About Fresenius Kabi

Fresenius Kabi is a global health care company that specializes in lifesaving medicines and medical technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. Our expansive portfolio of products and global network of science and manufacturing centers provide essential support for the care of critical and chronically ill patients. We are part of Fresenius SE, a health care group with more than 100 years of experience in pharmaceuticals, medical devices and life sciences. Our employees – more than 30,000 worldwide – develop and deliver injectable pharmaceuticals and infusion systems; blood collection, transfusion and cell technologies; and essential nutrients for parenteral nutrition.

Whether you work for us, buy from us, partner with us, or invest in us, you will come to know that caring is at the core of everything we do. Our purpose is to put lifesaving medicines and technologies in the hands of people who care for patients, and to find answers to the challenges they face every day.

Job Summary

The Sr. SAP Business Analyst is the primary liaison between their respective functional areas and the Information Technology department. This role is the main conduit that translates business processes/requirements into system functionality. This position supports their functional areas by analyzing business needs, documenting requirements, and proposing, designing and implementing solutions often of a very complex nature. This position will often be called upon to design non-standard solutions to accommodate requirements that aren’t addressed by standard SAP functionality.

This position requires strong analytical and consulting skills as this individual needs to partner with their functional areas in order to fully understand their requirements and translate them into efficient, cost effective solutions. This position serves as a trusted advisor to their functional areas, proactively proposing system changes and innovations to improve efficiencies, increase customer satisfaction or drive cost savings.

This position will be responsible for the day to day support of the functional areas they support, but will also be called upon to participate in projects, typically in a lead role. These projects run the gamut from enhancing existing functionality, implementing new functionality, to full-blown implementations as a result of a merger or acquisition.

This person must have a strong understanding of the various integration points between the SAP module(s) they are supporting and the various other SAP modules.

While this position has no direct reports, it is likely that they will be called upon to mentor a more junior member of the staff. This position could require some business travel (less than 25%).

Responsibilities

• Main liaison to business functional areas – Partnering with business stakeholders, understanding their needs, prioritizing efforts, recommending changes / innovations, serving as the Subject Matter Expert for their area of expertise.
• System Design – Documenting requirements and developing solutions using standard or custom SAP functionality.  Recommending alternatives when multiple options are available.
• Developing Solutions – Performing SAP System Configuration, writing functional requirements for custom development, performing appropriate system tests (Unit Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing), writing system/user documentation, and training end users on functionality.
• Production Support – Troubleshooting system issues, analyzing processes, recommending course of action.
• Coaching/Mentoring/Training – Power user training and coaching, mentoring of other SAP Business Analysts.
• Business/Process Knowledge – Develop understanding of core functional areas.
• Project Management – Planning, support business case analysis, organize priorities.
• Compliance – Ensures company, departmental and governmental standards are followed at all times.