Business Analyst - Retail, SAP Decoupling Program

Business Analyst - Retail, SAP Decoupling Program

The location of the role is Paddington, London (hybrid working).
The duration of the contract is 3 months initially.
The pay rate on offer is £600 - £750 per day (inside IR35, via Umbrella agency).

Role Purpose

The Business Analyst will play a critical role in supporting the restart phase of our Decoupling initiative. This role will focus ensuring clarity on scope, solution, and outcomes, and helping manage the relationship with Fashion, Clothing & Beauty (FH&B) alongside the FH&B Business Partner. The BA will act as a bridge between business stakeholders and delivery teams, ensuring alignment on key decisions, roadmap priorities, and governance processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Key Business Decisions
  • Facilitate workshops and discussions to confirm scope, solution assumptions, and target state architecture for FH&B.
  • Document and track Key Design Decisions (KDDs) impacting FH&B and cross-programme alignment.
  • Ensure traceability of ECC scope (capabilities, interfaces, data) to FH&B business outcomes and portfolios.
  • Keep alignment with Enterprise Architecture team, raising design decisions into the right forums
• Stakeholder Engagement & Relationship Management
  • Work closely with FH&B Business Partner to manage engagement with FH&B leadership and operational teams.
  • Consolidate decision logs and highlight open decisions requiring FH&B input.
  • Support alignment on business outcomes and priorities for FH&B within the Decoupling roadmap.
• Analysis & Documentation
  • Validate ECC functional and technical scope relevant to FH&B.
• Roadmap & Resource Planning
  • Support development of high-level sequencing and roadmap for FH&B decoupling activities.
  • Contribute to resource planning by identifying FH&B SME requirements and dependencies.
• Governance & Reporting
  • Provide input into governance forums, ensuring FH&B considerations are represented.
  • Prepare status updates, decision summaries, and risk/issue logs for FH&B-related activities.

Skills & Experience

• Retail industry experience strongly preferred
• Strong experience as a Business Analyst in large-scale ERP or data transformation programmes.
• Knowledge of SAP ECC and S/4HANA environments, with understanding of decoupling and master data principles.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, particularly with senior business leaders.
• Ability to document complex decisions, processes, and architectures clearly.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Familiarity with governance processes and programme delivery frameworks.

Desirable

• Experience in Fashion, Home & Beauty (FH&B) or retail domain.
• Understanding of Master Data Management (MDM) strategies and tools.
• Exposure to federated delivery models and cross-programme alignment.