Configuration Analyst jobs in Des Moines, IA

Job Title: SAP Variant Configuration Analyst
Location: Corporate Satellite Office – West Des Moines, Iowa or St. Louis (Chesterfield), Missouri 
Starting Salary: $65,000 - $90,000 (depending on experience)
Employment Type: Full-Time, Salary
Work Environment: Hybrid (3 days in-office, 2 days remote), Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm*
                                              (*Flexibility to adjust scheduled work hours can be approved with manager)

Summary of Company Benefits:
* Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
* Health Savings Account (HSA)
* Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
* 401(k) with 3% Employer Match
* Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D
* Employer Paid Long-Term & Short-Term Disability
* Voluntary Supplemental Hospital and Accident Plans
* Employee Assistance Program
* 8 Company Paid Holidays & 1 Floating Holiday
* Progressive Paid Time Off (PTO) Accruals
* Annual Salary Incentive Bonus

About Woodgrain:
Woodgrain is one of the top millwork operations in the world with locations throughout the United States and Chile. With 68 years of quality craftsmanship and service, Woodgrain is a top producer of mouldings, doors, and windows, as well as a premier distributor of specialty building products. Woodgrain Inc. is headquartered in Fruitland, Idaho with six divisions and over 45 manufacturing and warehouse facilities in the United States and South America. Since 1954, Woodgrain is proud to be family owned and operated.

Job Summary:
The IT SAP Variant Configuration Analyst is responsible for system development, project management, and maintain product options for business users. This position confers with personnel of organizational units to analyze current procedures and work to identify the problem by learning the specific input and outputs required. 

Duties & Responsibilities:
* Develop detailed description of user needs, program functions, and the steps required to modify computer programs to support needs.
* Review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system. 
* Maintain existing product knowledge using tools provided within current systems; will also be expected to maintain a high level of proficiency to add knowledge. 
* Study exiting information processing systems to evaluate effectiveness and develops new processes to improve production or workflow as required. 
* Prepare workflow charts/diagrams to specify in detail operations to be performed by equipment and computer programs.
* Prepare and disseminate technical reports, memoranda, and instructional manuals as documentation of systems implementations.

Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in a technical areas such as Computer Science, Information Technology, or Business. Equivalent training and experience can be considered in lieu of a degree.
* At least 3 years of SAP related experience in Variant Configuration (other ERP experience may be considered).
* Previous experience in the manufacturing and/or distribution industry, with a strong understanding of Production Planning (PP) and/or Warehouse Management (WM).
* Strong understanding of defining problems, collecting data, establishing facts, and drawing valid conclusions.
* Must be able to communicate with business users to evaluate needs and translate back into the system to evaluate product offering possibilities. 

Additional Skills:
* Excellent analytical skills to interpret complex, cross-functional requirements and challenges. 
* Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
* Ability to work efficiently with team members from different geographical locations and expertise backgrounds.
* Ability to work effectively and independently on assigned projects with minimal supervision.
* Ability to effective communicate in English, both verbally and in writing. Additional languages preferred. 

Physical Demands:
The physical demands and work environment are representative of a typical office environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds. 
Travel: This position does not require travel to other Woodgrain locations.
 

Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled.