Senior Business Analyst (PROCUREMENT)

Senior Business Analyst (PROCUREMENT) ERNI is a fast-growing Software Development company headquartered and founded in Switzerland in 1994, with more than 800 employees. We are highly specialized in IT & software engineering to enable and deliver innovation in process and technology. Our first service center in Asia Pacific is in Metro Manila (Mandaluyong) from where we provide our service to Europe, APAC incl. our local market Philippines, and USA regions. We are now geared towards expansion and are looking for highly motivated joiners. WHY ERNI is the best place to call HOME? 🏡 🤩 At ERNI, this is how we can support you; ALL company PERKS AND BENEFITS take effect UPON HIRING! Contract : there is always a project and opportunity for you. Personal Development and Travel Opportunities outside the Philippines. Baby Basket – to welcome your newborn to the ERNI family. Fruit Basket – boost of vitamins during hospitalization. Free snacks and coffee in the office 🔐 UNLOCKING NEW DOORS OF GROWTH & OPPORTUNITIES Free Training with Certifications : Grow with us through technical and non-technical training. Challenging Projects: ERNI is dedicated to developing high-quality software in complex technical environments such as MedTech, Industry, Finance, and Transportation. Have the chance to participate in various technically challenging projects amongst passionate and skilled colleagues. Employee Welfare: You will be guided by a group of people who will guide and support you to have the right tools and mindset. Promotions & Recognition: From the very first day, we offer you a way to learn and develop yourself in our company. Your colleagues and superiors consistently recognize and appreciate all efforts, making you feel satisfied with your achievements. Communication: You will find transparency, honesty, and open communication in our working culture. we value suggestions, opinions, and feedback from all employees. ⏱ FLEXIBILITY Hybrid Set-Up: We are combining both remote work and in-person work. The hybrid setup will allow you to reduce commuting time and have a more flexible work schedule. This will help you to manage better your work-life balance. 🎉 EVENTS: We provide many opportunities to connect and build relationships. We are learning, growing, and celebrating achievements together. You will experience a wide range of different exciting activities. What to expect? Leisure Events, Summer Events, Family Events, Social Events, and Year-End Events. 👋 What are our wishes? About the Role: The Senior Business Analyst (Procurement) will be responsible for supporting the delivery and continuous improvement of the procurement system, with a strong focus on Source-to-Pay (S2P), vendor management, and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes. The role will work closely with product owners, business stakeholders, and IT product delivery teams to understand business needs, solicit and analyze requirements, and translate them into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and a prioritized product backlog. The role will contribute to major procurement modernization initiatives by ensuring that requirements are well-defined, business processes are understood, and delivery outcomes are aligned with business priorities. The Senior Business Analyst will facilitate workshops, support backlog refinement, participate in sprint and release planning, and help bridge business and technology teams throughout the product delivery lifecycle. Scope of Work/Responsibilities · Serve as Senior Business Analyst for the procurement system, supporting Source-to-Pay, vendor management, and Procure-to-Pay business processes. · Work closely with product owners, business stakeholders, subject matter experts, and IT product delivery teams to define, validate, and prioritize business needs. · Plan and facilitate requirements elicitation sessions, workshops, interviews, walkthroughs, and process discussions with business and technical stakeholders. · Analyze current and future-state procurement processes and identify business rules, gaps, dependencies, risks, and opportunities for process improvement. · Translate business requirements into clear, testable user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, functional specifications, and backlog items. · Support product owners in defining, refining, prioritizing, and maintaining the product backlog in alignment with business value, delivery capacity, and release objectives. · Collaborate with solution architects, developers, QA, release managers, and vendors to ensure requirements are understood and delivered as intended. · Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily coordination, sprint reviews, retrospectives, defect triage, and release readiness activities. · Support user acceptance testing by preparing test scenarios, validating test results, clarifying expected behavior, and coordinating issue resolution with delivery teams. · Maintain requirements traceability from business need through user stories, solution delivery, testing, deployment, and post-release validation. · Prepare and maintain business analysis deliverables, including requirements documentation, user stories, process maps, decision logs, issue logs, and stakeholder updates. · Provide functional input during design reviews, demonstrations, change