Business Systems Analyst Manufacturing UK – ERP, MES & Process Improvement (Onsite Birmingham)
Additional Benefits
Subsidised canteen / Free onsite parking / Professional development days
Region
West Midlands
Business Systems Analyst Manufacturing UK – ERP, MES & Process Improvement (Onsite Birmingham)
Location: Birmingham (Onsite) – manufacturing site-based role (with occasional flexibility for WFH by exception)
Bonus: Company Wide
Holiday: 25 days + bank holidays (option to buy/sell, policy dependent)
Healthcare: health cash plan + discounted private medical options
Extras: subsidised canteen, free onsite parking, training budget, paid professional development days
The Opportunity
Interface Recruitment is recruiting a Business Systems Analyst Manufacturing UK for a Midlands-based automotive components manufacturer in Birmingham. This is an onsite role at the heart of a fast-paced production environment—supporting the systems that run the factory: ERP, MES, shop-floor data capture, quality workflows, and supply chain integrations.
You’ll be the link between operations and IT—translating manufacturing requirements into system changes, improving end-to-end processes, and ensuring data integrity across production, inventory, and finance. If you enjoy being close to the plant, working with engineers and planners, and delivering practical improvements that reduce waste and improve throughput, this role is a strong fit.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll own business analysis and functional delivery across core manufacturing systems.
Key responsibilities
Act as the onsite systems partner for production, planning, quality and logistics teams—owning requirements from discovery to delivery.
Support and enhance ERP workflows across Procure-to-Pay, Inventory, Production Orders, MRP, and Order-to-Cash.
Work with manufacturing teams on MES and shop-floor integration: work order reporting, labour/machine time capture, scrap/rework, traceability and QA holds.
Lead requirements workshops: process mapping, swim-lanes, gap analysis, user stories and acceptance criteria.
Own functional testing: SIT, UAT, regression planning, defect triage, cutover readiness and hypercare support.
Manage integrations and data flows: barcode scanning, label printing, EDI, SFTP file feeds, API-based interfaces—ensuring reconciliation and auditability.
Improve reporting and operational visibility: KPI definitions, dashboards, extracts, and data quality checks (working closely with data/BI teams).
Drive continuous improvement: simplify workflows, reduce manual steps, improve controls, and support lean manufacturing initiatives.
Maintain documentation: SOPs, process maps, training materials, runbooks, and change records aligned to governance needs.
Systems & technology environment
You’ll work across a connected production systems landscape.
ERP (e.g. IFS, Infor, Dynamics 365, SAP, Oracle, or similar)
MES (manufacturing execution), production reporting and traceability tooling
Shop-floor data capture: terminals, scanners, PLC data feeds (interface awareness)
Warehouse tech: handheld scanning, WMS interfaces, inventory transactions
Integrations: EDI, REST APIs, XML/JSON, flat-file interfaces, SFTP, scheduling tools
Useful tools & methods
Ticketing/ITSM: ServiceNow / Jira Service Management (or similar)
Process methods: Lean, Six Sigma awareness, continuous improvement mind-set
What we’re looking for
Proven experience as a Business Systems Analyst in Manufacturing UK (or equivalent business applications role in a plant environment)
Strong understanding of manufacturing processes: production orders, BOM/routings, WIP, scrap/rework, traceability, inventory control
ERP functional experience across at least two areas: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Inventory, Planning/MRP, Finance touchpoints
Strong UAT ownership: test scripts, defect triage, stakeholder sign-off and release readiness
Integration awareness: EDI, file feeds, APIs, reconciliations and exception handling
Excellent stakeholder communication—comfortable on the shop floor and in meetings
Highly desirable
Experience with automotive manufacturing concepts: PPAP, APQP, IATF 16949 awareness (or similar quality frameworks)
MES/traceability experience in regulated or high-volume environments
Comfort working with data: master data governance, item/part setup, routings/BOM accuracy, access controls
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