Senior Business Analyst - Manufacturing

Make your mark at the world’s largest HVAC company 

Daikin Applied is seeking a Senior Business Analyst - Manufacturing! The purpose of the Senior Business Analyst is to work directly with business leaders, business users, and Digital teammates to plan, define, design, specify, test, train, implement, and support manufacturing related business processes and systems. Under intermittent supervision, he or she works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. In addition, the Senior Business Analyst exercises judgment within generally defined practices and policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. This role will require occasional visits to our factories in Minnesota. Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive our every endeavor!

Location: Hybrid - Minneapolis

What you will do: 

• Provides some subject matter expertise for business customers and technical resources. Establishes awareness of business process and technology solution best practices within a specific business segment
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets complex manufacturing data to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for process improvement
• Collaborates and forges a network of beneficial relationships with all levels within IT organizations and the customers of IT in order to establish mutual trust and provide a foundation for high level project partnership
• Initiates and develops working relationships with internal groups
• Investigates issues with manufacturing applications, conducting root cause analysis, and aligning resources to correct issues
• Develops and documents solution design alternatives, and then lead a group through the collaborative process of finalizing recommendations and documenting rationale
• Defines project requirements to the degree required to gain business support, funding, and resources
• Responsible for leading, as well as, participating in cross-functional business projects
• Estimates high-level project timelines, resource needs, and funding needs by independently gathering documentation, and validating business requirements
• Clarifies and documents current-state, future-state, and the gap that exists between the two states
• Communicate functional requirement/specifications to developer team
• May mentor and provide guidance to junior members of the team
• May perform other duties and projects as assigned
• Will be the technical owner of a commercial product called Ignition from Inductive Automation to implement machine monitoring

What’s in it for you:  

• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Finance, or equivalent experience
• 4+ Years of Business Analysis experience
• Strong desire to code in Python, Powershell, and Ignition expression language
• Strong technical aptitude to understand PLC interfaces and Ignition
• Strong desire to learn existing machine monitoring system and lead factory maintenance teams with implementation of Ignition
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment supporting related technologies
• Basic Project Management skills
• Highly Detail-oriented and strong organizational skills
• Proficiency in data analysis and visulization tools such as Excel, Power BI or similar applications

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 6+ Years of Business Analysis experience

Benefits:

• Daikin Applied offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: 
• Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance  
• 401K retirement plan with employer contributions matching 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% on the next 2% of employee contributions
• Company provided life insurance + optional employee paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage and voluntary accident coverage
• Short term and long term disability
• 3 weeks of paid time off for new employees + 11 company paid holidays
• Vacation accrues on a monthly basis, unless applicable federal, state and local law requires a faster accrual
• Paid sick time in accordance of the federal, state and local law
• Paid parental leave and tuition reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service

The typical annual base salary for this position ranges from $90,000 to $148,000 + 15% bonus in Minnesota. The range displayed represents the pay range for all positions in the job grade which this position falls. Individual base pay will depend on a wide range of factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.