Sr Functional Consultant (Workforce management Infor knowledge)

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Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 21,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Remuneración Económica: 50k a 60k pesos mensuales brutos + prestaciones superiores

Primary purpose of the position:

Responsible for leading efforts to analyze and define detailed specifications for business systems which map to business processes.  Performs as an expert at driving solution delivery by facilitating requirements analysis and design activities with the business to accurately determine future system requirements.  Ensures solutions are in alignment with the enterprise architecture blueprint, the solutions architecture and ensures that systems and application designs adhere to standards and policies.  Ensures that all information technology investments are clearly aligned with the priorities of the business. Responsible for team guidance and delivery of complex, technical solutions to business needs.

Essential Responsible Areas:

1. Leads efforts to elicit future systems requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis to analyze, design and implementation business solutions for complex business problems.

2. Partner with business analysts and respective cross-functional business groups (e.g. Finance, HR, IT, etc...) to elicit functional and non-functional requirements

3. Proactively communicates and collaborates with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed: (functional requirements (business requirements document), use cases, GUI, screen and interface designs).

4. Takes a broad perspective to identify innovative business solutions that challenges the business on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans.

5. Participate in defining the integration between proposed development projects and existing systems, software and hardware.

6. Ensures that systems and application designs adhere to standards and reflect the architecture appropriately.

7. Collaborates with other divisions IT leads as well as other stakeholders to align solution in support of the business’ tactical and strategic plans.  Aligns IT goals with business needs.

8. Researches emerging technologies and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness, improve flexibility or better support business requirements.

9. Work closely with third-party vendors including software providers, implementation partners, and consultants

10. Understand existing and anticipated application functionality, including cloud-based offerings, that meet business demand.

11. Assist the team with user acceptance testing requirements for existing and new application systems and modules

12. Partner with key strategic solutions partners for small and large scale engagements to help develop the vision of the technology service

13. Manage the configuration, setup, and maintenance of application-related solutions

14. Mentors other analysts on the team by providing guidance and hands-on solving of complex problems.

Position Requirement & competencies:

Professional & Education Qualification

• Broad training in a related field usually acquired through college level education. Bachelor’s degree in relevant field required.
• Job related experience for 5+ years minimum.  5+ years development experience implementing solutions for complex systems supporting business processes.  3+ years of leadership.
• Experience in driving software and technology solutions in large, complex organizations.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and projects to drive business improvements
• Experience in driving process and technology re-engineering using industry practices e.g., Six Sigma, Lean, Kaizen, COBIT, ITIL, CMMi.

Skills

• Ability to be flexible about project changes and dynamically mitigate risks in the moment with mid-course corrective action
• Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple, complex projects simultaneously
• Appropriately manages customer expectations regarding scope, schedule, and budgetary parameters
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong estimation skills and techniques required.
• Proven project planning and management skills.
• Ability to analyze and interpret data and make recommendations.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to learn new things

Knowledge

• Experience implementing or managing at least one time and attendance system in Mexico in the last 2 years
• Experience with using, implementing or configuring Infor WFM or Infor Workbrain a bonus
• A high level understanding of Mexico national and regional regulatory requirements for time and attendance related activities
• Previous exposure to or a high level understanding of ADP Streamline Payroll a bonus
• Strong English Language skills is a must, written and spoken

• Is there anything else you are wanting to cover / confirm?

• In-depth technical knowledge and expertise in field; strong development skills in relevant technology.
• Business process knowledge preferred (e.g., Plan-to-Produce process, manufacturing execution systems).
• Expertise in various software development methodologies and applicability, e.g., XP, iterative.  Expertise in entire software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Exceptional understanding of software quality principles including test methodologies.

Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 21,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.

Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
 

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