Role Description The Senior Functional Business Analyst – SAP PP/PM will serve as a key link between Global IT and the Business, driving the identification, design, and delivery of SAP PP/PM solutions. This role supports strategic projects, AMS activities, continuous improvement initiatives, and global template governance. The analyst will be responsible for SAP configuration, process design, functional specifications, and cross-team collaboration throughout the full project lifecycle. - Act as the functional lead for SAP PP (Production Planning) and SAP PM (Plant Maintenance), ensuring seamless integration with upstream and downstream modules such as MM, QM, WM, and FI/CO. - Support end-to-end Plan-to-Stock (P2S) processes, including logistics, production execution, maintenance, quality, warehouse, costing, and reporting. - Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into optimized SAP solutions. - Perform SAP system configuration, integration testing, and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT). - Prepare key documentation including functional specifications, solution proposals, test scripts, training materials, and process documentation. - Support all phases of projects—from requirements gathering through go‑live, hypercare, and knowledge transfer to end users. - Ensure compliance with global design principles, technical architecture, audit standards, and change management processes. - Provide day to day support for AMS activities, enhancements, and continuous improvements. - Troubleshoot process and system issues, including debugging and root-cause analysis. - Support integration initiatives, especially SAP–MES and third party system integrations. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree - Strong hands-on experience with SAP PP and SAP PM, including cross module interactions. - Deep understanding of Plan-to-Stock process flows across Production, Maintenance, Logistics, Quality, Warehouse, and Costing. - Experience designing and implementing integrations with external systems, especially MES. - Solid understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and documentation standards. - Ability to collaborate effectively with global and offshore teams. - Advanced English Requirements - Experience on SAP migration from SAP ECC to SAP S4HANA (nice to have) - SAP Academy certification (nice to have) Soft Skills - Leadership skills - Sense of Ownership - Ability to communicate and collaborate across systems and business teams - Experience operating in a global SAP environment including collaboration with international teams and offshore models is preferred Additional Information - Local: Remote - Time: Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm or 9am to 6pm

• Liaises with stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies and/or business systems • Understands business challenges related to people, processes, and/or technology and translates them into process solutions • Analyze business requirements, design and develop effective solutions with minimal supervision while working with the business • Helps to develop innovative solutions that align with business requirements • Performs specialized assignments; solves complex problems and develops non-traditional solutions through sophisticated analytical thinking • Interprets internal/external business environment • Recommends best practices to improve processes or services • Communicates difficult concepts to team to generate clarity and alignment

• Lead development of advanced Power BI dashboards and enterprise reporting • Define and standardize KPIs across the organization • Drive insight generation tied to margin, cycle time, and operational performance • Develop forecasting, segmentation, and predictive models • Partner with leadership to influence strategic decisions • Mentor analysts and promote best practices • Contribute to Fabric / Lakehouse architecture and semantic models

Title: Business Analyst Location: Skokie United States Job Description: Job#: 3032493 Job Description: Business Analyst - Life Cycle Program Role Title: Business Analyst - Life Cycle Program Location: Remote Engagement: Contract through end of year Domain: Infrastructure / OS, databases, applications (healthcare environment) Role Overview This Business Analyst will establish and run a repeatable life cycle management program for operating systems, databases, and related infrastructure components. The focus is on: - Building a sustainable, ongoing process to manage technology life cycle (e.g., Windows 2012/2016/2019/22, SQL, Oracle, Linux, etc.) - Driving accountability and visibility across application owners and business stakeholders - Reducing reliance on extended support (e.g., current spend on extended support for Windows 2016) - Enabling leadership to understand risk, cost, and timelines for remediation and upgrades Key Responsibilities - Establish and maintain the life cycle program - Design and stand up a repeatable, sustainable process to manage OS and database life cycles across the environment. - Define and refine the data model and criteria needed to understand life cycle status (e.g., current version, compatibility with future OS versions, vendor constraints, budget implications). - Ensure the program can be reused for future cycles (e.g., when Windows 2019 is retired, then 2022, etc.). - Inventory and data gathering - Work with multiple teams to compile and validate inventories of: - Applications - Servers / OS versions - Databases (SQL, Oracle, etc.) - Vendors and owners / key contacts - Leverage existing data sources (e.g., older Excel inventories, vCenter, other internal inventories) as starting points, then: - Perform sanity checks and confirm what is still accurate. - Identify gaps where ownership has changed or data is stale due to reorgs. - Application & vendor engagement - Force structured decisions from application teams and vendors, such as: - Is the current version compatible with the target OS/database version (e.g., Windows 22 / 25)? - If not, does the application have upgrade rights, or is a new license purchase required? - What is the planned timeline (e.g., "Q3 2026") to upgrade or migrate? - Drive professional but firm follow‑up with application owners who do not respond, escalating when necessary. - Analysis, reporting, and dashboards - Build and maintain dashboards and reports showing: - Total population (e.g., number of applications / servers by OS version) - Which are good to go vs. blocked - Which require upgrades, new licenses, or vendor involvement - Planned vs. actual completion dates by team / owner - Items needing exceptions (e.g., never upgrading, requiring segmentation) - Tools could include Excel (pivot tables & charts), Power BI, or Tableau, depending on skillset and internal tooling. - Accountability and escalation - Clear attribution when delays are caused - Provide leadership with transparent views so decisions (e.g., exceptions, extended support spend) are made with full context. Required Experience & Skills Core experience - Prior experience as a Business Analyst in an infrastructure / application context - Experience working with: - Technology teams (OS, database, infrastructure) - Application teams and their leadership - Vendors (for upgrade paths, compatibility, support requirements) - Proven ability to run structured data‑driven programs, not just one‑off analyses. Technical & analytical skills - Comfort working with large data sets in tools such as Excel - Ability to design and maintain dashboards in tools such as Power BI or Tableau. - Understanding of: - OS life cycles (Windows variants, Linux, etc.) - Database platforms (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle) - Basic infrastructure concepts sufficient to interpret inventories and talk credibly with engineers and vendors. Soft skills - Strong stakeholder management across technical and business stakeholders. - Ability to work independently: - Self‑starter, able to structure their own work and drive outcomes without a PM. - Strong organizational and documentation skills; able to create artifacts that are maintainable long term. Healthcare experience - Nice to have, not required. Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide. Employee Type: Contract Remote: Yes Location: Skokie, IL, US Job Type: Date Posted: May 5, 2026 Pay Range: $50 - $65 per hour Similar Jobs - BA - Data Center - Integration BA - ERP BA - BA - Wealth Management - nCino PO/BA