Senior JD Edwards Business Systems Analyst
Post Holdings
Senior JD Edwards Business Systems Analyst
Post Holdings
CPG holding company pursuing acquisitions
Headquartered in Lakeville, Minn., Post Consumer Brands, a business unit of Post Holdings, Inc., is dedicated to providing people and their pets with delicious food choices for every taste and budget. The company's portfolio includes beloved brands such as Honey Bunches of Oats™, PEBBLES™, Grape-Nuts™ and Malt-O-Meal™ cereal and Peter Pan™ peanut butter, as well as Rachael Ray® Nutrish™, Kibbles 'n Bits™ and 9Lives™ dog and cat food. Post also provides private label solutions to customers in pet food, cereal, nut butters and granola. As a company committed to high standards of quality and to our values, we are driven by one idea: To make lives better by making delicious food accessible for all. For more information about our brands, visit www.postconsumerbrands.com and follow us on LinkedIn or Facebook for the latest news.
Post Consumer Brands corporate headquarters in Lakeville, Minnesota, is about 20 miles south of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Lakeville has all the benefits of smaller town living with access to everything a large metropolitan area has to offer. Join more than 400 team members collaborating on the two-building campus to help put breakfast on the tables of millions of consumers in North America.
Senior JDE Business Systems Analyst
Business Systems Analysts connect business needs with the technology that keeps our operations moving. In this senior role, you will join the IT Delivery team supporting JD Edwards EnterpriseOne and partner with business stakeholders, technical architects, developers, and other team members to improve service quality, simplify processes, and deliver practical solutions.
You will balance day-to-day production support with project work, including archiving, acquisition integrations, system integrations, process improvements, and planning for an upcoming JDE upgrade. Your work will help increase team capacity, resolve complex issues at the root cause, and shape the future of JDE at Post Consumer Brands.
Key Responsibilities
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand needs, lead requirements discussions, and recommend effective JDE designs and process changes.
• Support JD Edwards EnterpriseOne across a broad set of modules, including Finance, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Procurement, MRP, Inventory Management, Quality, Sales Order Management, Advanced Pricing, and Work Order Management.
• Document business requirements, current-state and future-state process flows, functional specifications, integration touchpoints, test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
• Configure JDE, create versions, set processing options, update menus, and develop prototypes that align technology with business objectives.
• Investigate and resolve complex production, system, and user issues by analyzing data, tracing dependencies, and identifying root causes.
• Write SQL queries, perform data extracts and analysis, and prepare test data to support debugging and troubleshooting.
• Perform unit and integration testing and help business partners translate requirements and use cases into clear test scenarios.
• Serve as a liaison between end users and development teams to ensure solutions are practical, reliable, and aligned with business goals.
• Review business processes and recommend improvements that strengthen efficiency, reliability, performance, and functionality.
• Contribute to JDE upgrade, migration, integration, archiving, and acquisition-related projects while managing priorities, timelines, status updates, and outcomes.
Why You’ll Love This Role
• Help shape the future of JDE at Post Consumer Brands through process improvements, stronger integrations, and future upgrade planning.
• Work across a wide range of JDE modules and business processes, giving you meaningful variety and enterprise-wide visibility.
• Balance hands-on problem solving with strategic project work, from production support to acquisition integrations and system modernization.
• Join a close-knit team where your expertise, recommendations, and ideas can make a visible impact.
• Experience big company opportunity with a small company attitude, backed by strong resources and a collaborative culture.
Location & Travel Requirements
• Lakeville, Minnesota candidates may work a hybrid schedule with an expected two to three days onsite each week.
• Approved remote candidates may be considered and should expect to travel to Lakeville a few times each year, plus additional travel as business needs require.
• Typical core working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time.
Required Qualifications
• 7 or more years of experience configuring and supporting JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.2.
• Broad JD Edwards experience with hands-on expertise across at least four JDE modules.
• Experience gathering business requirements and creating process maps, functional specifications, test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
• Proficiency writing database SQL queries and performing data extracts, spreadsheet lookups, and data analysis.
• Experience configuring JDE, including versions, processing options, menus, and prototypes.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex production issues, trace root causes, and coordinate practical resolutions.
• Experience performing unit and integration testing and supporting quality assurance activities.
• Ability to communicate clearly with business stakeholders, end users, developers, and other technical partners.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting more than four JDE modules, especially across finance, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, pricing, or order management.
• Experience with JDE Orchestrator, JDE security, or JDE upgrades.
• Consumer packaged goods experience.
• Experience supporting a Sarbanes-Oxley compliant environment.
• Experience with Oracle databases and the ability to read and understand code.
• Experience with mergers and acquisitions and integrating acquired businesses into existing IT systems.
Success in This Role
• You break down complex issues methodically, connect technical details to business impact, and move problems toward resolution.
• You build trusted relationships, facilitate productive conversations, and translate needs clearly across business and technical audiences.
• You manage competing production and project priorities with sound judgment, organization, and transparent communication.
• You are curious and adaptable when learning company-specific JDE customizations, processes, and connected systems.
• You look beyond the immediate request to recommend simpler, more sustainable solutions.
Ready to Make an Impact?
Bring your JDE expertise, problem-solving mindset, and collaborative approach to a role where you can improve today’s operations while helping build what comes next. Apply to help Post Consumer Brands make a visible difference across the business.
The pay range for this position is $106,019 - $156,909 per year.CPG holding company pursuing acquisitions
Post Holdings, Inc. is a consumer packaged goods holding company that grows its business mainly through acquisitions. It oversees a portfolio of food and beverage products, food processing, and pet care brands, built through strategic purchases such as Perfection Pet in 2023. The company’s products reach consumers across multiple segments by acquiring and integrating brands rather than developing everything in-house. The core way its products work is through a diversified brand portfolio under one corporate umbrella, allowing cross-brand distribution, scale, and operating efficiency rather than a single product line. Compared with peers, Post Holdings emphasizes growth through continuous acquisitions to broaden its footprint and diversify revenue streams across categories. Its stated goal is to expand its market position by acquiring, integrating, and growing brands in the consumer packaged goods space to create a larger and more diversified business.
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