Salesforce Business Analyst Job Listing at Penske in Reading, PA (Job ID 2402845)

Description

Position Summary:

This position will maintain the Salesforce.com system for the Logistics team (the Customer Relationship Management system utilized by the company). This includes consolidating requirements from sales, leadership, and partner organizations to properly configure the system. This position will also analyze data from the system and other systems of record to provide leadership with information needed to make strategic decisions.

Major Responsibilities:

• Provide Salesforce system administration support for Logistics

• Work closely with cross functional teams to understand business processes, goals and gaps to implement solutions (e.g. automating and improving workflows, custom reporting, etc.) that address business needs

• Provide end user support for Salesforce for Logistics, including responding to questions, system errors, system monitoring, and troubleshooting

• Develop system strategies and implement enhancements while working with departments and third-party vendors to meet business needs.

• Manage the implementation, testing, and documentation of all new processes and applications

• Support workflow configurations and enhancements to support process changes

• Ensure the proper planning, coordination, and implementation of new programs and enhancements

• Develop custom reports and dashboards

• Maintain knowledge of Salesforce and other system developments through participation in user group activities, knowledge exchange, and other related activities

• Review Salesforce release documentation to fully understand new capabilities and perform testing in sandbox environment to ensure current functionality continues to work properly

• Identify risks and opportunities for the implementation of any new functionality and integrations with other systems

• Maintain a repository for integration technical specification documents and other workflow documentation for new and existing integrations

• Other projects and tasks as assigned by manager

Qualifications:

• 2 – 5 years of experience with Salesforce and other business systems such as CRM, marketing automation and account management

• Bachelor's degree preferred

• Database management, specifically relational database expertise

• Project Management experience and/or certifications preferred

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams

• Strong problem-solving skills including identification of root causes and plans for resolution

• Strong time management, organizational and follow-up skills

• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present project information to customers and all levels of management

• Strong analytical skills: can understand complex data relationships and system technical requirements and also explain these things simply to others

• Creative problem-solving skills and the ability to learn quickly

• Advanced level proficiency with MS Office, specifically including Access, Excel and PowerPoint

• Advanced in report writing, joining data & pivot tables • Knowledge of queries (SQL a plus)

• Knowledge of programming languages a plus

• Experience in documenting business process

• Experience developing process improvement initiatives

• Quality experience such as Lean, Six Sigma, CAP

• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.

• Willingness to work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.

Physical Requirements:

• The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Category: Sales/Business Development/Sales Management

Job Family: Information Technology

Address: 100 Kachel Boulevard

Primary Location: US-PA-Reading

Employer: Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P.

Req ID: 2402845