TMO Business Analyst, Senior

<p>Solenis is a leading global provider of water and hygiene solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, cleaners, disinfectants, and state-of-the-art monitoring, control and delivery systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 78 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over ~23000 professionals in >160 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2025 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree.</p><p></p><p>For additional information about Solenis, please visit<span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"> </span></span><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.solenis.com%2Fen%2F&data=05%7C02%7CIGorbunov%40solenis.com%7C4877ac1f10f1498f72bf08de278136bd%7Cc84d9378ad95404092582ed1ae880ded%7C0%7C0%7C638991633074390442%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=OFmeQbGDTIl944NhVrGj%2FNPTK3wAcvwpTOHok6%2FjSaA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="color:#3366ff"><span style="font-size:14px">www.solenis.com</span></span></a> or follow us on social media.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As Senior Business Analyst you will run programs and projects to eliminate the friction from current processes.  You will need solid project and change management skills plus the ability to lead cross functional teams to drive value.</p><p></p><p>You will take internal productivity projects through execution and business adoption and will create project plans, facilitate a project team through the TMO project process, and ensure project execution.  You must create BU/region targets and align the targets with P&L leaders prior to AOP. Therefore, ideally you will have the capability to develop the project assumptions, build a multi-year business case, and understand the value by BU and region.  As well as gaining alignment from the senior leaders prior to executing the project.  (All projects will have an AOP impact).</p><p></p><p>As Senior Business Analyst you be responsible for operating at a high operational tempo, leading company governance processes, and presenting results to executives monthly.  This role will sunset after the digital projects are complete.</p><p></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><ul><li>Capability to organize and run projects<ul><li>Project management- ability to run 2-3 projects simultaneously, in accordance with the TMO standard operating procedure.</li><li>Ability to oversee cross functional project teams that design and execute productivity initiatives.</li><li>Capability to articulate a project handoff before a project starts</li><li>Capability to articulate and align roles and responsibilities at the project launch</li><li>Capability to lead a team to build crisp problem statements and iterate them with project sponsors 2-3 times in gate reviews.</li><li>Create artifacts including: 1) project charters, 2) project workplans, 3) scoping, 4) scorecards, 5) action item lists and holding people accountable, 6) project prenups (plan the project exit before you start a project)</li></ul></li><li>Build project business case and articulate assumptions to senior leaders<ul><li>Generate hypotheses for potential projects, quickly test them, and scale successful initiatives.</li><li>Generate targets and transparently share variance reporting (actuals vs target) for FP&A to place in AOP</li><li>Align targets with P&L leaders prior to AOP</li></ul></li><li>Establish governance and executive report outs.<ul><li>Run the TMO gate review process</li><li>Prepare gating artifacts and templates for the project team</li><li>Prep project team to present at gate review</li><li>Work with HUB and FP&A to track project results</li></ul></li><li>Capability to build a change management structure and steer the structure through a change management process</li></ul><p></p><p>Qualifications:</p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree</li><li>Seller experience preferred</li><li>Process improvement experience and productivity experience preferred</li><li>Strong organizational and interpersonal skills</li><li>Ability to collaborate effectively</li><li>Critical thinking skills<ul><li>Ability to break down complex problems into discrete small projects</li><li>Ability to scope projects in small and achievable buckets.</li><li>Ability to generate hypotheses and test them rapidly and transition if the hypotheses are rejected.</li><li>Ability to prioritize on the vital few of a project and avoid ‘boiling the ocean.’</li><li>Mental agility- ability to flex and change courses quickly, as situations change.</li></ul></li><li>Organization: Time stewardship and meeting management<ul><li>Ability to organize meetings and be a steward of project team time.</li><li>Create meeting agendas before the meeting.</li><li>Build prework and have team members come prepared for meetings.</li><li>Build a meeting strategy where the project team is talking instead of the project manager</li><li>Build a process each meeting updates action item list- specific action, one owner (not a team) and a deadline</li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p>We understand that candidates will not meet every single desired <u>qualification</u>.  If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.</p><p></p><p><i>At Solenis, we understand that our greatest asset is our people. That is why we offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits which include medical, dental, vision & 401K, and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. So, if you are interested in working for a world-class company and enjoy solving complex challenges, whether in the lab or the field, consider joining our team.</i></p><p><i> </i></p><p><i>Solenis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer, including Minorities / Women/ Veterans / <span><span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">Disabled.  All</span></span></span> qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.</i></p><p><span> </span></p><p><span><i>Should you require assistance in applying to this opportunity, please reach out to Solenis Talent Acquisition at <a href="mailto:talentacquisition@solenis.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span><span><span style="overflow-wrap: break-word; display: inline; text-decoration: inherit; hyphens: auto;">talentacquisition@solenis.com</span></span></span></a></i></span></p><p></p>The expected compensation range for this position is between $123,690.00 and $181,412.00 plus discretionary bonuses. The exact compensation may vary based on your skills, experience and other factors permitted by law.

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