Manager, IT Business Applications

Position Title: Manager, IT Business Applications

About Advanced Energy
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: AEIS), enables design breakthroughs and drives growth for leading semiconductor and industrial customers. Our precision power and control technologies, along with our applications know-how, inspire close partnerships and innovation in thin-film and industrial manufacturing. We are proud of our rich heritage, award-winning technologies, and we value the talents and contributions of all Advanced Energy's employees worldwide.

Position Summary

The Business Applications Manager is responsible for leading the business analysis function supporting the Shopfloor Execution and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) systems for Advanced Energy manufacturing operations. This role serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, manufacturing operations, and technical development teams to ensure business requirements are effectively translated into scalable technology solutions.

The Business Applications Manager will own the business roadmap for MES, drive process standardization across manufacturing sites, and lead global rollout initiatives. In addition, this role provides direct leadership to a team of 1 or more Business Analysts, ensuring delivery excellence, stakeholder satisfaction, and continuous professional development of team members.

This position plays a critical role in enabling manufacturing efficiency, digital transformation, and operational excellence while ensuring compliance with IT governance, SOX controls, and change management processes.

Responsibilities

1. Business Analysis Leadership & Manufacturing Systems Support

- Serve as the primary business analysis lead for the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and TPM platform.

- Partner with manufacturing, quality, engineering, supply chain, and operations teams to understand business challenges and identify process improvement opportunities.

- Lead requirements gathering, business process mapping, and solution design activities.

- Facilitate workshops and discussions to define business needs and prioritize enhancement requests.

- Translate business requirements into detailed functional specifications, user stories, process flows, and acceptance criteria.

- Act as the key liaison between business stakeholders and technical development teams throughout the project lifecycle.

- Ensure delivered solutions align with business objectives and operational requirements.

- Support application enhancements, upgrades, testing, deployment, and post-go-live stabilization activities.

2. MES Standardization, Process Improvement & Global Rollout

- Drive standardization of manufacturing business processes and MES solutions across global sites.

- Lead business readiness assessments for new site implementations and acquisitions.

- Analyze current-state and future-state business processes to identify efficiency gains and automation opportunities.

- Develop implementation plans, rollout strategies, training materials, and support models for global deployments.

- Partner with IT and site leadership to ensure successful execution of rollout activities with minimal operational disruption.

- Track deployment success metrics and continuously improve implementation methodologies.

- Ensure lessons learned and best practices are incorporated into future deployments.

3. Team Leadership & People Management

- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Business Analysts supporting manufacturing applications and initiatives.

- Assign work priorities, manage workloads, and ensure timely delivery of analysis activities and project milestones.

- Conduct performance reviews, development planning, coaching, and career growth discussions.

- Establish business analysis standards, templates, methodologies, and best practices.

- Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and customer focus.

- Support recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning activities for the Business Analysis team.

- Promote knowledge sharing and cross-training within the team.

4. Governance, Compliance & Continuous Improvement

- Ensure adherence to SOX controls, IT governance standards, and change management processes.

- Support project portfolio planning and demand management activities.

- Develop and maintain documentation standards, process maps, and business requirements repositories.

- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and report on project progress, risks, issues, and business outcomes.

- Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes, user experience, system utilization, and operational efficiency.

- Support audits and compliance activities as required.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s Degree in: Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Related discipline or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

- Experience leading global manufacturing application rollouts.

- Prior experience managing MES, Shopfloor, TPM, ERP, or Manufacturing Digital Transformation programs.

- Knowledge of SAP Manufacturing, Production Planning, or Supply Chain processes.

- Experience working in a multi-site, global manufacturing environment.

- Certification in Business Analysis (CBAP, PMI-PBA, or equivalent) is desirable.

- Experience managing cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.

Business Analysis Competencies

- Requirements elicitation and management

- Business process analysis and process mapping

- Functional specification development

- Workshop facilitation and stakeholder management

- User Acceptance Testing (UAT) planning and execution

- Change management and business readiness planning

- Root cause analysis and problem-solving

Leadership Competencies

- Minimum 2 years of people management experience

- Experience leading and mentoring Business Analysts

- Resource planning and workload management

- Strong communication, influencing, and negotiation skills

- Ability to build strong partnerships across all organizational levels

Manufacturing & Functional Expertise

- Minimum 10 years

- Experience in supporting Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) within electronics manufacturing environments is required.

- Strong understanding of: PCBA Manufacturing, Module Assembly, Final Assembly Operations, Shopfloor execution processes, Manufacturing quality and traceability requirements

Technical Knowledge

- Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC)

- Familiarity with SQL and relational databases

- Knowledge of web-based applications and business systems

- Experience working with development teams using Agile or hybrid methodologies

- Understanding of system integrations and enterprise applications

- 3 to 5 years of experience in application development, support, or related software engineering roles.

- Knowledge of engineering business processes within a manufacturing or industrial environment is preferred.

- Exposure to Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems or enterprise applications is an advantage.

- Experience working with business users to gather and analyze requirements.

Technical Skills

- Microsoft Visual Studio

- VB.NET

- SQL

- HTML and related web technologies

- Application debugging and troubleshooting

- Software testing and deployment practices

Development Skills

- Develop and enhance application modules and functionality

- Support and maintain existing applications

- Create and maintain technical and user documentation

- Perform application testing and issue resolution

Functional Skills

- Analyze business requirements, enhancements, and production issues

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment

- Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies

- Ability to test and validate web applications

- Follow established project methodologies and development standards

- Effective verbal and written communication skills

- Strong customer service and user support orientation

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience supporting PLM applications or similar enterprise systems.

- Experience working in a global or multi-site environment.

- Familiarity with software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and change management processes.

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees in order to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce. Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate.

Advanced Energy is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Employment Opportunity for Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
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