PD Supply Chain Warehouse Transformation Business Analyst - WM (Des Moines)

Warehouse Solutions Transformation It Business Analyst

Information Technology oversees the effective development, delivery, and operation of computing and information services. This function anticipates, plans, and delivers Information Technology solutions and strategies that enable operations and drive business value. Business Analysis serves as a liaison between the organization's businesses and IT systems development teams to align business strategies and capability needs and to ensure IT systems enable their desired value. This job family identifies and analyzes business needs, defines requirements and objectives, and makes recommendations for solutions using new and existing technologies. This job family researches and documents relationships between the components of the application system (i.e., end users, business processes, data, applications, and devices) and translates business requirements into application requirements.

Job Summary :

We are seeking a Warehouse Solutions Transformation IT Business Analyst who wants to be part of a high-caliber team building our supply chain of the future! While this role is focused on warehouse management functions, this role will be deeply impactful at the program-level, ensuring the big-picture technology landscape which supports all aspects of the supplier, customer, and internal business experience. In this role, you'll be responsible for being a liaison between the organization's businesses and IT systems development teams to align business strategies and capability needs and to ensure IT systems enable their desired value. You will work with a team of technology experts to develop and execute innovative solutions that revolutionize our warehouse operations. You'll be working closely with business product owners, subject matter experts, and development teams to organize and deliver on mission critical initiatives. To accomplish that, this job family identifies and analyzes business needs, defines requirements and objectives, and makes recommendations for solutions using new and existing technologies. This job family also may serve as the primary test lead for the various initiatives engaged to identify test cases in partnership with business and IT partners, organize and deliver.

Responsibilities :

Lead elicitation sessions with impacted stakeholders to develop and articulate process flows, requirements and rules, and prepare appropriate documentation.

Conduct thorough business process analysis to understand and document current business processes, workflows and systems, create and document high-level and detailed requirements for new processes and systems, develop use cases, and manage requirement changes.

Maintain relationships with the business, understand business priorities and be able to prioritize work across multiple projects and workstreams, identify effort, impact and timeline; works closely with core program team members.

Writes test scenarios, test cases and acceptance criteria for the user stories and work with the development and QA teams to ensure the user stories are decomposed in a manner to most efficiently facilitate the development effort.

Facilitates and optimizes work intake and prioritization process across WMS transformation project teams while partnering with business partners, including engagement of teams on effort, impact and timeline.

Proactively identifies and effectively uses multiple approaches to problem solving, analyze potential solutions, and provides logical recommendations.

Solid experience in all phases of the software development lifecycle applying best practices and Agile software development methodologies.

Collaborates with subject matter experts to execute user acceptance testing and change management activities; including training businesses on new details and process flows with system.

Partners with functional experts to ensure scope is clearly defined for projects and implementation initiatives.

Exhibit general understanding of hardware / software platforms including but not limited to operating systems, databases, application servers, web servers and integration technologies.

Investigates business operations, identifies causes behind the results achieved, and articulates the effects of those results on the business.

Demonstrates problem solving ability that allows for effective and timely resolution of system issues including but not limited to production outages.

Provide deployment support on site and virtually.

Qualifications :

4-8 years of experience preferred.

Bachelor's Degree in a Computer Science, Business or related discipline preferred.

Experience working with Managed Packages and External Vendors preferred.

Experience working in Agile methodology, utilizing Jira preferred.

Experience working with a distributed development team preferred (offshore / onshore / nearshore).

Self-starter with excellent documentation skills, including the ability to maintain documentation with user stories preferred.

Experience with Warehouse Management solutions and supply chain / analytics applications (Manhattan Active WM, WMOS 2019, SCALE, TLM / Pando, MIF, SAP, middleware, Digital Solutions technologies) preferred.

Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills; ability to identify problems, gather facts, data mapping, analyze potential risks and impacts, and choose or propose a solution preferred.

Demonstrates strong analytical skills, including thorough understanding of how to solicit and interpret customer business needs, model business functions, and translate them into application and operational requirements and user stories preferred.

Strong oral and written communication skills, ability to ask probing questions, lead cross-functional meetings and ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical team members and executives preferred.

Work independently, prioritizing work and proactively communicating status preferred.

What Is Expected Of You And Others At This Level :

Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects.

May contribute to the development of policies and procedures.

Works on complex projects of large scope.

Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems.

Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives.

Completes work; independently receives general guidance on new projects.

Work reviewed for purpose of meeting objectives.

May act as a mentor to less experienced colleagues.

Anticipated salary range : $80,900 - $121,275.

Benefits :

Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

Medical, dental and vision coverage.

Paid time off plan.

Health savings account (HSA).

401k savings plan.

Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay.

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs).

Short- and long-term disability coverage.

Work-Life resources.

Paid parental leave.

Healthy lifestyle programs.

Application window anticipated to close : 11 / 08 / 2025

• if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible. The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate's geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply. Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day.

Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.