Business Analyst CPQ (B2B commerce)

Materialise is a dynamic international high-tech company, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Belgium, with over 2200 employees worldwide. Materialise’s mission is to innovate for a better and healthier world through its software and hardware infrastructure and in-depth knowledge of additive manufacturing (also known as 3D Printing). Our customers are in diverse industries, such as automotive, aerospace, medical, research and academia.

As a growing company, Materialise is always looking for enthusiastic professionals who want to work in an environment full of revolutionary technology and surrounded by people passionate about their work.


Currently we are involved in a major strategic transformational project of our IT ecosystem. For this long term project, we are looking for 2 Business Analysts that are experts in Salesforce CPQ implementations. At Materialise we have 2 main locations to work on this project: you can either work from our Belgian office (Leuven) or from our Ukrainian office (Kiev).


Responsibilities

Scope of the project:

  • We have 2 phases: we will first integrate our Digital (software) applications and later we will onboard our Hardware business (our B2B commerce of our 3D Manufactured objects). 
  • For this particular role, you will be responsible for all Manufacturing CPQ (both online and offline) and B2B Commerce processes. As this process will be in a second release phase later in 2022, you will first start in a project mode (mapping of business needs, conceptual thinking)

In the scope of the Salesforce CPQ and B2B commerce implementation project:

  • Understand the current automation of CPQ and B2B commerce business processes. Gain sufficient knowledge of current automations of CPQ and B2B commerce processes endto-end, including all integrated solutions and complemented with manual steps.
  • Analyze business needs. Identify needs via regular communication with business stakeholders. Perform requirements elicitation efficiently via workshops, questionnaires, surveys, interviews, documentation, etc.
  • Model the current and the future process using known methodologies (i.e., BPMN).
  • Document business requirements in a consistent manner. Translate business needs into business requirements, make specification of detailed functional requirements in the form of user stories.
  • Support validation. Ensure that validation process allows to assess the value delivered by the solution (e.g., by reviewing validation scenarios and making sure that those cover the business requirements in scope of a project; by ensuring that testers represent users sufficiently). Support end-to-end testing prior to user acceptance testing. Coordinate validation activities and ensure processing of findings (bugs, change requests). Support business in the validation process acting as an expert regarding the system functionality. 
  • Support training. In cooperation with business develop training materials about the CPQ and B2B commerce automation.

In the scope of the post-project maintenance:

  • Corrective maintenance. Ensure the keep-it-running of the CPQ and B2B commerce solution: monitor solution and solve incidents related to the solution, participate to the resolution of incidents in close contact with key users, internal technical specialists, and external IT Partner(s) when relevant. For incidents related to integration, work closely with the integration team.
  • Evolutive maintenance. Ensure the maintenance of the CPQ and B2B commerce solution. Analyze and implement change requests linked to the solution in close contact with key users, internal technical specialists, and external IT Partner(s) when relevant.
  • System configuration. Perform Salesforce CPQ and B2B commerce configuration when a solution can be provided without customization/coding, for example, by setting up products and pricing rules, templates, reports, roles, etc.
  • System use governance. Act as an expert regarding best practices of Salesforce CPQ and B2B commerce use, provide guidance to users about optimal utilization of products and pricing functionality.

Requirements

  • Note: For this position you can either be located in Belgium or in Ukraine so that you could join our team meetings in one of our two main offices (HQ Leuven or Kiev). We also have a flexible work schedule with up to 3 to 4 days homeworking possibility.
     
  • Bachelor/Master in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent through experience or
  • Bachelor/Master in Marketing, Sales, Economics with experience in implementing automated solutions.
  • Given the international environment, excellent communication skills in English.
  • Experience in business analysis based on known frameworks, methods and tools.
  • Salesforce CPQ administration and configuration expert (CPQ Salesforce certified and hands-on experience). B2B commerce experience is a strong plus.
  • Experience should cover business driven and transformation-based projects aiming at implementing new software solutions inside the organization. Experience in projects covering integration of different solution platforms is required.
  • Ability to deal with incidents, problems, and change requests.
  • An open mindset and willingness to take the business perspective. Experience in a position on the business side is a plus.
  • Capability to work with little or no supervision and to effectively prioritize workload, open and pragmatic in approach

Pluses in the selection:

  • Business analysis certification, like IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), IIBA Agile Analysis Certification (AAC), PMI-Professional in Business Analysis (PBA) Certification, or other.
  • Service management framework (ITIL) knowledge.

We offer an inspiring and challenging job with growth potential in an innovative market. You will be part of a dedicated team within a dynamic company that highly values openness, trust and team spirit.