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Business Analyst

Job Posted: 25 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Howden, Yorkshire

Expire in: 2 days

Job Description

We are looking for another Business Analyst to join our busy Digital & Business Systems Product Delivery Team based in Howden, Yorkshire. As a FTSE 100 business with an ambitious growth agenda, this role offers an excellent opportunity to work closely with the Digital & Business Systems team on a broad range of manufacturing, digital or trade projects

The team work in the office 4 days a week with 1 day from home. 

What will I be doing as a Business Analyst?

- Build strong relationships with stakeholders and understand their needs. 
 - Run workshops to gather requirements and identify risks and dependencies. 
 - Create process maps (current and future) and documentation to support changes. 
 - Document requirements in tools like Azure DevOps and turn them into user stories with clear acceptance criteria. 
 - Work with architects to define non-functional requirements and project metrics. 
 - Refine user stories with product, development, testing, and architecture teams to prepare for upcoming sprints. 
 - Validate requirements during delivery to ensure they meet business needs and acceptance criteria is met.
 - Actively participate in team meetings, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives. 
 - Act as a bridge between business and technical teams for clear communication. 
 - Maintain strong stakeholder relationships and provide regular updates. 
 - Promote and lead best practices in Business Analysis across the team and department.

What do we need from you 

- Minimum of 3 years Business Analysis experience is desirable.
 - Proficiency with BA tools and techniques, i.e. Visio, Lucid chart, Azure DevOps, Jira, facilitation and elicitation.
 - Experience managing complex business solutions.
 - Understanding of both Agile and Waterfall principles, and when to use the right methodology. 
 - Excellent communication and presentation skills
 - Experienced in meeting facilitation, with the ability to run successful sessions with various groups of people to ensure a successful outcome
 - Prioritise effectively and be comfortable taking ownership of issues and facilitating their resolution.
 - Ability to challenge technology and business process, when necessary, to ensure the right solution delivers the optimal business process.
 - Qualification in Business Analysis is desirable i.e. Requirements Engineering, Business Process Modelling, Agile Business Analysis.
 - Experience in the Trade, Retail and Digital sectors desirable.

What we can offer you

- Competitive salary and annual company bonus
 - Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
 - 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to buy additional days
 - Staff Discount
 - Free lunch onsite 
 - Employee Assistance Programme
 - Exceptional Reward and Recognition events

About Howdens:

Howdens Joinery is the UK’s number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware.  We have over 950 depots throughout the UK and Europe – making us the first choice for more than 460,000 loyal trade professionals.  Last year our sales reached circa 2.4bn, and we have an ambitious growth agenda. 

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