Senior IT Business Systems Analyst

What can you expect?

Adient (NYSE: ADNT) is a global leader in automotive seating. With 70,000+ employees in 29 countries, Adient operates more than 200 manufacturing/assembly plants worldwide. We produce and deliver automotive seating for all major OEMs. From complete seating systems to individual foam, trim and metal components, our expertise spans every step of the automotive seat-making process. Our integrated, in-house skills allow us to take our products from research and design to engineering and manufacturing — and into millions of vehicles every year. For more information, visit www.adient.com.

At Adient we are proud to offer hybrid working to our employees which involves being able to work remotely for up to 5 days per week.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Uses analytical tools and insight to gather, refine define and validate complex business requirements, interdependencies, potential risks and issues.
• Serve as a liaison between Operations and IT to assist or gather business requirements needed for system modifications, enhancement and implementations.
• Translates high level business requirements into functional specifications and manages changes to such specifications.
• Develop project plans and project manage small to mid-size projects without support from the PMO.
• Manage assigned IT projects to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and project scope.
• Manages project risks through assessment, identification, and mitigation of potential risks.
• Partner with Business and Project Managers to ensure a successful change management process.
• Develops comprehensive User Acceptance Testing Plan with use case scenarios so that the requirements and test cases are unambiguous, aligned, consistent and not in contradiction with each other. Documents all test results and partners with developers for test resolution efforts.
• Participation in production and/or system launches with IT and business resources to ensure production environment is done accurately.
• Must be able to quickly analyze whether system launch was success and identify production-related issues with stakeholders.
• Lead internal project status meetings, identifying action items and documenting appropriately for projects.
• Works on multiple projects as a business analyst and at times lead and/or execute small application enhancements activities.
• Communicate with team, contractors, third party vendors, stakeholders to ensure successful completion of the project.
• Provide operational support for assigned applications within the EMEA region which includes HR, Payroll, T&A, EHS and Facilities applications.
• Act as a backup for security and system administrator activities when the primary security/system administrator is not available and time-sensitive service request need to be completed.
• Works collaboratively within a delivery team at all levels including stakeholder management, with considerate ability to take ownership of tasks and complete them with minimal direct supervision.
• Works with IT Purchasing to issue RFI, RFP, RFQ techniques to identify, select, and engage with vendors to ensure competitive market advantage.
• Develops trusting relationships with the business, facilitates communication between IT and other internal and external colleagues, and gains commitment from the business to align solutions with business strategies.
• Ensures global alignment and consistency while effectively balancing global, regional and local needs.
• Develops deep business and application domain knowledge for HRIT portfolio to aid in critically evaluating the balance of both business needs and user requests.
• Work closely with the Global BRM team and EMEA HR business partners to support business capability roadmapping to map business capabilities to technology capabilities to support prioritization of IT initiatives.

Which qualifications are we looking for in potential employees?

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Human Resources, Business Administration or related discipline.
• At least 6 years of functional experience in Business Analysis or related field is required.
• At least 3 years of project management experience is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated fluency in business processes and process differentiation.
• Advanced training on elicitation and elaboration of requirements from a verified source.
• Business Analysis certification or PMP certification is a plus.
• Experience with HR, Benefits, Health & Safety, Payroll or T&A systems is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC) preferred.
• Knowledge of industry testing tools (JIRA, Azure DevOps or similar).
• Strong interpersonal skills and understanding of cultural differences and ability to impact across cultures.
• Speak English fluently and strong written skills in English.
• Excellent business communication and change management skills and ability to work with those who use English as a primary or secondary language.
• Strong and presentation skills with the ability to present technical matters in a simple, clear and concise manner to the targeted audience.
• Thinks creatively, conceptually and analytically and considers the wider consequences of each decision.

Which benefits do we offer?

• Base monthly salary starting from 2400 EUR gross. Our salary is fair and competitive and can be higher than the starting minimum in the advert
• 13th salary
• Language and proficiency courses
• Meal vouchers (fully paid by employer)
• Flexible working hours, possibility to work remotely including days from abroad
• Extra holiday entitlement
• Inclusive allowance scheme including Health support allowance, Jubilee allowance, Housing allowance
• Referral bonus
• Employee Assistance Program "Felix"
• Volunteer days
• Active life with colleagues, full of various sports activities
• Various CSR Activities
• Modern relax areas, play room
• Coffee and tea at the workplace

Adient is committed to equal employment opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a true global company, our leaders and employees come from various cultures across the world. Our diversity is a source of inspiration enabling us to achieve our goals and build an inclusive company culture.

We are looking forward to receiving your application including your salary expectations and your earliest availability date. If you have additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact Isabell Atienza on +492174651877.