MES Business Analyst

Job Description

Our StoryIQE plc is the leading global supplier of advanced wafer products and material solutions to the semiconductor industry. IQEs core business is the design and manufacture of compound semiconductor wafers or epiwafers using a process called epitaxy. IQEsepiwafers are used in advanced electronic and photonic components which enable a broad portfolio of todays technology products.Our VisionIQEs vision is to be the best advanced semiconductor materials solutions company in the world. Being best means delivering outstanding quality, service, technology and value such that we become the first-choice supplier for all our customers.Our MissionIQEs mission is to deliver the best advanced semiconductor materials solutions to our customers through technology leadership; to provide our employees with a safe, stimulating and rewarding work environment; to partner with our suppliers to form mutuallybeneficial relationships; and to provide our stakeholders with a rewarding investment.Purpose of the role The primary role of the Business Analyst will be to support the improvement of business processes and systems in alignment with the IQE business strategy. It requires a good understanding of a manufacturing business environment, process and related IT systems.The BA can be responsible for the requirements of multiple projects at any one time with varying levels of complexity, working within IQEs project management methodologies and documentation approach. The BA will often get involved in supporting other projectmembers to achieve their tasks, which can be activities outside of the typical BA role.Key ResponsibilitiesThe key responsibility of this role is for the mapping of business processes, identifying improvements, standardisation of processes into the to be and drafting detailed business requirements that can be implemented to support the business strategy andgoals. Additionally, the BA would be required:

• To assist in the development of business cases and project plans for business initiatives that support IQEs business strategy
• To identify project stakeholders, develop a plan of project involvement and maintain their engagement at all stages of the requirements process
• To take an active part in planning and facilitating interview and review meetings with key stakeholders
• To map as-is business processes and identify gaps, inefficiencies and improvements and standardization of processes that can be made (to be processes)
• To ensure requirements are captured and verified with key stakeholders to facilitate the successful implementation of the project
• To create new or work with pre-existing high-level requirement definitions, and develop them into detailed solution documents for use by technical teams in an agile sprint delivery cycle
• To monitor and track progress against planned deliverables, ensuring stakeholders and project sponsors are kept fully informed of project developments
• Ensure that the quality controls are in place to so that the activities relating to requirements are planned and performed correctly
• Work within the business analysis and project management framework, and general IQE IT project governance, and contribute to the continual improvement of these frameworks

Qualifications / Essential Skills

• Full Business Analysis Diploma (desirable)
• Business Analysis Practice (essential)
• Requirements Engineering (essential)
• Foundation Certificate in Agile Business Analysis (desirable)
• Demonstrable evidence of expertise in requirement elicitation, with experience in working with senior stakeholders and operations staff in gathering requirements, developing strategy and translating requirements to key stakeholders (essential)
• Experience of working within a manufacturing industry, specifically on a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) programme/project, specifically production scheduling, quality management, work order process flow and BOM management (essential)
• Experience of working with Business process modelling, target operating model definition and process re-engineering (essential)
• An understanding of information flows and processes within a multi-site, multi-national company (essential)
• Experience of working within waterfall, agile and hybrid methodologies and using requirements gathering techniques and documentation/communication tools that are appropriate to the methodology being used (essential)
• Experience of developing requirements that span multi systems e.g. human resource, enterprise resource planning, finance, manufacturing, web systems etc (essential)
• Proven experience of undertaking sound business analysis and developing information into concisely documented requirements (essential)
• Practical experience of working with a number of stakeholders crossing both business and IT work streams including 3rd party suppliers (essential)

Benefits

• Discretionary Bonus scheme
• LTIPs (subject to qualifying period)
• Employee Assistant Program (EAP)variety of discounts and deals.
• BUPA (self-cover)
• Company pensionoption to pay up to 5% matched by IQE up to 10%
• 23 days annual leave plus UK Bank Holidays