At Prinova, our passion for food knows no bounds! With a rich history spanning over four decades in the food industry, we have established ourselves as a trusted global supplier and manufacturer of functional food ingredients, flavors, and aromas. With CUSTOMER FOCUS as our central core value, we put pride in our work to ensure the end user has a quality product.
For the past four years, Prinova has proudly received national acclaim as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in the Nation, a testament to our status as an exceptional employer.
Guided by the renowned FISH® philosophy, we prioritize creating meaningful work interactions, fostering community engagement, and empowering professional growth, ensuring a remarkable and fulfilling experience for our team members.

SUMMARY:

The Business Analyst works with IT, business leaders and end users to implement projects from concept to implementation in the supply chain and manufacturing areas throughout Prinova. This includes eliciting, analyzing, specifying and implementing solutions that meet changing business requirements of internal and external stakeholders and/or provide efficiency gains to current processes. Serving as the functional expert, the analyst will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills as he/she proactively works with the business and new technologies to optimize business processes. This individual will also be called upon to support other areas of the business.
This role requires a demonstrated ability to own and manage the entire life cycle of a project – including scoping, planning, budget estimating, identifying alternatives, selecting, testing and implementing. In addition, this position will evolve over time to take on additional roles and responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned

• Identify processes for improvement, document existing processes, identify and analyze gaps between current processes and product capabilities, design new processes, develop process performance measures and assist users with transition to a new process
• Handle day-to-day management of assigned projects and prioritize workload to ensure project deadlines are met
• Work with the development team to make changes to programs within custom ERPs. Includes unit testing, integrated testing with users and final deployment
• Provides primary support to global custom ERPs
• Self-identify or meet with users to identify opportunities where technology can be utilized to optimize business processes
• Create methods to identify data patterns and trends that assess the systems deployed and predict potential dilemmas or future opportunities
• Prepare and present business proposals that offer alternatives and recommend the most viable option
• Support other ancillary software systems in addition to the primary ERP

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

Examples:

• The candidate will have 3+ years of experience in the following:
• ERP support preferably in manufacturing industries
• Implementation and maintenance of sales order, procurement and inventory modules
• Business analyst level understanding of a wide range of processes in manufacturing, MRP, warehouse operations, transportation, sales order, purchase order, inventory
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Visio, Power Point, SharePoint)
• Experience with end-user mentoring (preferred)
• Ability to work on multiple, complex technical problems concurrently
• Bachelor’s Degree

WORK CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Ability to lift up to 10 lbs.
• Work environment is normally in an office setting. Must be able to make frequent rounds in a warehouse environment
• Ability to view a computer screen and type for extended hours
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Other physical requirements include moderate standing and occasional squatting, bending, and twisting
• Ability to work around a variety of different smells and aromas
• Ability to adjust work schedule as business needs require

QUALITY/SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES:

All Prinova employees are required to ensure compliance standards with food safety, food defense and food quality. (FDA, ILDPH, FSMA and BRC).
It is the responsibility of each employee to comply with occupational safety and health standards issued under OSHA and to follow all rules, regulations, and procedures established by the Company to ensure that their actions do not impact the health and safety of themselves or others.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned

• Identify processes for improvement, document existing processes, identify and analyze gaps between current processes and product capabilities, design new processes, develop process performance measures and assist users with transition to a new process
• Handle day-to-day management of assigned projects and prioritize workload to ensure project deadlines are met
• Work with the development team to make changes to programs within custom ERPs. Includes unit testing, integrated testing with users and final deployment
• Provides primary support to global custom ERPs
• Self-identify or meet with users to identify opportunities where technology can be utilized to optimize business processes
• Create methods to identify data patterns and trends that assess the systems deployed and predict potential dilemmas or future opportunities
• Prepare and present business proposals that offer alternatives and recommend the most viable option
• Support other ancillary software systems in addition to the primary ER

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Ability to lift up to 10 lbs.
• Work environment is normally in an office setting. Must be able to make frequent rounds in a warehouse environment
• Ability to view a computer screen and type for extended hours
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Other physical requirements include moderate standing and occasional squatting, bending, and twisting
• Ability to work around a variety of different smells and aromas
• Ability to adjust work schedule as business needs requir