Test Analyst - SAP Procurement

Works independently taking full responsibility for a certain test area. Primary role in Quality Assurance in the areas of analysis and design, implementation and execution, in line with agreed plans and strategies.

To perform functional and non-functional testing for the implementation of:

• successful business solutions (new and changed applications / functionality),
• defect fixes,
• system enhancements,
• end-to-end, systems integration and regression testing,
• disaster recovery testing (this will be for changes to systems or business products) and fixes for incidents,
• non-functional testing such as performance-related and security-related testing.

This role identifies and defines the required test scenarios and/or test cases, coordinates the execution of testing inclusive of functional hand-over points, monitors detailed testing progress and results in each test cycle and evaluates the overall quality. The test analyst verifies and validates that the intended solution meets stated requirements, expected outcomes and specifications that guided its design and development, and that they work as expected.

Testing includes all integration to non-SAP external systems.

Job Scope functional areas

• SAP Retail: Purchasing and Materials Management
• JDA knowledge (Forecasting)
• JDA ASR and AWR modules
• BambooRose

Responsibilities

• Works on multiple phases of a project and/or multiple projects.
• Takes responsibility for a certain test area and conditions as well as results evaluation, problem resolution and planning.
• Selects appropriate standards, methods, tools and applications for project use.
• Reviews quality assurance plans, data, procedures, and scripts.
• Creates test cases independently and helps prepare for evaluations. Runs tests and retests as necessary, executing test scripts in area of accountability.
• Investigates defined issues with uncertain cause and solicits input in gathering data that help identify and differentiate the symptoms and root causes of defined problems
• Identifies test issues, reports risks and defines regression tests for current and future projects.
• Creates traceability records, from test cases back to requirements, reporting on system quality and collecting metrics on test cases.
• Works on quality assurance projects using available test frameworks and tools focusing on ontime and on-budget project goals.
• Maintains the status of projects and provides guidance to the work of junior team members, works across teams to achieve group goals.

Essential

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience
• ISTQB Foundation

Desirable

• Additional course or certification in Quality Assurance

Skills

• Good client-facing skills, experience in developing partnerships with the team and client and collaborating with others to exceed client expectations.
• Good problem solving skills, has experience in proposing different options and solutions for approaching and resolving issues.
• Excellent communication skills, adapts style accordingly and demonstrates an understanding of the audiences perspective. Uses discretion when dealing with sensitive information.
• Good people skills, with experience in supporting others in raising their performance and working out their development goals.
• Good self management. Can set and work to quantified goals and standards. Delivers by being aware of and considering the commercial impacts.
• Must be flexible, independent and self motivated

Experience

• General:
• Professional attitude, has developed a reputation as a trusted advisor.
• Adaptable and responds positively to changing business issues, sees change as an opportunity to improve performance.
• Technical:
• Integration testing experience with internal and external services and systems, such as:
• B2B, ASR, AWR, GTS, Trade Terms, TradeCloud, BambooRose, POS Retalix, POS DM (CAR), POS Integration Management (PIMS), Sales Central (Datarite), INFOR, WMS, SAP COR3 Retail Business Warehouse (BWRetail)
• Enterprise ETL and Data Quality Management (SAP Data Services)
• JDA Demand Forecasting
• Intermediate theoretical knowledge in quality assurance methodologies and has awareness of new and emerging technologies and developments.
• Has good applications/technology knowledge, building on specialist domain knowledge and has practical experience of testing tools and frameworks required to deliver.
• Good understanding of the software development process including analysis, design, coding, system and user testing, problem resolution and planning.
• Management:
• Experience in supporting team success and motivating others to keep morale and performance high.

• Budget:
• Ability to manage own expenses and adhere to the expense policy.
• No specific budget assigned.

Benefits

We are guided by shared values in all things we do: Courage, Excellence, Collaboration, Respect and Accountability

• Courage We are bold thinkers and doers, always ready to take on new challenges. We think of ourselves as entrepreneurs, matching creativity with vigilance
• Excellence We are united by a shared ambition: change the game, together. Continuous performance is both an objective and a mindset
• Collaboration Teamwork and emotional intelligence are what makes us stand out in a crowd. We stand shoulder to shoulder, with our clients and our peers, through good times and setbacks
• Respect We are a hive of different profiles, and we place a high value on openness and transparency. We show respect, always
• Accountability We are reliable. We celebrate our successes, we take responsibility and learn from our failures. This is why we protect our right to fail as an opportunity to bounce back and progress