What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Systems Analyst- Manufacturing position at Post Consumer Brands?
Business Unit Overview:
This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country.
Location Description:
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company’s portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats®, PEBBLES®, Grape-Nuts® and Malt-O-Meal® cereal, and Peter Pan® peanut butter, as well as Nutrish®, Kibbles ‘n Bits® and 9Lives® dog and cat food. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook for the latest news.
Brand:
At Post Consumer Brands, we’ve spent generations showing up for families, starting with breakfast, the most important meal of the day. Our cereals have become a trusted part of daily routines, helping spark conversations, fuel busy mornings, and create everyday moments that bring families closer together, including their furry four-legged family members, who have recently become a part of our story. As families have evolved, so have we. What began at the breakfast table has expanded into snacks, peanut butter, and, more recently, pet food, because caring for a family means feeding every part of it. With the addition of several iconic pet brands, we’ve extended our purpose: to make high-quality, accessible food for everyone under the same roof.
This phase is still new, and that’s what makes it exciting. As we continue to grow across grocery and pet, we’re looking for people who care about good food, thoughtful work, and the kind of impact that stretches from store shelves to kitchen tables, and food bowls, across the country.
Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.
Responsibilities:
Turn Data into Decisions. Drive Manufacturing Excellence.
At Post Consumer Brands, we’re looking for a Business Systems Analyst (BSA) who thrives at the intersection of technology and business. This role is your opportunity to become the IT ambassador for manufacturing, shaping processes, optimizing systems, and delivering solutions that power our production lines. If you’re passionate about leveraging ERP, MES, and analytics to transform operations, this is where your expertise makes a real impact.
Core Competencies Summary:
Business Process Expertise
- Deep understanding of manufacturing workflows: production planning, scheduling, inventory, quality control, and maintenance.
- Familiarity with CPG-specific challenges like seasonal demand, shelf-life tracking, and regulatory compliance.
Requirements & Communication
- Skilled in gathering, analyzing, and documenting business requirements.
- Ability to translate business needs into functional specifications and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Technical Skills
- ERP Systems: JDE, SAP, Oracle; integration with MES.
- MES & SCADA: Knowledge of systems like GE Proficy, Rockwell FactoryTalk.
- Data & Analytics: SQL, Power BI, Tableau; KPI tracking (OEE, yield, downtime).
- Agile & Project Management: Experience with Scrum and managing IT projects.
Manufacturing & Compliance
- Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma principles.
- Regulatory knowledge: FDA, GMP, SOX compliance.
- Traceability & Serialization for product tracking.
- Sustainability initiatives and waste reduction strategies.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities
Foundational:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information.
- Strong understanding of respective functional areas and how it interacts with upstream and downstream processes.
Thought Leadership and Relationship Management:
- Explore existing system capabilities and new solution technologies in support of business process improvements.
- Participate in business process/department/functional group activities within respective areas on regular basis to understand business needs and challenges to help facilitate improvements.
- Strong collaboration and facilitation skills – responsible for collaboration sessions needed to document requirements, current and future state processes, and provide thought leadership on how to best use technology to solve business challenges.
Execution:
- Write functional specification documents and/or user stories from requirements.
- Provide guidance to technical team on functional design, business processes and overall value of solution.
- Act as liaison between business, developers, and project management groups.
- Act as application owner both during application implementation and after it is in service.
- Ensure IT deliverables align with the business requirements with measurable results.
- Ensure that the solution meets acceptance criteria and delivers on business case.
- Work closely with developers to ensure requirements and design are completely understood.
- Work closely with business resources to identify/document current and future state business processes.
- Support testing cycles in collaboration with our business partners – Identify areas to be tested, test scenarios, and testing resources. Ensuring sufficient test scripts and scenarios are identified/created.
Continuous Improvement/Support Services:
- Facilitate cross-functional team efforts to drive root cause analysis and resolution of system issues.
Required Experiences and Capabilities
- 3 years of experience as a business systems analyst, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or management information systems or equivalent work experience.
- Experience with ERP systems (JDE, SAP, Oracle, etc.) and manufacturing technologies.
- Strong analytical, communication, and facilitation skills.
Preferred Experiences and Capabilities
- Experience with automated data collection, plant visualization, and manufacturing KPI’s.
- Familiarity with SOX compliance in manufacturing IT.
- Knowledge of process improvement methodologies.
Salary : $89,506 - $132,468