Monday, September 18, 2006

Business Analyst III in Dallas, TX

Business Control Systems, LP (BCS) is dedicated to and passionate about providing the best skilled technical professionals for each of our client's interim and long-term project solution. We do this by first selecting the highest quality candidates, then continuing to support and build our consultants' skills throughout each phase of their careers.

Scope of work and required skills:
Seeking a Asset Management / Business Analyst III to work onsite at our Semiconductor clients facility in Plano. This is a full time position with Business Control Systems, LP located in Dallas, TX. Primary roles and responsibilities include:

Job Description:
Asset Management focused business analyst with at least 3-4 years of experience. Must be familiar with hardware maintenance contracts, software licensing and software maintenance management. Must also be familiar with financial management and control terminology, tools and techniques. Will also work with Design businesses to provide spending updates and assistance during the annual planning cycle. Individual must be familiar with asset management and finance management/control terminology, tools, techniques and procedures.


Management/Organization Skills:
Candidate must be a confident leader who has excellent verbal/written communication and negotiation skills. The following are minimum expectations:
. Work independently and with others
. Effectively interact with team members, customers and vendors
. Ability to organize and lead internal projects
. Practice a disciplined approach to asset management and make prompt intelligent decisions based on available information and business priorities
. Identify and drive cost reductions activities and process improvements
. Provide financial forecast and track against budget
. High level of Excel expertise
. Formulate and create presentations
. Present ideas and information to groups
. Ability to adjust priorities according to customer and management needs
. Able to make timely intelligent decisions regarding the execution of multiple parallel tasks and activities while maintaining stability within a fast-paced work environment

Required:
. IT datacenter compute and storage equipment
. Desktop and laptop equipment
. Software licensing and software maintenance
. Hardware Maintenance Management
. Software License Management and Software Maintenance Management
. Supplier Management:
o Drive cost reduction efforts
o Manage worldwide contracts in conjunction with finance and respective procurement teams
o Facilitate performance goals and objectives with key hardware and software suppliers. Work with suppliers to:
? Identify and establish goals and measures
? Coordinate periodic status meetings
. Provide feedback
. Identify opportunities for improvements
o Facilitate vendor scorecard data collection, consolidation and assessment efforts
. Contract Management renewals and periodic sure-ups
. Communications with site managers on current status and changes
. Business Analysis
o Tool/solution optimization
o Cost reduction
o Process improvement
. Financial:
o Provide periodic financial forecasts
o Create and manage budgets
Presentations
. PowerPoint - proficient
. Word - proficient
. Excel - expert
Experience: IT datacenter compute and storage equipment . Desktop and laptop equipment . Software licensing and software maintenance . Hardware Maintenance Management . Software License Management and Software Maintenance Management . Supplier Management: o Drive cost reduction efforts o Manage worldwide contracts in conjunction with finance and respective procurement teams o Facilitate performance goals and objectives with key hardware and software suppliers. Work with suppliers to: ? Identify and establish To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here