Sr. Business Analyst

IP Corporation is seeking a Senior Business Analyst - Product to establish a company-wide Product Master and product catalog. The role leads product data analysis, schema and taxonomy design, governance, data cleanup, and integration requirements across product and enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

Facilitate discovery workshops and interviews with R&D, Sales, Product Management, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and IT to document how products, items, SKUs, formulations, components, and specifications are defined today

Define and gain agreement on the enterprise product taxonomy and hierarchy, following industry best practice and ACMA-defined structures where they apply

Develop the product master schema, covering identifiers, names and descriptions, brands and categories, units of measure, technical specifications, lifecycle status, parent-child relationships, required versus optional attributes, and data ownership

Map existing products and items into the hierarchy, identify duplicate, obsolete, incomplete, or conflicting records, and translate the findings into cleanup rules and a prioritized remediation backlog

Document what is mastered in Optiva PLM, what passes to MES and Infor M3, and how Salesforce CRM consumes product data, producing source-to-target mappings and integration requirements

Establish data governance for product and catalog data, including who creates records, who approves changes, which system is authoritative, and how data-quality problems are resolved

Partner with project managers to scope, plan, and deliver the Product Master workstream within the Infor M3 and Optiva relaunch

Mentor mid-level and associate business analysts on data modeling, taxonomy, and governance practice

Preferred

Industry certifications such as Lean Six Sigma or APICS, and PMP, Agile, or other project management experience or certification, are helpful

Chemical, coatings, or process manufacturing industry experience is helpful

Experience with product SKU rationalization, catalog build-out, post-acquisition data consolidation, or a data governance or stewardship program is helpful

Lean Six Sigma

APICS

PMP

Agile

Project Management

Chemical Industry Experience

Coatings Industry Experience

Process Manufacturing Experience

Product SKU Rationalization

Catalog Build-Out

Post-Acquisition Data Consolidation

Benefits

Onsite or fully remote work arrangement.

Medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Generous PTO.

401(k) with company match.

Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a collaborative, values-driven organization.

An environment that encourages continuous learning, development, and career growth.

Company

Supplier and distributor of composite materials for composites manufacturers

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

https://www.ip-corporation.com/

501-1000 employees

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree, with an MBA, CBAP, or equivalent experience

5 to 8 years of business analysis experience, including 3 or more years of hands-on product master data, PIM, item master, or product catalog work in a manufacturing or product-oriented environment

Advanced skills in requirements management, taxonomy and attribute modeling, data dictionaries and parent-child relationships, process mapping, workshop facilitation, data governance and stewardship, stakeholder engagement, and root cause analysis

Exposure to MDM, PIM, ERP, PLM, or MES platforms such as Optiva, SAP, Oracle, Informatica, Stibo, Syndigo, or Salsify, plus proficiency in Microsoft Office

Ability to translate business definitions into functional data requirements, governance rules, integration needs, and cleanup actions, and to work independently with minimal guidance

Industry certifications such as Lean Six Sigma or APICS, and PMP, Agile, or other project management experience or certification, are helpful

Chemical, coatings, or process manufacturing industry experience is helpful

Experience with product SKU rationalization, catalog build-out, post-acquisition data consolidation, or a data governance or stewardship program is helpful

5 to 8 years of business analysis experience, including 3 or more years of hands-on product master data, PIM, item master, or product catalog work in a manufacturing or product-oriented environment.

Required skills

Product Master Data, Product Information Management (PIM), Taxonomy and Attribute Modeling, Data Governance and Stewardship, Requirements Management, Data Modeling, Process Mapping, Root Cause Analysis, Optiva, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Office, Stakeholder Engagement, Workshop Facilitation

Experience

5-8 years