IT Business Analyst - Global Trade Systems

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Medtronic is working to improve how healthcare addresses the needs of more people, in more ways and in more places around the world. As one company, we can accelerate and advance our ability to create meaningful innovations - but we will only succeed with the right people on our team. This is the ideal opportunity to join us and be part of our commitment to the health of others.
The Global Operations and Supply Chain Value stream is accountable for the plan, build and run activities for all applications from the Global Operations and Supply Chain stakeholders. The Global IT Deliver team is part of the Global Operations and Supply Chain value stream and is accountable for the Warehousing, Transportation, Dangerous Goods and Trade Compliance systems.
We are seeking a mid-level experienced IT Business Analyst to join our team with a primary focus on design and configuration of our EMEA trade compliance applications, mainly focused on SAP GTS (Global Trade Systems). The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SAP GTS configuration and design, with a good understanding of European and Dutch customs regulations.
For this role, we prefer you to be based in Prague for the hybrid work (2 days a week in the office), but we are also open to fully remote working within Czech Republic. Medtronic does not cover the cost of relocation to Prague, Czech Republic.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Consult with business stakeholders to understand and evaluate current business processes and turning those into system requirements.
  • Provide technical expertise for system functional specifications and support development teams during implementation phase with testing and quality documentation.
  • Deploy new and current systems, processes, and procedures in a cost-effective manner.
  • Configure system settings, plan, and execute unit, system and integration tests and lead cross-functional linked teams to address business or systems issues for SAP GTS
  • Stay current with industry trends on customs, trade compliance and emerging technologies and assess their potential impact on the company's IT and business processes.

Required Knowledge and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field. Master's degree preferred.
• 2-5 years’ experience as an IT Business Analyst or SAP consultant, with a preferred focus on trade compliance applications.
• In-depth knowledge of industry best practices and terminology related to distribution, transportation, and trade compliance.
• Understanding of IT change processes and/or SAP solution delivery processes.
• General understanding of supply chain processes.
• Excellent communication in English as well as collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with global cross-functional teams and business stakeholders.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant or adjacent experience required.

Experience with SAP Certifications on GTS (Global Trade Services) or other SAP systems such as SAP S4HANA for GTS are highly preferred in this role.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 90,000+ passionate people.
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here