Plans.
- Process Management - Visualise ‘As-Is’ and ‘To-Be’ business processes through relevant process modelling technique. Develop a detailed understanding of business processes. Engage with business process owners to create effective group solutions driving competitive advantage. Drive operational improvement in core business processes, leading to higher business productivity. Identify opportunities to improve processes to deliver the highest level of quality
- Data Modelling - Document how data items relate to one another within an application. Consider master data flow with an objective to ensure data is only mastered once. Work with DBA to ensure database schema is understood and suitable for subsequent integration requirements.
- Managing Business Change - Provide detailed analysis to support formation and development of business cases for assigned projects.
What You'll Need
- 2 + years’ experience working as a Business Analyst or similar role(s)
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to build strong relationships with key business stakeholders
- Ability to influence peers and senior stakeholders
- Senior stakeholder management & communications
- Excellent oral communication skills
- Excellent written communication skills
- An ownership and responsibility attitude
- Core Skills & Techniques:
- Stakeholder Analysis & Management
- Requirements engineering
- Business Systems & Process Modelling
- Data Modelling
- Managing Business Change
- Basic SQL knowledge on scripting
What's in it for you?
- Competitive salary & employee benefits platform.
- Matched pension contributions.
- Access to the employee assistance program.
- Flexible, hybrid working environment.
Why Join Pilgrim’s Shared Service?
Our values are at the heart of our business and drive everything we do.
Availability is key as we are receptive and open and prepared to take on new challenges.
Humility is important to us as we listen and respect each other and value opinions of others.
Discipline is vital to fulfil commitment internally and externally. We need to be truthful to each other and respectful of other opinions, so
Sincerity drives us. At Pilgrim’s we focus on what’s practical and important so through
Simplicity, Ownership and
Determination brings success. All these core values culminate into our vision which is:
To be the best and most respected company in our industry, creating the opportunity of a better future for our team members.
Pilgrim’s Shared Service's is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Consistent with our policy of providing equality of opportunity for all, we are required to seek particular information from applicants. As part of your application you will be asked to answer a short number of questions. This information will be held separate to your application and treated in the strictest of confidence.