Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is a world-famous brand with offices across the globe. Within Fender Musical Instruments Corporation’s ("FMIC") Product Information Management team supporting the Precisely® EnterWorks® product information management system. The Business Application Analyst reports to the PIM Team Lead.
An American icon, Fender was born in Southern California and has built a worldwide influence extending beyond the studio and the stage. A Fender is more than an instrument, it’s a cultural symbol that resonates globally.
We are searching for a Business Application Analyst II. This position will contain all responsibilities of the Business Application Analyst I but with additional responsibilities including the administration of one or more repositories in the EnterWorks environment.
Essential Functions:
Administration and Quality Assurance:
- Make decisions on how best to route the flow of data through one or more repositories with extensive documentation on how to best use and serve repository information.
- Determine how the flow of information is disseminated throughout the company and external stakeholders. Continue to refine best practice workflow for product information data entry.
- Prepare and control the launch of product data on FMIC web sites. Reconcile discrepancies to maintain quality of product information.
- Establish and maintain communication with all PIM power users to provide support and derive improvements based on user experience.
Support/Training:
- Support and provide training to junior team members and business stakeholders for managing product data in the EnterWorks system.
- Training on desktop publishing capabilities utilizing Adobe InDesign.
- Develop/maintain business rules in EnterWorks system.
- Develop new functionality to expand the use of the EnterWorks system to other departments of FMIC and training of those new users.
System Maintenance
- Maintain the functionality of the EnterWorks system using server-based maintenance within the AWS framework.
- Monitor all system processes and author fully or semi-automated processes and troubleshoot remediation steps.
- Creation and administration of code sets, taxonomies, and hierarchies
Qualifications:
- Extensive knowledge of all FMIC branded product lines to satisfy quality assurance goals and
- Prior experience with product information management systems is required (Precisely® EnterWorks® preferred) – data consolidation, workflows and data syndication.
- Prior experience with relational databases and MDM best practices.
- Self-motivated leader with strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a drive to learn new skills and technologies.
- Possess and demonstrate working knowledge of Excel and Adobe Creative Cloud (Photoshop and InDesign). Experience with project management tools like JIRA or Trello are a plus
- Experience with digital asset management systems is necessary.
- Knowledge of SQL is necessary. Python and Java knowledge are a plus.
About Fender Musical Instruments:
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is one of the world’s leading musical instrument manufacturers, marketers and distributors, whose portfolio of brands includes Fender®, Squier®, Gretsch®, Jackson®, EVH®, Charvel® and Groove Tubes®, among others. For more information, visit www.fender.com. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.
