Career Area:

Business Technologies, Digital and Data

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

SAP Functional Business Analyst

Role Definition:

Assists in developing, testing, and implementing application systems. Solution Governance, Design (Requirements Definition, Functional Specs, and Test Scenarios), and vendor management of 3rd Party solution delivery, SAP Deployment, Optimization and Level 4 Support for P2P COE with regards to SAP Production Execution, Quality Management and Plant Maintenance functions.

Responsibilities:

Production Execution

• Project management and deployment oversight

• Work directly with Mfg. Engineering and Manufacturing Operations to ensure system readiness.

Solution Governance / Deployment

• Ensuring solution design is consistent with defined EA and/or P2P application roadmaps.

• Ensuring solution design accounts for and is consistent with P2P lifecycle management.

• Performing validation and sign-off of 3rd Party deliverables (i.e. coding, testing, documentation)

Design

• Gathering business requirements

• Documenting functional / technical specifications for solution development

• Documenting master data requirements for solution development, testing, and execution

• Documenting test scenarios for solution validation (i.e. unit, string, integration, and UAT)

• Representing solution design in integrated design reviews prior to development hand-off

Level 4 Support

• Providing process / deep technical support to facilitate resolution of production incidents.

• Ensuring change requests are appropriate and consistent with application roadmaps.

Communication

• Working with Cat partners, GIS peers, and 3rd Party providers.

• Providing weekly updates regarding status, risk, issues to BU and GIS leadership.

Optimization

• Identify and train facilities to utilize template solutions.

Skill Descriptors

Core Application Systems: Knowledge of major production application systems used for delivery of services to internal and external clients; ability to leverage major production application systems in diverse situations.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Helps create contingency plans to mitigate impact of disruption on core applications.

• Identifies key players, criticalities, roles, and responsibilities.

• Investigates application-related issues with both business and IT professionals.

• Recommends enhancements for a major application system or related subsystems.

• Works with core application systems for a major business unit or function.

Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Identifies and documents specific problems and resolution alternatives.

• Examines a specific problem and understands the perspective of each involved stakeholder.

• Develops alternative techniques for assessing accuracy and relevance of information.

• Helps to analyze risks and benefits of alternative approaches and obtain decision on resolution.

• Uses fact-finding techniques and diagnostic tools to identify problems.

Application Design, Architecture: Knowledge of basic activities and deliverables of application design; ability to utilize application design methodologies, tools and techniques to convert business requirements and logical models into a technical application design.

Level Extensive Experience:

• Facilitates in application design reviews and walkthroughs.

• Creates and evaluates technical alternatives for complex applications.

• Interprets application services such as API; integrates them with technical design.

• Develops various, distinct and multiple technical application designs.

• Prepares technical design documents and blueprints for applications.

• Explores and evaluates application design considerations for multiple technologies.

Implementation : Knowledge of how to run applications for organizations; ability to implement application software within an organization and help end-users perform specific tasks (ex: accounting or graphic design).

Level Working Knowledge:

• Tracks problems associated with the quality and effectiveness of application software.

• Researches the benefits and drawbacks of an organization's application software.

• Drafts application software usage for the department's needs.

• Provides instant support for end users of application software.

• Implements a specific application software under the supervision of management.

Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools, methods, and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit, analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Follows policies, practices and standards for determining functional and informational requirements.

• Confirms deliverables associated with requirements analysis.

• Communicates with customers and users to elicit and gather client requirements.

• Participates in the preparation of detailed documentation and requirements.

• Utilizes specific organizational methods, tools and techniques for requirements analysis.

System and Technology Integration: Knowledge of the features and facilities of systems; ability to integrate and communicate among applications, databases and technology platforms.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Assists with current and planned integration initiatives.

• Explores major issues and considerations for successful system integration.

• Works with applications, data, technology bridges and a variety of platforms.

• Works with existing interfaces as well as integration and migration plans within own area.

• Plays an active role in local integration efforts.

System Testing : Knowledge of system and software testing; ability to design, plan and execute system testing strategies and tactics to ensure the quality of software at all stages of the system life cycle.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Supports the project leader in developing and executing system test plans.

• Evaluates system documentation and user manuals for usability, accuracy, and completeness.

• Executes test cases, analyzes test results and reports on findings regularly.

• Tests system components for compliance with functional requirements.

• Participates in the testing of a system's ability to recover from hardware or software failures.

Education/Experience: Degree or equivalent experience desired

Additional Info :

• The primary location for this position is Peoria, IL, Dallas, TX or Nashville, TN .

• This role requires 3 days onsite.

• Relocation is NOT available.

• SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLE.

What You Will Get -

• Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

• Here you earn more than just a salary because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides benefits on day one (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus. Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays.

• All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans, and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

About Caterpillar -

Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly one hundred years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

July 1, 2024 - July 12, 2024

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.

Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.