Musgrave is one of Europe’s most successful family-owned businesses with a 140-year heritage in food and brand innovation, supporting communities across the island of Ireland and Spain. Every day we feed one-in-three people in Ireland through 18 market-leading food and beverage brands that include SuperValu, Centra, Frank and Honest, and Musgrave Market Place. We support thousands of retail and foodservice family businesses who live and work in the heart of the communities they serve. We are committed to becoming the most trusted and sustainable business in Ireland and we are making changes across the company to ensure that happens. We want to make a positive impact on the world, and we will support our suppliers and customers to make a difference too.
We are seeking an IT Business Analyst with drive & commitment to work in our fast-paced, dynamic, customer-focused environment.
The IT Business Analyst is a change-maker, problem solver, a questioner, a listener, a facilitator, and the ultimate bridge between the users/stakeholders and the development team. Working closely with a Product Owner (from either the relevant business area or within IT), you will be responsible for understanding and documenting the processes that underpin the Musgrave business and where it is going. You will analyse and simplify these processes and create requirements specifications as part of IT transformation and/or continuous improvement projects.
You will be part of the Retail and Commercial team where we deliver and manage all the systems and applications that are used in stores (Retail and Wholesale) across all brands. With the vast estate across ROI and NI and our never-ending ambition to deliver value for consumers and retailers alike, we are always spinning up new projects and delivering at high pace. We have a broad group of stakeholders with whom we work closely to ensure we deliver value and prioritise correctly. The EPOS team is responsible for all POS facing applications used by Retailers as well as back office applications.
Your activities in this role will include the following:
* Requirements gathering and modelling
* Data-flow diagrams
* Business rules before and after including impact analysis
* Smooth execution of the sprints or milestones depending on delivery methodology and representing product owners/managers as you do so
* Management and communication of requirements clarifications to the team
* Maintenance of the dependency map and the traceability matrix
* Prioritisation of stories, backlog, or milestone functionality
* Cost benefit analysis of changes
* Facilitate support in User Acceptance Testing
We want you to take an active role in all of the above, working closely with Musgrave colleagues and third-party delivery and operations teams. We are looking for someone who is keen to constantly adjust and improve how we do things.
The minimum requirements for this position include:
* IT oriented degree
* Min 2/3 years’ experience in project delivery or BA role in complex organisations
* Strong analytical skills
* Experience in requirements gathering, analysis, specification, verification, and the ability to apply them in practice
* Experience partnering with third-party vendors and hybrid teams
* Experience with different project management methodologies such as Waterfall, DevOps, Agile, Kanban
* An understanding of the software development lifecycle, quality assurance, and information security
* Highly organised, structured, and performance-driven
* Innovative in your thinking with a willingness to learn and embrace new and existing technology
* Personable, proactive, excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact and influence effectively at all levels across the business to get initiatives delivered
* Ability to build and sustain relationships that deliver results and effectively collaborate with diverse teams
* Able to work effectively in a matrix environment and to work effectively in a hybrid environment (typically working from home, with 2 days per week in the office, but subject to change depending on Musgrave policy and project needs)
* Problem solving
Musgrave is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from diverse candidates. If we can make any accommodations to enable you to be the best version of yourself during the interview, please let us know.
Musgrave operates a Work Smart hybrid working model where you can alternate your time between connecting and collaborating in the business and working remotely. Occasional business travel to other locations will also be required.
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