impact assessments, training preparation, go-live, hypercare, and post-release stabilization. · Identify delivery risks, requirement ambiguities, and stakeholder alignment issues, and work with the product owner and delivery team to resolve them in a timely manner. CORE COMPETENCIES: Technical Knowledge and Skills Able to help and advice others based on their specialist area of knowledge and skill Uses technical knowledge and skills to complete complex work Uses technical knowledge and skills to improve work systems Client Orientation Works to meet the needs of clients according to ADB policy Communicates often with clients and seeks to understand and anticipate their needs Works with clients to find ways to meet changing needs Achieving Results Finds ways to reduce time and cost of completing work Monitors work and progress and makes improvements Works with others to overcome problems and find alternative ways to complete work when necessary Working Together Provides practical support and encouragement for team members Encourages all team members to work together Sets priorities for the team and ensures they are followed through Learning and Knowledge Sharing Learns new skills and knowledge and applies them Continuously finds new solutions to problems Leads the team in sharing knowledge and expertise Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Accounting or related discipline Relevant Experience and Other Requirements: Suitability to undertake the responsibilities mentioned above at the required level At least 8–10 years of professional experience as a Business Analyst or Senior Business Analyst in major enterprise system implementation, modernization, or product delivery projects. Strong knowledge of procurement business processes, including Source-to-Pay, Procure-to-Pay, sourcing, supplier/vendor management, contracts, requisitions, purchase orders, receiving, invoicing, and payment-related processes. Experience with procurement, Source-to-Pay, Procure-to-Pay, vendor management, or ERP platforms such as Ivalua, Coupa, SAP, Oracle, or similar solutions is preferred. Strong written and verbal communication, documentation, presentation, and analytical skills Certifications in Business Analysis, Agile, Scrum, Product Ownership, or Procurement are preferred but not mandatory. Must have extensive experience using Microsoft products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project) for professional documentation Must have excellent oral and written communication skills in English Extensive knowledge of Agile frameworks and the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), with experience applying Agile and SDLC principles in enterprise system implementation projects. Proven analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to independently research complex issues, analyze relationships among multiple factors, identify root causes, anticipate risks, evaluate alternatives, and recommend practical solutions. 💼 How can you contribute to the team? Scope of Work/Responsibilities Serve as Senior Business Analyst for the procurement system, supporting Source-to-Pay, vendor management, and Procure-to-Pay business processes. Work closely with product owners, business stakeholders, subject matter experts, and IT product delivery teams to define, validate, and prioritize business needs. Plan and facilitate requirements elicitation sessions, workshops, interviews, walkthroughs, and process discussions with business and technical stakeholders. Analyze current and future-state procurement processes and identify business rules, gaps, dependencies, risks, and opportunities for process improvement. Translate business requirements into clear, testable user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, functional specifications, and backlog items. Support product owners in defining, refining, prioritizing, and maintaining the product backlog in alignment with business value, delivery capacity, and release objectives. Collaborate with solution architects, developers, QA, release managers, and vendors to ensure requirements are understood and delivered as intended. Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily coordination, sprint reviews, retrospectives, defect triage, and release readiness activities. Support user acceptance testing by preparing test scenarios, validating test results, clarifying expected behavior, and coordinating issue resolution with delivery teams. Maintain requirements traceability from business need through user stories, solution delivery, testing, deployment, and post-release validation. Prepare and maintain business analysis deliverables, including requirements documentation, user stories, process maps, decision logs, issue logs, and stakeholder updates. Provide functional input during design reviews, demonstrations, change impact assessments, training preparation, go-live, hypercare, and post-release stabilization. Identify delivery risks, requirement ambiguities, and stakeholder alignment issues, and work with the product owner and delivery team to resolve them in a timely manner. Department Customer Experience Role Business Analyst Locations Metro Manila Remote status Hybrid Employment type Contract About ERNI Philippines We deliberately focus on what we know best. 18 Locations in 8 Countries 800+ Employees across the Globe ISO Certified