Senior Business Analyst - Planning & Manufacturing | SAP​/IBP​/S&OP

Senior Business Analyst – Planning & Manufacturing

Permanent position. Salary: c.£90k – £95k + £7.2k Car Allowance + up to 25% Bonus + full benefits package.

Location:

Weybridge, Surrey (Hybrid – 3 days per week on site). Must be eligible to work in the UK.

You are an exceptional Senior Business Analyst with extensive Business Analysis and Business Partnering experience, proven in guiding senior stakeholders across Supply Chain Planning & Manufacturing. You thrive in stakeholder‑focused environments, lead workshops, gather requirements, and shape future‑state business processes. You bring gravitas and credibility to engage with senior stakeholders, and you can lead Business Analysis activities across several strategic transformation programmes, helping to shape future‑state business processes from discovery and blueprinting through to implementation.

• Lead Business Analysis activities across large‑scale Supply Chain Planning & Manufacturing transformation programmes.
• Play a key role across several strategic transformation programmes, including IBP, MES & PLM initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement across Planning, Manufacturing & Quality Management capabilities.
• Facilitate workshops, gather requirements, define future‑state business processes and help shape solution design alongside senior business stakeholders and Solution Architects.
• Build strong business partnerships with senior stakeholders across Supply Chain Planning, Manufacturing & IT.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.
• Challenge existing processes and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Work closely with Solution Architects & Technology teams throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Support multiple strategic transformation programmes across Europe.
• Drive the development of business cases, ensuring delivery of measurable business value.
• Lead system implementation activities, including testing, user acceptance & business readiness.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams & third‑party partners to deliver high‑quality solutions.
• Manage & prioritise business change through governance forums.
• Provide leadership, coaching & mentoring to Business Analysts through either direct line management or matrix leadership.

• Significant Business Analysis experience within complex enterprise environments.
• Business Analysis experience from discovery & blueprinting through to implementation.
• Business Partnering with senior stakeholders across Supply Chain Planning & Manufacturing.
• Stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation & requirements gathering.
• End‑to‑end Supply Chain lifecycle processes – ability to advise & consult.
• Planning, Manufacturing & Quality Management business processes.
• Experience working within SAP ECC6, SAP S/4
  
  HANA or other SAP‑enabled enterprise environments.
• Experience with SAP IBP, S&OP or comparable Planning & Supply Chain solutions (SAP APO, Kinaxis, Rapid Response, OMP, Blue Yonder).
• Knowledge of SAP Production Planning (PP), Quality Management (QM), Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) or Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is highly advantageous.
• Collaborative approach & forward‑thinking.
• Excellent analytical & problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience with in FMCG, manufacturing, consumer goods, retail or other complex manufacturing environments is desirable.