Business Process Consultant

General Characteristics Facilitates the optimization of business unit performance by enhancing the alignment between business processes and information technology. Responsible for actively resolving day-to-day technology needs of the business unit with a focus on the analysis of processes—dissecting problems and suggesting solutions. Includes complex systems process analysis, design and simulation. Must understand technical problems and solutions in relation to the current, as well as the future business environment. Must be able to suggest plans to integrate new and existing processes. Provides input and supports planning and prioritization for business process engineering related activities, including developing the business unit process engineering plan and integrating that plan with the corporate plan. Possesses knowledge and experience leveraging both IT solutions and business process improvements. Participates in continuous review and update to ensure that processes meet changing business unit conditions. Identifies processes for improvement, documents existing processes, identifies and analyzes gaps between current processes and the desired state, designs new processes, develops process performance measures and plans the transition to a new process. Provides counsel and leadership on future use of technology and business process improvements. This requires a high level of understanding of the organization’s business systems and processes as well as industry-wide requirements. Must demonstrate expertise in strategic planning, tactical execution, project management, process management and business systems requirements definition. Education : Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience. Experience : A minimum of 7 years of IT experience, 4 years of experience in process engineering and 2 years experience in project management. Complexity : Expert/lead technical role. Works on large, complex projects that have enterprise-wide impact and require subject matter expertise of multiple process improvement areas and mastery of process improvement tools. Works as a project team member on multiple projects to facilitate process improvements involving multiple sites or business areas, often as a project leader. Coaches and mentors more junior staff. #J-18808-Ljbffr