What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst, Plan to Make position at Post Holdings?
Brand : Post Consumer Brands
Categories : Supply Chain
Locations : Lakeville, Minnesota
Position Type : Regular Full-Time
Remote Eligible : No
Req ID : 26326
Job Description
Business Unit Overview
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea : To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn for the latest news. Brand Post Consumer Brands recently acquired several iconic pet food brands, venturing into a new market while remaining true to our purpose to provide delicious and accessible food that our consumers love. We’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio, and right now, we’re growing and need passionate, driven individuals with diverse perspectives to help us reach greater heights. That’s where you come in. Join a team where your voice is not only heard but valued. Make a real impact on brands enjoyed by millions of people and their pets. At Post Consumer Brands, we take pride in our longstanding legacy of making one of every five breakfast cereals families eat daily. Today, we’re just as focused on our future as we expand our grocery business with different shelf-stable foods, including snacks and peanut butter. We are committed to providing accessible and delicious food for families, and we’re always searching the center store for the next exciting product to add to our portfolio. As we soar to new heights, we need creative, determined individuals from all walks of life to join our team, where your unique perspective and ideas are acknowledged and valued. Be a part of a company that empowers you to make a difference that’s evident on grocery store shelves and families’ tables across North America. Location Description Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minn. is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America. Responsibilities OVERVIEW : Under the direction of the Sr. Director Supply Chain Planning Execution, the Plan to Make Business Analyst is accountable for standardization and implementation of business processes of manufacturing work order systems in all Post Consumer Brands plant locations. The incumbent places a focus on data quality assessment and improvement within the business and embodies responsibility for quality assurance of system functionality. This position is part of Post Consumer Brands governance efforts implemented to ensure a direct and ongoing focus on achieving and maintaining high quality data within our manufacturing processes. Primary responsibilities include activities for standards assessment, continuous improvement and ongoing maintenance of critical manufacturing system assets. A key deliverable is to create a super user network that will drive standardization in use in each plant location. Responsibilities and Accountabilities : Collaborate as a strategic business partner with all manufacturing sites and cross functional partners to coordinate activities that quantify and articulate the business impact of data quality issues. Work within and beyond immediate area to implement system improvement approaches. Establish a super user network within each plant location. The super users identified will help test, train and roll out changes in system and process within their respective plant locations. Create and maintain appropriate standard training documentation to be used by super users. Assist in providing training at plant locations. Work as Lead for test cases to approve for production roll out through the super user network. Support process development partnering with the Process Excellence team in Integrations. Provide identification of training and hyper care needs. Identify system constraints limiting performance and seek out new and different solutions, leveraging expertise across the company to support. Troubleshoot manufacturing system problems, assist in root cause analysis. Monitor and influence changes to business processes that will result in process improvement of data quality tools. Identify data quality metrics and execute data quality audits. Establish key metrics and target goals for manufacturing systems quality improvement that measure and communicate performance. Actively participate in the deployment of applications and data integration processes brought through acquisition or technology updates to ensure high-quality standards and controls are implemented. Support plants as a backup for coverage as needed across the super user network. Qualifications EDUCATION : Bachelor degree in Business, Technology or related field is required Experience with Integrated systems is required with previous involvement in digital transformation preferred Functional manufacturing systems knowledge EXPERIENCE : Would prefer a minimum of 3-5 years of manufacturing, technology or combined related experience, with a preference in food processing / packaging Strong knowledge of integrated systems, processes and continuous improvement tools and techniques Able to build relationships and inspire others Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement with data management emphasis
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