Advance R&D through digital solutions to support Avery Dennison's and its customers' research and development goals is a mandate for the IT organization. R&D goals are essential to Avery Dennison's responsibilities, growth, and future. Alongside enabling the use of information technology to improve revenue, cost efficiencies, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement, digital technology can also help Avery Dennison make meaningful progress on its company-wide R&D goals. As an IT Business Analyst, you will partner with the R&D and Sustainability to support the execution of our business objectives and strategies. To succeed, you will have to act as the link between IT, Sustainability, and R&D groups of the business and leverage the decentralized, cross-functional internal network of functional champions. Therefore, it is essential that you have experience driving innovation and positive change by applying your IT business analysis skills and by bringing together varied groups of stakeholders.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
In this role, you will support the following key Business Analyst activities:
- Establish and maintain a strong working relationship with key business stakeholders around R&D and IT stakeholders globally.
- Work with the functional Business Process Owners and Subject Matter Experts to evaluate business processes and facilitate requirements gathering activities.
- Work with functional Subject Matter Experts to ensure successful end-to-end functional testing and knowledge transfer to Application Support teams.
- Develop requirements, integration requirements, and complete design documentation activities.
- Support tool selection and gap analysis activities in close collaboration with business and IT stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement of our IT practices, procedures, and supporting tools.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO BRING TO THE TEAM:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree, ideally with a major in Information Technology such as Business Administration in Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Management Information Systems (MIS) or a related field, with a focus on supporting Research and Development (R&D) business processes.
- Alternatively, equivalent experience in IT or business analysis, particularly in R&D environments, will also be considered.
Experience and skills:
- An unrelenting passion for positive change and accelerating the digitization of research and development within the organization.
- At least 2 - 3 years of fundamental experience as a Business Analyst (or roles alike), ideally within the manufacturing industry or coming from the technology space.
- Experience with IT implementations (applications and/or analytics) with regards to R&D, new product development, and/or technology road mapping is strongly desirable.
- Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual/critical thinking skills.
- Strong organizational, project management, communication, and presentation skills.
- Experience with project management methodologies and tools is essential. Project Management certifications (e.g., CAPM, PMP) are a plus.
- Able to work in a matrix environment within and outside the IT organization.
- Data savviness and critical attention to detail.
- Capable of traveling and experience working collaboratively across a range of cultures within a global structure.
We offer:
- Attractive salary package
- Workplace & work hours flexibility
- Structured learning and development / Mentoring program
- International environment
- Events like International Women’s Day, Earth Day, etc.
- A growing and welcoming team with a good spirit!
Who we are! - Our Story:
Every voice. Every day! Eight Values. One Team!
Being open to every voice, every day, brings our value of diversity to life and makes Avery Dennison a vibrant and engaging place to be. We understand diversity and equal opportunities as enrichment for our future-oriented work. Across our diverse, global team, every voice makes us stronger. When we listen to and learn from each other, there is no limit to what we can achieve together. Each of us is unique, and we appreciate bringing together different personalities and talents.
Avery Dennison is an equal-opportunity employer. In the EMEA region, we have these Employee Resource Groups:
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EmpoWer - focusing on the engagement, mentoring, and promotion of women
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Mental Health - striving to provide a safe space for employees to discuss mental health issues in the workplace
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Unite - supporting the LGBTQI+ and ally community in the EMEA region
To find out more about all our employee resources groups globally as well as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach, please go to our Diversity and Inclusion pages in the About Us section of our website: https://www.averydennison.com/en/home/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion.html
At Avery Dennison, we do what we love, and we love what we do - Just click here, and get to know us better: Life @ Avery Dennison (linkedin.com/company/avery-dennison/life/emea)
