Principal Functional Analyst - Oracle Idea to Market (PLM)

Job Description

Job Description

CGS Business Solutions is committed to helping you, as an esteemed IT Professional, find the next right step in your career. We match professionals like you to rewarding consulting or full-time opportunities in your area of expertise. We are currently seeking Technical Professionals who are searching for challenging and rewarding jobs for the following opportunity:

Position Summary:

CGS is Hiring for one of its nationwide Manufacturing customers seeking a Principal Functional Analyst – Oracle Idea to Market. You will lead the end-to-end implementation and ongoing management of the company's Oracle Idea to Market (PLM) initiatives with cross functional interactions across tracks like O2C, S2P, R2R, H2R.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Functional Expertise - Oracle Fusion (Primary - PLM):

• End to end solutions/system designs across PLM Track and related custom extension/apps.
• Define Business process cycles and related cross module/external interfaces & integrations.
• Build system solutions using CEMLI (configurations, extensions, modifications, localizations & integrations).

Business Engagement & Partnership:

• Partner with business stakeholders, understand the various systems and business processes, establish a continuous cadence.
• Leading Workshops and Interviews: Facilitating interactive sessions, interviews, and surveys with diverse stakeholders.
• Close coordination with Business and other functional stakeholder - Planning, executing UATs, System validation, Production deployments.
• Identifying inefficiencies, and recommending improvements using standard Oracle functionality whenever possible, and creating functional solutions.
• Operational governance for listing, reporting, managing and delivering business enhancements/wish list/backlog.

Documentation, Compliance & Data Governance:

• Develop and maintain system solutions, designs, visio/lucid flows for processes, configuration documents (ex: BR100, MD50, TE40), and training materials.
• Documenting and analyzing "as-is" and "to-be" business process flows.
• Following SDLC / Agile methodologies, and creating/tracking respective user stories from initiation through closure (including test scenario's).
• Enforce data governance policies and ensure compliance with security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.

Platform Operations & Optimization:

• Monitor and resolve incidents timely.
• Oversee platform administration, optimization, stability, and operational maintenance.
• Manage licenses, monitor system health, process standardization, and ensure scalability of the platform.
• Continuously enhance platform performance and user experience through proactive improvements.
• Assess platform quarterly/periodic releases and ensure timely upgrades (including intermediate patch sets).

Education and Experience:

• Education : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field (required).
• Implementation Experience: Experience with Oracle Fusion implementations in the Manufacturing vertical, with at least one full-cycle implementation (preferred), and at least one covering (PLM) process area (required).
• ERP / Functional Experience: 8+ years of experience with Oracle ERP applications/implementation, with strong understanding of platform functionality, cross-functional integrations, and process cycles. (required)
• Fusion Functional Experience: 3+ years of experience specifically with the Oracle Fusion platform, including functional and technical capabilities.(preferred - if no fusion experience, EBS R12 is required)

About CGS Business Solutions:

CGS specializes in IT business solutions, staffing and consulting services. With a strong focus in IT Applications, Network Infrastructure, Information Security, and Engineering. CGS is an INC 5000 company and is honored to be selected as one of the Best IT Recruitment Firms in California. After five consecutive Fastest Growing Company titles, CGS continues to break into new markets across the USA. Companies are counting on CGS to attract and help retain these resource pools in order to gain a competitive advantage the rapidly changing business environments.