Business Analyst, Business Architecture & Analytics Product Portfolio Management

Flowserve - Houston, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Houston, TX

10,001+ employees

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Business Analyst in the Business Architecture & Analytics team at Flowserve Corporation plays a crucial role in enhancing product portfolio management processes, tools, and analytics for valve and automation products. This position involves coordinating with product managers, maintaining product hierarchies, and ensuring that IT systems and analytics accurately reflect these hierarchies. The role requires collaboration with various departments, including Commercial Operations, Project Management, Engineering, Finance, and IT, to drive process improvements and support strategic business management initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary contact for the FCD product hierarchy.
• Lead the development, enhancement, and maintenance of product portfolio processes, tools, and analytics.
• Create and modify tools (Excel, SharePoint, etc.) to update and maintain the product hierarchy.
• Develop business requirements and supporting artifacts such as process maps, wireframes, and design documents.
• Create policies and procedures for product lifecycle management within the FCD global product hierarchy.
• Develop PowerBI dashboards to provide insights for leadership on portfolio management.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to ensure the latest product hierarchy is implemented across enterprise tools.
• Participate in enterprise initiatives to ensure proper integration of product hierarchy during the product lifecycle.
• Lead the FCD Sales Order Governance initiative to standardize key information in ERP systems.
• Assist in the Complexity Reduction initiative by validating data and key metrics.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, computer science, information technology, or related discipline.
• 3+ years of professional experience in a relevant field.
• Experience with enterprise software platforms such as ERPs (SAP, Oracle) and CRM (Salesforce, Dynamics).
• Experience building dashboards with tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Excellent interpersonal, written/verbal communication, and leadership skills.
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Power BI, Visio).
• Availability to occasionally work off-hours to support global associates.

Benefits

• Paid holidays
• Health insurance
• 401(k) benefits from day one