Job title: Senior Functional Analyst – Manufacturing
Company: Ball Corporation
Job description: This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until filled or adjusted based on the volume of applicants.Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminum packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek’s 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.Primary purpose of the position:
The Senior Functional Analyst is responsible for leading efforts to analyze and define detailed specifications for business systems which map to business processes. Performs as an expert at driving solution delivery by facilitating requirements analysis and design activities with the business to accurately determine future system requirements. Ensures solutions are in alignment with the enterprise architecture blueprint, the solutions architecture and ensures that systems and application designs adhere to standards and policies. Ensures that all information technology investments are clearly aligned with the priorities of the business. Responsible for team guidance and delivery of complex, technical solutions to business needs.Essential Responsible Areas:
- Leads efforts to elicit future systems requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, business analysis, task and workflow analysis to analyze, design and implementation business solutions for complex business problems.
- Partner with business analysts and respective cross-functional business groups (e.g. Finance, HR, IT, etc…) to elicit functional and non-functional requirements
- Proactively communicates and collaborates with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed: (functional requirements (business requirements document), use cases, GUI, screen and interface designs).
- Takes a broad perspective to identify innovative business solutions that challenges the business on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans.
- Participate in defining the integration between proposed development projects and existing systems, software and hardware.
- Ensures that systems and application designs adhere to standards and reflect the architecture appropriately.
- Collaborates with other divisions IT leads as well as other stakeholders to align solution in support of the business’ tactical and strategic plans. Aligns IT goals with business needs.
- Researches emerging technologies and recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness, improve flexibility or better support business requirements.
- Work closely with third-party vendors including software providers, implementation partners, and consultants
- Understand existing and anticipated application functionality, including cloud-based offerings, that meet business demand.
- Assist the team with user acceptance testing requirements for existing and new application systems and modules
- Partner with key strategic solutions partners for small and large scale engagements to help develop the vision of the technology service
- Manage the configuration, setup, and maintenance of application-related solutions
- Mentors other analysts on the team by providing guidance and hands-on solving of complex problems.
Position Requirement & CompetenciesProfessional & Education Qualification:
- Broad training in a related field usually acquired through college level education. Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience/training in relevant field preferred.
- 5 years minimum job related experience in manufacturing operations/IT/engineering. 5+ years development experience implementing solutions for complex systems supporting business processes. 3+ years of leadership.
- Experience in driving software and technology solutions in large, complex organizations.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and projects to drive business improvements
- Experience in solution delivery, production support, and monitoring of information and operational technologies preferred
- Experience with Allen Bradley PLCs, Factory Talk, Ethernet/IP a plus.
- Experience performing engineering operations for Distributed Control (DCS) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) validation, commissioning, acceptance testing, risk assessments, and upgrades preferred. Dassault DELMIA Apriso for Manufacturing Execution Systems is a plus.
- Experience with Inductive Automation Ignition a plus.
- Experience with manufacturing network security protocols, GMP, ISA-95 models is preferred. Preferred exposure with Device Net, Control Net, Ethernet, Sercos, DH+ and RIO communication protocols.
- Experience in service provision and troubleshooting of manufacturing support hardware and software systems preferred. Experience with Markem-Imaje and Keyence products is a plus.
- SCADA systems experience is preferred.
- Experience in driving process and technology re-engineering using industry practices e.g., Six Sigma, Lean, Kaizen, COBIT, ITIL, CMMi.
Skills:
- Ability to be flexible about project changes and dynamically mitigate risks in the moment with mid-course corrective action
- Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple, complex projects simultaneously
- Appropriately manages customer expectations regarding scope, schedule, and budgetary parameters
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong estimation skills and techniques required.
- Proven project planning and management skills.
- Ability to analyze and interpret data and make recommendations.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to learn new things
- Knowledge of third-party integrators such as Open Automation Software, Top Server, Cogent DataHub configuration and maintenance is a plus.
- Good presentation and communication skills, with the ability to translate and clearly formulate technical issues for technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Technical development experience, with knowledge of associated tools, and software development lifecycle experience
- Up to 25% travel required
Knowledge:
- In-depth technical knowledge and expertise in field; strong development skills in relevant technology.
- Understanding of software quality principles, including test methodologies.
- Business process knowledge preferred (e.g., Plan-to-Produce process, manufacturing execution systems).
- Expertise in various software development methodologies and applicability, e.g., XP, iterative. Expertise in entire software development life cycle (SDLC).
- Exceptional understanding of software quality principles including test methodologies.
Compensation & Benefits:
- Hybrid On-Site Work Environment: Based in Colorado, this position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site for three (3) or more days per work week (with core collaboration days of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). [Travel and local commute between Ball locations and other possible non-Ball locations may be required.]
- Hiring Salary Range: $85,100 – $118,760 (Salary to be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.)
This role will be eligible to participate in the annual incentive compensation plan. * Ball includes a comprehensive benefits structure, Go to our career site and click “Total Rewards” to learn more.When submitting your application to Ball, we encourage you to emphasize your skills, experience, and qualifications that align with the role. Under Colorado, California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania law, you have the right to exclude or redact age-related details-such as your date of birth, school attendance dates, or graduation dates-from your resume, cover letter, CV, or other supporting documents (e.g., transcripts, certificates).Ball Corporation is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody. All qualified job applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, aboriginality, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran status, age, political affiliation or any other non-merit characteristic.When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminum cans, cups to aerosol bottles that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging.Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.
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Expected salary: $85100 – 118760 per year
Location: Westminster, CO
Job date: Thu, 29 May 2025 23:29:23 GMT
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