Position: Senior Business Analyst - JDE
Location: Itasca, IL
Job Id: 1542 # of Openings: 1
OverviewUnlock your potential with Prinova. We are Prinova, a leading global supplier of ingredients and premix manufacturing solutions, and trusted by the world’s best-known food, beverage, and nutrition brands. Part of the NAGASE Group, our expertise lies in Ingredient Distribution, Manufacturing Solutions, and Customized Services. Our global network of colleagues, located in offices and manufacturing facilities around the world, deliver sustainable value-added solutions to our customers. We are recognized for our deep expertise, commitment to excellence, and bold innovation, which have earned us a strong reputation as a trusted industry leader. Wherever your career is headed, you’ll find direction, opportunity, and belonging with us.
SummaryAs a Senior Business Analyst, you will play a strategic role in driving technology-enabled transformation across our supply chain and manufacturing operations. You will lead solution design, partner with business leaders, and help shape the roadmap for our JDE platform and integrated systems. This role has exposure to the following:
- Opportunities to lead enterprise-wide ERP initiatives
- Stable, global growing company in the CPG/manufacturing sector
- Collaborative culture with strong IT/business partnership
- Investment in new technologies and process automation
- Competitive salary, benefits, and work-life balance
This includes eliciting, analyzing, specifying, and implementing solutions that meet changing business requirements of internal and external stakeholders and/or provide efficiency gains to current processes. Serving as the functional expert, the analyst will apply proven communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills as he/she proactively works with the business and new technologies to optimize business processes. This individual will also be called upon to support other areas of the business. This role requires a demonstrated ability to own and manage the entire life cycle of a project – including scoping, planning, budget estimating, identifying alternatives, selecting, testing, and implementing.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following, but are not limited to:
Core Responsibilities
- Lead business analysis activities for JDE EnterpriseOne across supply chain, manufacturing, and warehousing.
- Partner with business leaders to evaluate needs, define requirements, and design optimized end-to-end processes.
- Own full project lifecycle — scoping through deployment — for enhancements, integrations, and new capabilities.
- Collaborate with developers on system changes, including testing and validation.
Process & Optimization
- Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and improve data accuracy.
- Drive adoption of standard JDE best practices.
- Analyze data trends to predict risks and identify improvement opportunities.
Support & Training
- Provide Tier 2/Tier 3 support for JDE and related applications.
- Mentor users and help drive change management.
- Other duties may be assigned.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required Education and/or Experience:
- 7+ years hands‑on JDE EnterpriseOne experience.
- Expertise in Manufacturing, Order Management, and Inventory modules.
- Experience leading full project implementations and integrations.
- Knowledge of JDE toolset (OMW, Orchestrator, UDOs, business functions).
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Experience in CPG or similar manufacturing environments, preferred
- Experience with ReportsNow or other reporting tools, preferred
- Experience supporting ancillary systems, preferred
- Process mapping using Visio or similar tools, preferred
- Mentoring or leadership experience, preferred
Work Conditions & Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Ability to lift up to 10 lbs.
- Work environment is normally in an office setting. Must be able to make frequent rounds in a warehouse environment
- Ability to view a computer screen and type for extended hours
- Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
- Other physical requirements include moderate standing and occasional squatting, bending, and twisting
- Ability to work around a variety of different smells and aromas
- Ability to adjust work schedule as business needs require.
Quality/Safety Responsibilities: All Prinova employees are required to ensure compliance standards with food safety, food defense, and food quality (FDA, ILDPH, FSMA, and BRC). It is the responsibility of each employee to comply with occupational safety and health standards issued under OSHA and to follow all rules, regulations, and procedures established by the Company to ensure that their actions do not impact the health and safety of themselves or others.
What’s in it for you?Competitive Pay – $120,000 - $150,000 annually Experience, education, geographic location and shift all taken into consideration.
Benefits- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Employer paid STD and LTD
- HSA and FSA
- Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- PTO
- Employer paid Basic Life Insurance
- 401(k) & Roth with employer match
- Eight Paid Holidays + 3 Floating Holidays
- Voluntary – Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident
- Personal growth including training and development opportunities
Disclaimer: Prinova is committed to providing equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, creed, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, medical leave, marital status, citizenship status, ancestry, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, domestic violence victim status, Civil Air Patrol status, or any other characteristic or group status protected under applicable law.
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