Senior Business Analyst (all gender)
We are seeking a highly experienced
Senior Business Analyst (all gender) to join our dynamic Digital Product Engineering team within the Digital Product & Technology Development department. This position will be filled on a fulltime and permanent basis within
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA at our headquarters in
Einbeck/Germany.
The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, business acumen, and the ability to effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. As a Senior Business Analyst (all gender), you will work closely with cross-functional teams to identify business needs, recommend solutions, and drive successful implementation.
About KWS:
KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. Over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries generated net sales of around €1.8 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests, and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than €300 million last fiscal year in research and development. For more information:
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Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and facilitate requirements gathering sessions with business stakeholders to define detailed business requirements.
- Analyze current business processes, identify gaps, and recommend improvements to enhance efficiency.
- Develop functional specifications, use cases, and process models to support the implementation of solutions.
- Collaborate with IT, project managers, and business teams to ensure successful project delivery.
- Perform data analysis to inform decision-making and support strategic initiatives.
- Conduct cost-benefit analysis and create business cases for potential projects.
- Act as a liaison between business and technical teams to ensure clear communication and alignment of project goals.
- Assist in user acceptance testing (UAT) and post-implementation reviews to ensure successful deployment.
Qualifications:
- Longstanding and proven experience in business analysis, preferably in a senior or lead role.
- Strong understanding of business process mapping, modeling, and data analysis.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in fluent or native English, with the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels.
- Proven track record of leading projects from conception through delivery.
- Experience with business intelligence tools, databases, and advanced Excel skills.
What we offer you:
- As a family-run company we are guided by the values of closeness, reliability, foresight and independence - this culture is lived in practice creating thus an open and friendly working atmosphere.
- True to our motto Make yourself grow, we support employees’ professional and personal development.
- We offer excellent work equipment, a fully-fledged, subsidized canteen, direct train connection and sufficient free parking spaces at the KWS location.
- We create the appropriate framework conditions for you: flexible working hours, a company pension scheme, capital formation benefits, Christmas and holiday bonuses, special prices for company shares, childcare allowance and a job bike and job ticket option.
- Health & Safety are very important for us: our company doctor, company fire brigade / paramedics (with time credit) and company sports create a solid base for this.
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