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Flowserve Corporation Business Analyst, Business Architecture & Analytics – Product Portfolio Management in Houston, Texas
Flowserve is a world-leading manufacturer and aftermarket service provider of comprehensive flow control systems. Join a company whose people are committed to building a more sustainable future to make the world better for everyone. With 16,000+ employees in 50+ countries, we combine our global reach with local presence. Our team challenges themselves to approach each situation with ingenuity and creativity to help provide our customers with the most innovative flow control products and services. We support 10,000+ customers worldwide, creating products to meet the needs of our customers who are supplying energy, fresh water, pharmaceuticals and other essentials to consumers, businesses and governments globally. We invite you to put your talents and career in motion at Flowserve.
Company Overview:
If a culture of excellence, innovation and ownership is what you’re searching for, consider putting your experience in motion at Flowserve. As an individual contributor, or as a leader of people, your enterprise mindset will ensure Flowserve’s position as the global standard in comprehensive flow control solutions. Here, your opportunity for professional development and industry leading rewards will be supported by our foundational commitments to the values of people first, integrity and safety. Thinking beyond opportunity and reward, at Flowserve, we are inspired by working together to create extraordinary flow control solutions to make the world better for everyone!
Position Description
As a key member of the Flow Control Division (FCD) Strategic Business Management (SBM) group, you will drive process improvements to product portfolio management processes, tools and analytics for the valve and automation products. Specifically, as a business analyst, you will be responsible for key product portfolio activities such as coordinating with FCD product managers to maintain the FCD product hierarchy, creating tools and processes to support portfolio changes and ensuring subscribing IT systems (e.g. ERPs, PLM, CRM, etc.) and analytics (e.g. product profitability report, SI&OP forecasts, etc.) reference the hierarchy appropriately. This role will work closely with Commercial Operations, Project Management, Engineering, Finance and IT departments.
Flowserve offers competitive pay, annual bonuses, medical benefits on day 1, generous paid vacation time, paid holidays, 401(k) and many other excellent benefits!
Responsibilities
Serve as the primary contact for the FCD product hierarchy
Lead the development, enhancement and maintenance of product portfolio processes, tools and analytics.
Tools may include the creation and/or modification of existing tools (Excel, SharePoint, etc.) to update and maintain the product hierarchy. This would include the creation of business requirements and supporting artifacts - such as process maps, wireframes and design documents.
Processes may include the creation of policies and procedures on how to create, change and deprecate products during the product lifecycle journey within the FCD global product hierarchy.
Analytics will include the development of PowerBI dashboards to provide insight to leadership to make business-critical decisions on portfolio management
Coordinate with major stakeholders (FCD product management) to ensure the latest product hierarchy is implemented correctly across enterprise tools such as ERP’s, PLM, CPQ and CRM systems
Participate in future enterprise initiatives (such as PLM and CPQ implementations) to ensure the product hierarchy is appropriately integrated during the product lifecycle (from initial launch, growth, maturity and deprecation)
Help lead the FCD Sales Order Governance initiative to assess, map, improve and standardize the key information stored in our ERP systems across the division. This may include process or ERP changes to facilitate new and/or improved analytics
Assist in the enterprise Complexity Reduction (CoRe) initiative powered by product & customer profitability analysis by validating data, key metrics, and KPIs
Position Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, computer science, information technology, or related discipline.
3+ years of professional experience
Experience with various enterprise software platforms such as ERPs (SAP, Oracle, etc.), CRM (Salesforce, Dynamics, etc.)
Experience building dashboards with tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
Excellent interpersonal, written/verbal communication, and leadership skills with the ability to quickly build credibility, influence change, and make recommendations to all levels.
Strong analytic and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
Strong organizational and project management skills with an ability to multi-task, recognize interdependencies, prioritize, and execute on assigned outcomes.
Strong facilitation skills with emphasis on coordinating and cultivating strong relationships with business partners; team player with the ability to solve issues that require coordination across functional areas.
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI, Visio).
Availability and willingness to occasionally work “off-hours” to support global associates across different time zones.
Travel Statement
This position will require overnight travel up to 5% of the time.
Req ID : R-12221
Job Family Group : Marketing
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