Business Analyst

Overview

The role of the Contract Business Analyst is crucial for guiding a major core systems modernisation programme within a logistics environment. The contractor will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand existing processes and drive the transition to a new SaaS platform. Their focus will be on harmonising requirements and ensuring the new system aligns with operational goals while effectively facilitating stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Lead discovery and analysis of operational domains to assess current-state processes and systems.
  • Elicit, define, and manage business requirements for process harmonisation and platform consolidation.
  • Facilitate workshops and stakeholder sessions to align teams on target outcomes and priorities.
  • Produce documentation including process maps, user journeys, use cases, and functional requirements.
  • Partner with product, engineering, architecture, and vendor teams to translate business needs into requirements.
  • Support evaluation of solution options, including gap analysis between current capabilities and proposed SaaS solutions.
  • Contribute to governance and ensure requirements are testable and aligned with programme goals.
  • Help stakeholders understand impacts to processes, roles, and workflows to support change readiness.

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a Business Analyst in logistics, transport, supply chain, or operational environments.
  • Strong understanding of operational processes in Freight and/or Express logistics.
  • Experience with core systems modernisation or platform consolidation programmes.
  • Exposure to SaaS implementations and working with third-party vendors.
  • Confident stakeholder management skills across business and technology teams.
  • Strong process modelling and requirements engineering capabilities.
  • Ability to identify opportunities to standardise and simplify processes.