Business Analyst ​/ Functional Consultant – Clinical Demand & Supply Planning - Manager - 00069861092

About the Role:

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Business Analyst / Functional Consultant to support a Clinical Demand and Supply Planning transformation initiative. In this role, you will collaborate with Clinical Supply Chain, Business, and IT stakeholders to gather requirements, optimize business processes, and support the implementation of planning solutions across the clinical supply lifecycle. You will play a key role in defining future-state processes, planning workflows, dashboards, KPIs, and validation activities supporting clinical demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, manufacturing and packaging, distribution, reconciliation, returns, and destruction processes.

Elicit, analyze, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements. Translate business needs into user stories, use cases, process flows, and acceptance criteria.

Facilitate workshops, interviews and process discovery across clinical demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, manufacturing/packaging, depot/site distribution and returns/reconciliation/destruction.

Support solution design for clinical supply planning platforms such as Signant Smart Supply, SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Oracle, 4C or equivalent; define business rules, workflows, alerts, integration points and reporting requirements.

Defi ne KPIs, dashboards and data requirements for protocol, forecast accuracy, inventory/stock-out risk, expiry, manufacturing/packaging adherence and depot/site distribution performance; support master data governance and data quality.

• Develop test scenarios, scripts and traceability matrices; coordinate SIT, UAT and CSV activities in GxP / 21 CFR Part 11 context; support stakeholder management, change management, training and adoption.

At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, and we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is an onsite position requiring 3-4 days a week in a client or Cognizant office in Foster City, CA.

• Hands-on experience with clinical supply planning tools such as Signant Smart Supply, 4C, SAP IBP, Kinaxis or equivalent; experience in a GxP-regulated environment.
• Strong requirements management using Jira, Azure Dev Ops or Confluence; process modeling using Visio, Lucidchart or BPMN tools.
• Data analysis using Excel, SQL, Power BI or Tableau; working understanding of APIs, EDI, middleware integrations and master data management.
• Strong domain understanding of clinical trial operations, protocol design, patient enrollment, randomization and IP supply chain; familiarity with GCP, GMP, 21 CFR Part 11 and Annex 11.
• Strong analytical problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, executive presence, ambiguity management and global cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Experience with Kinaxis Demand & Supply Planning.
• Hands-on experience with 4C, SAP IBP, or Kinaxis implementations.
• Ability to independently facilitate executive-level workshops and stakeholder discussions.
• Experience managing end-to- end requirements traceability from design through testing and deployment.

Final date to receive applications:
August 30, 2026

Salary Range: $125,000 – $150,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications.

Eligible employees may also participate in Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and benefits package, including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401(k) with company contributions
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Coverage
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Please note:
This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or transfer now or in the future.

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