Business Analyst

The Department of National Defence (DND) requires a Business Analyst to provide complex program analysis using DRMIS.

Initial duration of engagement: 5 months
Optional renewal periods: 4 x 1 year
Level of effort:
Initially: 123 days
Option periods: 250 days per year

Location of work: 45 boul Sacré Coeur, Gatineau, Québec.

Mandatory requirements

• Must hold a valid Secret clearance

• 5+ years of experience, within last 10 years, as a warehouse manager responsible for the management and optimization of inventory including the following responsibilities:
  • Use space efficiently ensuring quality and budgetary targets are met;
  • Coordinate the use of automated and computerized systems;
  • Keep stock control systems up to date and inventory accuracy;
  • Plan future capacity requirements; and
  • Optimize exiting and future stock levels to meet customer requirements.
• 5+ years of experience, within the last 10 years, using SAP Enterprise Resource Planning Materiel Management module in at least 2 of the following tasks:
  • Material Requirements Planning (MRP) including planning and maintenance of multiple key External Material Groups planning object for the MRP run;
  • Forecast based planning;
  • Consumption based planning with automation;
  • Force Element (FE) planning and monitoring.
• 2+ years of experience, within the last 10 years, using the Materiel Management module of SAP as a primary job function to conduct:
  • Cost savings analysis of inventory; and
  • Usage and consumption-based planning with automation.

Rated requirements

• Further experience working with SAP Enterprise Resource Planning Materiel management Module: Ideally 8+ years.
• At least 2 years experience conducting cost savings analysis of inventory in the Materiel Management module in DMIS as a primary job function. Ideally 5+ years.
• Must have completed at least 4 of the following courses, ideally all 7:
  • EWM 100 Process in SAP External Warehouse Management;
  • EWM 110 Basic Customized SAP EWM;
  • EWM 120 Customizing Additional Topics in SAP S/4 HANA EWM;
  • EWM 130 Production integration with SAP EWM;
  • SCM 425 Consumption Base Planning and Forecasting in SAP S/4 HANA;
  • SCM 525 Consumption Based Planning and Forecasting; and
  • SCM 671 Availability Check (ATP).

General tasks

1. Conduct an end-to-end global analysis of the entire inventory of operational clothing and equipment in DRMIS;
2. Independently identify data anomalies;
3. When required and where possible, rectify data anomalies;
4. Identify items in the DND inventory that are considered to be at risk of not meeting the demands of the CAF;
5. Conduct detailed analytics, (on a priority basis), to identify specific periods in the one to five year horizon where key procurement activities are required;
6. Based on detail analytics, support procurement activities by making procurement recommendations which target deficient sizes/categories of personal clothing and equipment;
7. Recommend process improvements to ensure the integrity and completeness of DRMIS data;
8. Document processes to extract and analyze data including specific queries and reports used in the data analysis; and
9. Provide DRMIS Subject Matter Expertise to “users” in support of all DSSPM activities including the major clothing contracts for operational and non-operational clothing and equipment.