Business Analyst for Planning and Forecasting

18 hours ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Primark Stores Limited Full time
Job Overview:
Primark Stores Limited is seeking a highly skilled Business Analyst to join our team in a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract. This role involves working with cross-functional teams to identify business needs and shape solutions that drive strategic goals.

About the Role:
The Planning and Forecasting Business Analyst will be responsible for developing a strong understanding of Primark's existing system and application landscape, collaborating with internal and external teams to shape the landscape and solutions, gathering business requirements through interviews, workshops, and documentation reviews, and drawing requirements together into Functional Requirements Documents using existing templates.

Key Responsibilities:
  1. Develop a thorough understanding of Primark's existing system and application landscape as a foundation for future solutions.
  2. Collaborate with internal and external teams to shape the system and solution landscape, ensuring alignment with strategic goals.
  3. Gather business requirements through interviews, workshops, documentation reviews, business analysis, and process evaluations.
  4. Work with business units to challenge assumptions and deliver solutions for current and future needs.
  5. Evaluate true business requirements from user requests, ensure proposed solutions reconcile with all business inputs, and resolve conflicts as needed.
  6. Draw requirements together into Functional Requirements Documents using existing templates, incorporating plain English, diagrams, process flows, and scenarios.
  7. Collaborate on various aspects of large projects, ensuring objectives are aligned, and delivered solutions work as an end-to-end process.

Requirements:
  • Experience in a B&M based environment, with experience in Planning preferred (e.g., WSSI/ Line Projections/ MFP/ Assortment Planning).
  • Experience working within Agile environments and methodologies preferred.
  • Ability to work alongside senior management at all levels within Technology, the business, and external service providers/business partners.

Compensation:
This role offers a competitive salary range of £50,000 - £70,000 per annum, depending on experience.

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