Business Analyst / Applications Developer

Covia responsibly provides minerals solutions for a better tomorrow. As a leading provider of diversified minerals, our products support a variety of industrial markets, including glass, ceramics, coatings, metals, foundry, polymers, construction, water filtration, and sports and recreation. Long-standing relationships with a broad customer base enable Covia's market-inspired approach to innovation to enhance solutions and customer benefits. Underpinning these strengths is an unwavering commitment to safety and to sustainable development, further enhancing the value that Covia delivers to all its stakeholders.

Covia is looking for a dynamic techno-functional Business Analyst / Applications Developer who will have a positive impact on the Information Technology team. This position will apply proven analytical, problem-solving and communication methods to both identify and pursue improvements in application processes, security and business systems opportunities in support of Covia's strategy. The Business Analyst / Applications developer will have a shared responsibility for all aspects of the ERP and applications platform within Covia to include analysis, business solution definition, development, support, enhancement and implementation.

The successful candidate will have the following Key Accountabilities:

• Requirements Gathering: Elicit, analyze, and document business requirements from stakeholders.
• Process Analysis: Examine current business processes and identify areas for improvement or optimization.
• Solution Development: Collaborate with technical teams to design solutions that align with business needs.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as a bridge between stakeholders and project teams, ensuring alignment and clarity.
• Testing Support: Assist in defining test cases, validating solutions, and ensuring they meet business expectations.
• Change Management: Facilitate smooth adoption of changes by providing training and support to end-users.
• Documentation: Create clear, detailed documentation such as use cases, process flows, and functional specifications.
• Problem Solving: Analyze and resolve issues that arise during project execution or operations.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance business efficiency and value through innovative solutions.
• Assist with internal and external audits by providing necessary security documentation and reports.
• Define requirements through business process analysis, in a manufacturing and operations environment, as well as cross-functional team collaboration and development of written functional specifications.
• Evaluate current business processes to make recommendations on how to improve and streamline the process.
• Share best practices to identify and prioritize solutions that support Covia goals.
• Participate in all activities related to the design, configuration, implementation and maintenance of ERP as well as third-party and custom applications.
• Provide day-to-day support and issue resolution related to ERP and applications.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

The successful candidate will have the following Qualifications:

• Experience in ERP configurations, setup, process flows, security administration, configuration, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience in requirements gathering, authoring Business Requirements Documents, completing functional verification/validation testing.
• Strong technical experience using PLSQL, Oracle SQL Developer (OSD), TOAD or similar toolset for analyzing data and reporting.
• Experience in understanding business needs and defining solutions that make use of Restful API's, .NET, Java, C#, Web Technologies, Power BI, XML, Quick Reports, SQL Queries, SSRS Report Specifications, Custom Logical Units, IALs and Data Migrations.
• In-depth knowledge of ERP modules (e.g., Manufacturing, Order to Cash and Supply Chain)
• Strong problem-solving skills to address system errors or inefficiencies.
• Hands-on experience in configuration and implementation of ERP software (IFS, Oracle, SAP etc.) with Manufacturing and Operations processes.
• Experience with B2B collaboration including EDI and other integration technologies and frameworks is a plus.
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with ability to thrive in rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and active-listening skills with ability to work in a team-oriented/collaborative environment.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive internal and external information.
• Proactive and adaptable to learning new technologies and industry trends.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor's degree in technical or business discipline; technical degree preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint)
• 5+ years' experience in information systems, including supporting software applications, analyzing, testing and implementing business system changes and/or user acceptance testing including ERP application security and SOD controls.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

• Up to 20 percent to locations outside Ohio.

Commitment to Our Culture

Our core values - Safety, Team, Customers, Growth, and Courage-guide our work every day and will help us achieve our vision: Covia is the leading minerals solutions provider, and through the passion and commitment of our people, we enable customer success-ensuring a sustainable future for our company.

All Covia Team Members are expected to:

• Live the Life-Saving Rules
• Build high-performing work teams
• Focus on customers
• Demonstrate a growth mindset
• Do the right thing, always

At Covia, we strive for and support a diverse workforce as we firmly believe this lays the foundation of our success. Our compelling culture supports inclusion, individuality, and respect within the workplace. We are committed to providing employment opportunities to the most qualified candidate based on work-related factors and without regard to non-work-related factors including race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, or military service or reserve or veteran status.

The organization offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits.

Benefits:

• Excellent Healthcare Benefits - medical, vision, dental
• 401K with company matching
• Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays
• Disability plans and Life / AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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