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SalaryThe J.R. Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held organization, with roots firmly planted in agriculture and agriculture-related businesses. The J.R. Simplot Company is a true farm-to-table company with operations that touch every aspect of agriculture, including seed production, farming and ranching, plant sciences, fertilizer manufacturing, food processing, commercial product development, and distribution.
Summary
Simplot is on a transformational journey focused on delivering value to our customers now and in the future. This journey is based on a “green field” approach to implementing SAP S/4 HANA as the core enabler for this transformation. The SAP Practice at Simplot is responsible for creating solutions within the new S/4 HANA landscape to support our company’s dynamic global needs. Each team member will contribute to building solutions by utilizing the vast array of SAP products to support our business objectives. We are currently looking for an innovative and driven Functional Analyst for the Product Lifecyle Management (PLM) space to join the existing team and contribute to all future business objectives. This position will work closely with a system integrator who will be leading us through the design and implementation of PLM. The Functional Analyst will play an integral role in guiding and partnering with these external resources to help ensure the solution is in alignment with our internal standards. The Functional Analyst will also ensure the designed solution meets the business needs by actively participating in the design, configuration, and testing of the solution. Following go-live, the Functional Analyst will be responsible for the run state and ongoing support and enhancements.
Key Responsibilities
- Guide and participate in configuring the PLM functionality
- Ensure the consultants/external team members of your process area follow program expectations
- Represent your process area in design and build sessions and solutioning
- Participate and contribute to daily stand-up meetings with a small agile development team in a quest to rapidly deploy new solutions on the S/4 platform.
- Utilize agile methodologies for continuous delivery of solutions. Rapid deployment and validation of solution components is a must.
- Design, configure, and test developed solutions and collaborate with agile team peers on the scope of the solution.
- Participate in continuous discovery of new solutions that will utilize the SAP Product Suite already procured by Simplot.
Typical Education
- Bachelor's Degree (B.A. or B.S.) from 4 year college or university
Relevant Experience
- 2+ Years of proven experience as an SAP Functional Analyst, IT Business Analyst, or IT System Analyst in relation to Product Lifecycle Management processes is required.
- Proven knowledge of the SAP Fiori elements and how to drive standardization and re-utilization of elements in a quest to develop a common UX repository is preferred.
- Working knowledge of the new Fiori tools is preferred.
- S/4 HANA experience is preferred (1809,1909, 2020, 2022).
- Good understanding of various integration patterns between SAP products and non-SAP products and when to utilize these patterns when enabling a business process is preferred.
- Good understanding of the development lifecycle utilization of SAP Solution Manager and how it will be utilized in a Dev/Ops environment is preferred.
- Understanding of Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe is preferred.
- Excellent troubleshooting and verbal and written communication skills is required.
- Good understanding of standards, guidelines, and best practices to be used during development is required.
Other Information
- Is visa sponsorship for the United States provided for this position? Yes
- Is remote work allowed for this position? No
- Does this position offer relocation? Yes
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Job Requisition ID: 17892
Travel Required: Less than 10%
Location(s): Simplot Headquarters - Boise
Country: United States
**The J.R. Simplot Company is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other protected status. **
