IT Quality Assurance Process Consultant jobs in Des Moines, IA

Job Title: IT Business Process Consultant (Warehouse Management and Production Execution)
Location: Corporate Satellite Office – West Des Moines, Iowa
Starting Salary: $95,000 - $120,000 (depending on experience)
Employment Type: Full-Time, Salary
Work Environment: Hybrid (4 days in-office, 1 day 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 Business Process Consultant plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between business operations and technical implementation, ensuring the business processes are optimized, standardized, and aligned with digital transformation goals. BPCs will work collaboratively with stakeholders to design and develop lean and efficient business processes that are future-oriented, adaptable, and aligned with industry best practices. To be successful in this role, a strong background and understanding in one or more of the specialty areas listed below will be crucial.

Duties & Responsibilities:
* Partner with Business and IT partners to optimize and maintain end to end processes and systems that facilitate value generation. 
* Collaborate with Business Change Management to identify, develop, and cultivate partnerships across the business. 
* Design, test, shape, and implement changes in both business and IT processes. This will be achieved through monitoring, analyzing, and testing of functionalities and understanding potential impacts. 
* Help to develop and maintain User Acceptance Testing and Business Integration Testing programs. 
* Partner with the Business Change Management department to integrate Change Management into project plans and help to coach and consult project teams on best practice. 
* Maintain a close partnership with functional IT areas, divisional leadership, and Business Process Owners (BPOs). 
* Initiate and co-manager projects aimed at improving the value generation of processes and systems through the leveraging of tools and techniques to include, but not limited to, SAP BPI/BPM, SWOT, Agile, Lean, DevOps, and/or Balanced Scorecards. 
* Identify requirements, interdependencies, and gaps in existing functionalities and communicate to the BPO and other IT partners for collaboration forward. 
* Supporting the cost benefit analysis and budget planning for projects. 
* Drive the IT culture and be a valued partner for both IT and the Woodgrain business. 
* Develop system roadmaps, business processes, and workflows. Ensure documentation and preservation of these items. 
* Participate in resistance management planning. 
* Define and measure success through setting of metrics and monitoring of change in processes.
* Coach, mentor, and provide guidance while consulting with project teams and other IT partners.

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.
* Previous experience working within SAP in Warehouse Management (WM) and Production Planning and Execution (PP) module. Other ERP experience may be considered.
* Experience with at least 1 large scale ERP implementation.
* Previous experience in the manufacturing and/or distribution industry, with a strong understanding of Warehouse Management and Production Planning terminology and integration points throughout other business functions to include Shop Floor Instructions and Control Activity, Warehouse Layout & Strategy, Storage, Pick & Put Away Strategy, Warehouse to Production Integration, Production Supply, Warehouse Inventory Control, Warehouse Shipment Preparation, and General Production and Warehouse Master Data Management.
* Understanding and previous usage of process management leveraging supporting application tools (e.g., SAP Solution Manager, SAP Cloud ALM, SAP BPI/BPM
* Broad scope and understanding of various manufacturing business functional areas and the impact the system data that is generated has on the work
* Previous experience in which business process management initiatives and promoting partnership with IT/Business units was a primary responsibility

Additional Skills:
* Excellent analytical skills to interpret complex, cross-functional requirements and challenges.
* Strong understanding of project implementation methodologies.
* 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 effectively 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 require travel to other Woodgrain locations, expected travel time is <15%.

Applications will be accepted until the position has been filled.