Functional BA

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About the Role

Experienced Business Analyst / Functional Consultant for a Gilead Clinical Demand and Supply Planning project. The role partners with clinical supply, business, and IT stakeholders to elicit requirements, map as-is/to-be processes, define planning workflows, KPIs, dashboards, and validation needs, and support tool implementation across clinical demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory, manufacturing/packaging, depot/site distribution, returns, reconciliation, and destruction.

Responsibilities

• Elicit, analyze, and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements; convert business needs into user stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria.
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and process discovery across clinical demand forecasting, supply planning, inventory management, manufacturing/packaging, depot/site distribution, and returns/reconciliation/destruction.
• Support solution design for clinical supply planning platforms such as Signant SmartSupply, SAP IBP, Kinaxis, Oracle, 4C, or equivalent; define business rules, workflows, alerts, integration points, and reporting requirements.
• Define KPIs, dashboards, and data requirements for protocol, forecast accuracy, inventory/stock-out risk, expiry, manufacturing/packaging adherence, and depot/site distribution performance; support master data governance and data quality.
• Develop test scenarios, scripts, and traceability matrices; coordinate SIT, UAT, and CSV activities in GxP / 21 CFR Part 11 context; support stakeholder management, change management, training, and adoption.

Requirements

• Pharmaceutical / biotech industry experience with Clinical Supply Chain, Clinical Demand & Supply Planning, or Clinical Trial Management project exposure.
• Hands-on experience with clinical supply planning tools such as Signant SmartSupply, 4C, SAP IBP, Kinaxis, or equivalent; experience in a GxP-regulated environment.
• Strong requirements management using Jira, Azure DevOps, or Confluence; process modeling using Visio, Lucidchart, or BPMN tools.
• Data analysis using Excel, SQL, Power BI, or Tableau; working understanding of APIs, EDI, middleware integrations, and master data management.
• Strong domain understanding of clinical trial operations, protocol design, patient enrollment, randomization, and IP supply chain; familiarity with GCP, GMP, 21 CFR Part 11, and Annex 11.

Skills

• Strong analytical problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management.
• Executive presence, ambiguity management, and global cross-functional collaboration skills.