What are the responsibilities and job description for the Epicor Analyst position at K9 Recruitment?
Epicor ERP Developer / Business Systems Analyst
We are seeking an experienced Epicor professional to play a key role in optimizing, enhancing, and expanding the capabilities of our client's ERP environment. This individual will serve as both a technical and functional resource, working closely with leadership and business stakeholders to evaluate current processes, identify improvement opportunities, and develop a strategic roadmap for maximizing ERP utilization.
Key Responsibilities
- Assess and document current ERP workflows, system configurations, and business processes.
- Partner with stakeholders across operations, engineering, purchasing, inventory, and finance to understand business requirements and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Conduct gap analyses and provide recommendations for process optimization and ERP best practices.
- Evaluate underutilized Epicor functionality and recommend enhancements that improve efficiency, visibility, and scalability.
- Design, develop, and maintain Epicor customizations, BAQs, dashboards, reports, BPMs, and automation solutions.
- Analyze scheduling, inventory management, purchasing, pricing, and production workflows to improve system adoption and business outcomes.
- Support data integrity initiatives, system governance, and database maintenance activities.
- Develop documentation, standard operating procedures, and user training materials to promote consistency and system effectiveness.
- Collaborate with third-party Epicor partners and consultants on strategic initiatives, upgrades, and optimization projects.
- Provide recommendations regarding future ERP enhancements, module utilization, cloud strategy, and overall system architecture.
- Lead small-to-medium ERP improvement projects from analysis through implementation.
Qualifications
- Strong experience supporting and developing within Epicor ERP environments.
- Knowledge of manufacturing, supply chain, inventory, production, purchasing, and engineering processes.
- Experience creating and maintaining BAQs, BPMs, dashboards, reports, and customizations.
- Ability to analyze business processes and translate requirements into system solutions.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience documenting processes, developing SOPs, and supporting organizational change.
- Self-starter capable of working independently while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Preferred Experience
- Epicor 10/ Kinetic experience.
- Manufacturing industry experience.
- ERP implementation, upgrade, or optimization project experience.
- Exposure to cloud-hosted ERP environments.
- SQL and reporting tool experience.
What Success Looks Like
During the first several months, this individual will gain a deep understanding of the business, assess the current ERP environment, identify opportunities for improvement, and establish a roadmap for future system enhancements. Long-term success will be measured by improved ERP utilization, streamlined business processes, increased operational visibility, and successful execution of strategic ERP initiatives.