IT Business Analyst I

PARR is the total source for homebuilding supplies, solutions, and services. We focus on supplying building materials and solutions to professional home builders of all sizes including custom builders, large production builders, and multifamily builders. Our customers and community members know that they can rely on us for Legendary Service and quality products.

Pay: $67,203 - $84,004

The Business Analyst I (BA) will be involved in requirements gathering, business process modeling, functional design, and ROI analysis for Parr projects and initiatives with business and technology components. The BA will work closely with Project Managers and other stakeholders to ensure completeness of vision based on business requirements.

The BA will be responsible for documenting business processes and leading business process re-design sessions when necessary. The BA may be responsible for other activities including research, reporting, and participating in design and testing of deliverables.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Supports the project process throughout the lifecycle
• Elicits requirements through interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, storyboards, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, event lists, business analysis, competitive product analysis, task and workflow analysis, and/or viewpoints
• Assists with re-engineering of business processes and identifies various solutions to business problems
• Authors complete documentation of process
• Works closely with the stakeholders to develop User and Functional Specifications documentation
• Leads requirements analysis and verification ensuring that requirement statements are complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible, unambiguous, and verifiable
• Responsible for tracking, prioritizing and reporting status of multiple initiatives
• Writes requirement specifications according to standard templates, using natural language simply, clearly, unambiguously, and concisely
• Represents requirements using alternative views, such as analysis models (diagrams), prototypes, or scenarios, where appropriate
• Establishes and maintains productive business partnerships across the organization
• Manages expectations through direct and routine interaction with business partners
• May participate in other duties such as documenting test scripts, plans and system testing
• May work under more senior level IT staff for projects
• Other duties as assigned to ensure efficient and effective system operations
  
  

Qualifications

• B.S in Business Administration, Computer Science or related disciplines or equivalent experience
• 1 years of related experience analysis projects
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment and to lead others in a directed effort to complete projects
• Strong verbal communication skills including the proven ability to communicate effectively on an individual and group presentation basis
• Skill in assessing stakeholder needs and asking probing questions to understand underlying needs and surface essential requirements information
• Demonstrated ability to work with employees and management at all levels of the organization including skill in working across organizational and geographical boundaries
• Strong analytical skills to critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, deconstruct high-level information into details, abstract up from detailed information to a more general understanding, discern underlying true needs from presented user requests, and distinguish solution ideas from requirements
• Ability to adapt to changing requirements, manage multiple requests simultaneously, and effectively balance competing priorities using internal and external resources
• Exceptional written communication and documentation skills, including the ability to create business requirements, process documentation, functional specifications, reports, and user-facing documentation for a variety of audiences.
• Skilled in software including but not limited to Word and Excel
• Ability to learn new systems and applications
• Experience with Epicor ERP is strongly encouraged, with preference for Epicor Kinetic
• Ability to be self-managed and apply skills in problem solving and decision-making
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects to meet tight schedules and demanding targets while delivering high quality products; effectively managing competing priorities and reconciling divergent expectations
• Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to follow through on tasks
  
  

Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to work cordially, professionally, diplomatically and with a high level of customer service in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrate sound judgment in dealing with sensitive business matters with internal and external customers of all types. Must maintain confidentiality and accuracy of all information related to company finances and records, particularly, cost of goods purchased and sold.
• Ability and willingness to identify processes, tools and/or procedures that may be improved to optimize the workplace and outcomes for our customers.
• Ability to function independently, as part of a team, and as a leader within your own sales cohort with a positive attitude, strong work ethic and commitment to excellence.
• Ability to think and respond quickly, positively and professionally to constantly changing circumstances.
  
  

Working Conditions

This position works in an office environment with a computer. Ability to travel periodically for day trips to company locations is required, with additional overnight travel as business needs dictate.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to work indoors in a normal office environment for an entire day
• Must be able to operate and work from a computer and keyboard
• Ability and willingness to travel to company locations for local day trips and occasional overnight travel as required.
  
  

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Benefits

We know that without great people, we can't be a great company. Voted as one of the "Top Places to Work" by the Oregonian for the 3rd year in a row, we offer industry-leading benefits:

• Everyone starts earning 2 weeks of vacation per year on day 1, and gains an additional day every year worked up to 4 weeks off
• Employee paid sick days
• 7 holidays
• Standard medical plan with a very low $1,000 deductible
• Dental, Vision, EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Massage, Chiropractic and Acupuncture coverage
• FSA (Flexible Spending Account) and Childcare pretax spending programs
• Footwear subsidy through boot vendor after 90 days of employment
• Up to 50% match on the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) after 1 year of employment and fully vested at the end of your 3rd year
• In addition to the 401(k) match, there a 3% profit share contribution to the 401(k), with Board approval
• Tuition reimbursement (up to $2,500/year)
• Annual profit sharing (every full time employee who worked the full year earned a minimum of $525 for the 2024 year)
• $1,000 referral bonus
  
  

PARR Promotes!

We have a transparent pay structure, and love to promote from within. Our current CEO started with the company as a driver and by being open to change and a self-starter he climbed the ranks to the role he has today. There are many members of our management team who started their careers in our entry-level positions. If you're willing to work hard, there's no reason you won't earn regular merit increases and promotions. There is A LOT of opportunity - PARR is growing fast!

We value our employees like family and are constantly working to provide a safe place to work for our employees. Most of our locations are not open past 5 and all our locations are closed on Sundays.

Our company mission is Legendary Service through Teamwork, and we take that seriously. When you join our team, you're joining a family owned company that's been in business for 90 years, with a well-established reputation as a leader within the building material supply industry in the United States.