Senior Functional Analyst

at  Greencore Group

WHY GREENCORE?

Greencore is a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK, with a mission to make everyday taste better. We supply all major supermarkets, convenience and travel retail outlets, discounters, coffee shops, foodservice, and other retailers. Our product range includes sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, ready meals, soups, sauces, quiche, ambient sauces, pickles, and frozen Yorkshire puddings.
In FY22, we produced 795 million sandwiches and other food-to-go products, 127 million chilled prepared meals, and 249 million bottles of cooking sauces, pickles, and condiments. We make over 10,600 direct-to-store deliveries daily and operate 21 world-class manufacturing units across 16 UK locations. Our FY22 revenue was £1.7 billion, and we employ approximately 14,000 people.
We strive to make Greencore a great place to work, with a strong focus on colleague development and inspiring leadership. In the past year, we’ve seen an 11% increase in colleagues recommending Greencore as a workplace.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING AS A SENIOR FUNCTIONAL ANALYST AT GREENCORE?

As a member of the ERP Centre of Excellence team, you will play a key role in discovering, implementing, enhancing, and supporting our business processes. You will collaborate with stakeholders to define the scope and gather business and functional requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Leading functional analysis and design of complex ERP functional solutions within an enterprise environment
• Developing and defining requirements to manage strategic and often ambiguous business needs
• Collaborating with senior stakeholders to align business goals with technical solutions
• Offering innovative solutions, often without detailed guidance
• Possessing subject matter expertise in one or more ERP areas (e.g., finance, supply chain, manufacturing, warehousing) and guiding teams through process improvements
• Utilizing best practices to align project requirements with available functionalities13
• Creating detailed documentation and technical specifications for building the IT solution
• Leveraging expertise, along with input from colleagues and consultants, to complete and coordinate technical tasks
• Obtaining stakeholder approval for the project
• Presenting the solution to stakeholders and users, clarifying their roles and responsibilities
• Leading user acceptance testing and making necessary adjustments until stakeholder approval is received
• Overseeing ERP modules (Finance, Supply Chain, Warehousing, and Manufacturing) and any additional software
• Translating project requirements into efficient business processes within ERP and integrated systems20
• Managing IT activities from project initiation to post-implementation support
• Leading project management for specific initiatives based on stakeholder needs and individual skills
• Providing thorough documentation, training, process audits, and ongoing support to users and team members