Gables Search Group Looking for IT Business Systems Analyst – Product Configuration at Spring Grove, IL Full Time

IT Business Systems Analyst for Product Order Configuration Engineering

Position Summary:
The IT Business Systems Analyst – Manufacturing would be primarily responsible for system selections, implementations, and change management of our many manufacturing and quality systems. This full time ownership position will work collaboratively with our Operations, Quality, Metallurgy, and Engineering functions. This position will be a key critical role to developing innovative leading edge solutions for our manufacturing processes. In addition, this role will be on the cutting edge of predictive analytics, machine learning, and IoT solutions for our other owners.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Serve as a trusted business partner to deliver thought leadership and overall global designs
• Lead the identification of user requirements and deliver cutting edge technology capabilities
• Lead change management as part of the implementation process
• Learn several new applications manufacturing and quality applications
• Stay focused on projects that are aligned to company KPI’s such as quality, on-time delivery, cost reduction, capacity improvement, and eliminating customer pain points
• Provide the business owners the information required for them to make educated decisions regarding system changes, including defining overall scope, work effort, weighing the risk to change, the time to change, and the benefits gained by the change
• Focus on the inputs and outputs of the Saw, Forge, Heat Treat, Machining, Inspection, Quality Control, Metlab, Production Control and Product Certification teams to improve their individual department metrics and substantially improve overall company results of Quality, on-time delivery and other company measures.
• Learn and apply deep functional understanding of manufacturing systems and apply thought leadership and innovative technology solutions.
• Participate in the scoping and design of the next generation manufacturing workflow and technology solutions by either enhancing our current systems or developing new systems.
• To create a knowledgebase to future owners on our main manufacturing systems such as JDE, Metlab systems, Solidworks, furnace and press technology, Mastercam, bar coding technology, reporting analytics, and much more

Experience Required:

• Business or manufacturing experience (2-4 years)
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work with various types of people in our culture
• Strong “customer first” mentality
• Keeping an open mind to what our front end system should be in the future
• Have a skillset, mindset, toolset approach. Skillset- meaning building technical knowledge and experience to advance us to the future. Mindset- a willingness to engage constructively with our business owners. Toolset- designing and developing strong applications for our business owners.
• Display a continuous improvement mindset by always looking for global, broad-based changes rather than focusing on spot solutions
• Seek knowledge from trusted advisors both inside and outside the company to improve personal effectiveness
• Leverage intellectual horsepower and creativity to devise innovative solutions
• Exhibit internal drive to personally grow into a long-term larger role with management responsibilities

Education and years of experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Information Technology, Supply Chain, Operations Technology or Related Field