ERP Business Analyst

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

As an ERP Systems Business Analyst, you will partner with the business, interface with multiple stakeholders, gather requirements, and provide a clear road map for all development projects while being responsible as site owner for all functional areas in regard to the business systems

Job Responsibilities

• Establishing ERP needs via business process analysis and consultation.
• Provide business guidance and strategy to leverage current ERP capabilities.
• Lead the business in proper ERP utilization, deployment and upgrades.
• Assess all requests for new projects, initiatives and enhancements to the ERP systems.
• Coordination of ERP related activities with Development Team.
• Coordinate testing to ensure quality of ERP upgrades, patches and/or enhancements.
• Ensure adherence to ERP change control process.
• Providing technical support and training of ERP end-users.
• Documenting ERP processes.
• Adhering to company policies and industry regulations.
• Keeping abreast of the latest ERP upgrades and offerings.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or 5+ years of equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in an ERP or related field in a large-scale manufacturing environment.
• A minimum of 3 years working with Microsoft SSRS and Relational databases using SQL (preferably Oracle).
• Experience working with Microsoft Excel and Access.
• Ability to effectively work with end users and business teams for requirements gathering, understanding customer needs, testing, etc.
• U.S. Person per ITAR regulations to comply with export compliance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Infor LN is desired.
• Great organizational and time management skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal, collaboration, and communication abilities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to be proactive and take initiative.
• Works independently with minimal guidance required.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• A background in business administration and/or project management.
• Strong business analysis background with a track record of delivering large, complex ERP projects.
• Experience working in an Aerospace and Defense environment.

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.

We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.

We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.