NGK Spark Plugs is now hiring for an SAP Level 1 Business Analyst that will support our Supply Chain function of the business. This position will be based in our Wixom, MI corporate office and report to our SAP Enterprise Manager.

Essential Duties:

• Under general supervision, responsible for directly supporting various business units in their utilization of SAP module.
• Leads sub-projects of the SAP applications, and operates as an internal consultant and thought leader with the business users.
• Works with business units to ensure project objectives are well defined, tracked and completed on schedule.
• Has a role in ensuring the smooth integration and rollout of systems by coordinating closely with the affected functional area.
• Responsible for quickly resolving and documenting day to day issues as they arise.
• Provide and transfer functional and process knowledge of the latest SAP releases and practices by keeping current on various published materials and training outlets.
• Assist key business users in creating the functional requirements needed to alter SAP in line with changes in business practices.
• Responsible for translating the user’s functional specifications into a technical specification on which the new SAP configuration will be based.
• Provide ongoing training and knowledge transfer to users to enable them to become self-sufficient in the operation and training of the system.
• Provide support to key users in end user training and “go-live” support.