Business Analyst

Description:        

Olin Winchester, LLC (“Winchester”), considered one of the world’s leading ammunition manufacturers, is seeking a Business Analyst. This position will be located at the Lake City Army Ammunitions Plant in Independence, MO. With a reputation steeped in tradition, we have earned the moniker, ‘The American Legend’ by delivering on our commitment to excellence in everything we do – including staffing our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities with diverse, energetic employees.  Read on to learn more about this exciting opportunity and join our quest for the best.    

 Essential Functions*:

• Evaluate business processes, anticipate requirements, uncover areas for improvement, and develop and implement solutions.
• Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements.
• Drive identification of detailed requirements analysis across business units and identify and document systems processes through evaluation of real-time data.
• Serve as a thought leader for technical business processes, and develop forward-thinking systems prototypes that promote increased efficiency and productivity on multiple levels.
• Determine and develop user requirements for systems in production, to ensure maximum usability.  
• Perform, evaluate, and communicate thorough quality assurance at every stage of systems development, and perform user acceptance testing.
• Partner with other stakeholder teams across business units (i.e., sales, finance, operations, engineering, security, compliance) to develop necessary analysis and documentation collaboratively, communicating effectively and efficiently.
• Evaluate, analyze, and communicate systems requirements on a continuing basis, and maintain systems processes.
• Author and update internal and external documentation, and formally initiate and deliver requirements and documentation.
• Develop meaningful and lasting relationships with partners for optimized systems integration, and respond to questions and concerns from managers and executives with supporting research and recommendations.

Position Requirements*:

• Bachelor’s degree** required.
• Minimum five years of proven experience in analytics and systems development capacity, data visualization, and development of innovative and impactful systems solutions.
• Advanced technical skills, with highly proficient technical writing capabilities.
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills and a track record of following through on commitments with excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Established capabilities in project and user-testing management.
• The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
• Experience with generating process documents and reports including the ability to give presentations on said generated information.
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Outlook, Visio, Teams, PPM360, PowerBI.
• To succeed in this role, you should have a natural analytical way of thinking and be able to explain difficult concepts to non-technical users.
• This position requires access to ITAR controlled technical data, and as such, employment will be contingent upon the candidate's ability to access ITAR controlled technical data pursuant to an export license approved by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, if required
• This position requires successful vetting as an Employee Possessor in accordance with U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
• This position requires successful vetting for unescorted access in accordance with U.S. Army and Department of Defense access policies.

 What’s in it for you?

While many of our employees have worked at Olin for their entire career, we constantly strive to bring new people with new points of view into the company.  Your career is important to us, and we work with you to create development plans that help you achieve your career goals.

•  Our employees enjoy the following employment enhancements and more:
•  Paid parental/maternity leave (up to 160 hours) and additional leave programs
•  Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance effective Day 1 
•  Fertility Benefits (lifetime maximum $25,000)
•  401(k) with an employer match and Olin retirement contribution account 
•  Paid Time Off
•  Volunteer Paid Time Off Program
•  Short term incentive program participation
• Diverse Employee Networks
• Alternate work schedules (location/role specific)
• Employee Ammunition Purchase Program

Why Winchester?

Winchester is one of three proud business units of Olin Corporation.  Olin began in 1892 and has steadily grown to become an industry leader in both ammunition and chemicals manufacturing.   Winchester, Olin Chlor Alkali Products & Vinyls and Olin Epoxy employ approximately 8,000 professionals in more than 20 countries with customers in nearly 100 countries around the globe.   

 *This list is not intended to be all inclusive.

**Degree must be from a school that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education of the U.S. Department of Education or equivalent program from an international university. 

 *Olin does not provide any form of sponsorship to applicants not authorized to work in the US. 

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Olin is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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