Business Analyst
Job Description:
- Help improve Company purchasing, inventory control, project management, and operational competitiveness through achieving individual/departmental annual goals.
- Improve corporate operational and cost efficiency through procedure development, improvement projects, performance/financial benchmarking and best industry practice recommendation.
- Enhance data integrity through continuous software modification or upgrades to ensure streamline data processing and effective procedural implementation.
Major Areas of Accountability
- Consult with system users and discuss with developers to determine software and/or system functional specifications to ensure system meets business needs.
- Analyze, test, and QA/QC prototype systems based on system design specifications.
- Document the system design specifications and business analysis flows and train system users.
- Analyze received work requisitions and communicate with users and system analysts to propose improvement/development specifications based on knowledge and best judgement if it is feasible to apply/modify the existing systems within a reasonable timeframe.
- Analyze system-generated abnormal reports to propose control enhancement mechanism to streamline business processes.
- Develop/revise corporate procedures and related system SOPs to standardize business operations and/or meet regulatory requirements.
- Review/propose individual goals and milestones for the assigned departmental annual goals.
- Carry out annual goal items based on the milestones and propose goal review/progress status on a monthly basis.
- Perform research/benchmark study and make necessary procedural/system recommendations to improve business process and company competitiveness.
- Perform business analysis assignments and propose recommendations for top management in the decision-making process.
- Assist Internal Audit to propose/revise audit checklist and provide necessary opinions on related audit findings to ensure business/operations are in line with corporate policies and procedures.
- Follow Company’s train the trainer program if a new system is implemented.
- Carry out other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management from time to time.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.
QUALIFICATIONs REQUIRED: MINIMUM COMPETENCIES, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND/OR PRIOR TRAINING
- 1-3 years of business/analysis or operation/engineering management related work experience required. Chemical/Plastics industry experience preferred.
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint Skills)
- Excellent oral/written communication skills (required in English and preferred in Mandarin)
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Computer literacy and proficiency in documentation skills
- Experience in or knowledge of IBM AS400 is a plus but not required.
- 4-Year College degree required.
- Engineering/Operation/Business/MIS/Computer Science related majors and/or advanced degree preferred.
- Travel to plant when necessary to help resolve problems that affect business performance.
- Must have regular, reliable attendance as well as the ability to work outside the regular schedule as required.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
Experience level:
Schedule:
Ability to Commute:
- Livingston, NJ 07039 (Preferred)
Ability to Relocate:
- Livingston, NJ 07039: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Livingston, NJ 07039