About this role
## Position Summary
The Senior Business Systems Analyst leads complex business systems analysis and solution design for distribution and supply chain operations. Working with limited supervision, the role translates business requirements into scalable functional solutions for enterprise resource planning (ERP), warehouse management (WMS), and transportation management (TMS) systems; evaluates process, integration, and data impacts; and guides cross-functional decisions. The role partners with Distribution, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, Finance, IT, process owners, and vendors to align system capabilities with service, inventory, and fulfillment priorities while controlling risk and supporting effective delivery. Through disciplined analysis and clear recommendations, the role improves operational efficiency, data integrity, and system reliability in support of STERIS's mission
## What You'll do as a Senior Business Systems Analyst
Distribution and Supply Chain System Releases/Upgrades (50%):
- Develop and maintain business requirements, process maps, user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications for ERP, WMS, TMS, and related supply chain systems.
- Analyze and document end-to-end current-state processes across order fulfillment, warehousing, inventory, labor management, transportation, yard management, and related manufacturing and distribution activities; define scalable future-state solutions
- Lead cross-functional workshops with Distribution, Supply Chain, Operations, Quality, Finance, IT, and external partners to define business requirements and resolve issues
- Manage system configurations where authorized, and document and align governance practices across sites.
- Evaluate upstream and downstream impacts across integrations, interfaces, master data, operational reporting, and dependent business processes.
- Own testing activities, including test plans, test scripts, end-to-end integration testing, user acceptance testing coordination, defect tracking, and confirmation of business readiness.
- Support release planning, upgrades, change control, documentation updates, cutover readiness, communications, and implementation of new or enhanced supply chain capabilities.
Technical, Development and Process Support (30%):
- Provide ongoing functional and process support for distribution and supply chain applications, including production issue triage and coordination with technical teams and software vendors.
- Perform data analysis, root cause investigation, and impact assessment across inventory, orders, shipments, interfaces, master data, and planning outputs.
- Identify system enhancements and process improvements that improve service levels, inventory accuracy, throughput, planning effectiveness, system reliability, and user experience delivering process optimization and cost reduction.
- Translate business and user needs into clear solution requirements and coordinate with technical teams, implementation partners, and vendors to maintain consistency across design decisions and deliverables.
- Recommend automation and practical technology-enabled improvements while supporting controlled change management and requirements traceability.
## Team Support, Documentation and Adoption (20%):
- Mentor analysts and provide first-line guidance on business analysis methods, distribution and supply chain processes, requirements, testing, and issue resolution.
- Create and maintain process documentation, functional guidance, release communications, training content, user guides, and other materials supporting system changes.
- Partner with stakeholders to identify ongoing training and adoption needs for ERP, WMS, TMS, and related supply chain solutions.
- Support knowledge transfer and consistent use of system and process standards across functions, sites, and regions.
## The Experience, Skills and Abilities Needed
Required
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, business, supply chain, logistics, computer science, or a related field, and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
- Experience translating distribution and supply chain needs into functional requirements, user stories, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
- Experience analyzing order fulfillment, warehousing, inventory management, transportation, and supply or demand planning processes.
- Working knowledge of enterprise supply chain application environments, including ERP, WMS, TMS, and related supply chain platforms.
- Experience facilitating requirements workshops and cross-functional working sessions across business, IT, and external partner groups.
- Experience supporting testing, including test planning, end-to-end scenario validation, defect triage, and confirmation of business outcomes.
Preferred
- Professional certification in business analysis or supply chain, such as CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA, APICS CPIM, or APICS CSCP.
- Experience supporting regulated environments, including healthcare, medical devices, life sciences, or other compliance-driven operations.
- Experience with Agile delivery methods and enterprise system implementations, upgrades, warehouse deployments, transportation initiatives, or supply chain transformation.
- Hands-on experience with major ERP, WMS, TMS, or planning solutions and their integrations, reporting, and master-data dependencies.
Pay range for this opportunity is $92,650 - $118,000. This position is eligible for bonus participation.
Minimum pay rates offered will comply with county/city minimums, if higher than range listed. Pay rates are based on a number of factors, including but not limited to local labor market costs, years of relevant experience, education, professional certifications, foreign language fluency, etc.
STERIS offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits portfolio. Click here for a complete list of benefits: STERIS Benefits
Open until position is filled.
STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare and life sciences products and services around the globe. For more information, visit www.steris.com .
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