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Business System Analyst Retail Technology

Job Description

Who we are?

lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic

pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products

and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our

success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible

connections we make in every community we're in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change

to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and

growth-focused environment for our people.

About this team

This role is on Global POS team in the lululemon technology organization. This team is responsible for

managing and developing new features and enhancements on Oracle Xstore POS Software. This

Business System Analyst position is technical, bridging the gap between business needs and technical

solutions and involved with projects from inception through implementation. We are seeking a highly

skilled and experienced Technical Business Analyst to join our team. The successful candidate will be

responsible for analyzing business processes, identifying technical solutions, and bridging the gap

between business needs and technology solutions. This role involves working closely with stakeholders,

development teams, and IT departments to ensure the successful implementation and optimization of

retail systems.

Our team is fast-paced and taking on exciting new initiatives to support a fast-growing business. We

strive to adopt leading-edge technology and seek to improve on the solutions continuously. We are not

afraid to try new things, have fun, and encourage each other to take on new challenges. We support

each other in growing professionally and personally. We fail forward and learn from our mistakes, thus

creating a better path ahead. We create space for team members to share feedback and ideas that can

help us continually grow as an organization.

We operate following the agile framework and leverage multiple product teams across our various

functions. We encourage our teams to form and figure out the best way to deliver critical business

initiatives. We institute a culture of fun and lightheartedness to enjoy work each day. We are inclusive

and know that we are stronger as a team than as an individual.

Experience and Skillset:

Business and functional requirement gathering for small medium complex scope; compiling

needs from multiple stakeholders into a single set of prioritized requirements.

Identify business processes, document their workflow in process maps which reflect the

relationship between the operating model and the technology platforms, and identify roles

within these processes.

Work with stakeholders to understand their business needs and challenges, assist in aligning

overall scope and sequencing recommendations with business stakeholders.

Include dependency management and architectural decisions in requirements. Engages with engineering team to design technical solutions that meet business requirements.

Oversee the implementation of technical solutions, ensuring they are delivered on time and

within budget.

Assists in testing and participates in test phases prior to UAT.

Updates technical specs based on testing, prioritized defects or post-release lessons learned

Analyze data to identify trends, insights, and opportunities for improvement.

Create and maintain reports to support business decision-making and provide actionable

recommendations.

Supports communication for application/system deployment

Works to ensure application availability and SLAs for operational readiness

Utilize or develop artifacts such as business requirements documentation, JIRA, and Confluence

to facilitate requirements alignment sessions, develop test scripts, and document requirements

for SOX auditing.

Evaluate current business processes, workflows, and roadmaps to have a comprehensive

understanding of current state and ideal future state.

Lead cross functional collaboration and drives to alignment with business partners within

constraints of the project or work.

Qualifications:

Senior Business System Analyst with over 5+ years of experience supporting IT projects within

an enterprise environment (1000+ employees). Ability to work with multiple cross-functional

teams in an agile environment.

2+ projects working as a BA on a POS solution end to end. Must have experience working with

gateways/processors. Payment experience is a must in order to understand the complexity of

the environment.

2+ projects (end to end) working with data integrations (APIs, files) - must demonstrate the

ability to analyze cross-functional flows and understand functional flows in SaaS applications.

Experience creating technical specifications and documentation for large, complex projects

Strong understanding of retail systems, including POS, inventory management, and e-commerce

platforms.

Experience with data analysis tools and technologies, such as SQL, Excel, and BI tools.

Knowledge of various project lifecycle methodologies, including Agile and Scrum.

Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automation, Container Management, Application

Performance Engineering, monitoring, alerting, AWS Services and Architecture

Ability to determine estimates of effort and impacts for a variety of solutions and influence

technical discussions and decisions

Strong organizational skills with the ability to track and prioritize numerous tasks and to

coordinate activities with a high sense of urgency

Demonstrable analytical and problem-solving skills.

Excellent presentation, verbal, written, interpersonal and listening skills

Strong interpersonal and leadership skills including collaboration, facilitation, and negotiation

Challenges the status quo, champions change and influences others to change.Must-haves:

Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for

their life

Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results

Communicates with honesty and kindness and creates the space for others to do the same

Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure

Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships

Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka does not take themselves too

seriously

NOTE: Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost

appreciation for your interest. lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment

decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual

orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability,

military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification

protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is

available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity

policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline,

transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily

responsible for seeing that lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you

share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.

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