KeHE Distributors

Sr Analyst, Business

KeHE Distributors • $95K — $140K *
Naperville, IL 60540In-Person
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, information technology, or related field.
  • Minimum five years of relevant experience in product management, business analysis, or a similar role.
  • Experience with Product, Project, or Agile methodologies, along with tools such as Jira.
  • Strong ability to lead requirements discovery and translate business needs into clear specifications.
  • Deep understanding of business process analysis and improvement techniques.

Responsibilities

  • Lead complex requirements discovery by collaborating with stakeholders and teams to define actionable requirements.
  • Own and ensure the quality of backlog and requirements for major initiatives, including user stories and functional requirements.
  • Analyze and redesign business processes to enhance efficiency and automate improvements.
  • Serve as the main liaison between business and technology teams, facilitating workshops and aligning priorities.
  • Support solution validation and measure business value to ensure delivered solutions meet needs.
  • Mentor and guide other analysts, promoting best practices in requirements management.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance from Day 1
  • Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
  • Supplemental life insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Paid time off and sick time
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage
  • Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
  • Paid holiday for company-designated holidays.
Full Job Description
  • Full-time
  • Pay Range: $95,700.00/Yr. - $140,239.00/Yr.
  • Shift Days: , Shift Time:
  • Benefits on Day 1
    • Health/Rx
    • Dental
    • Vision
    • Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
    • Supplemental life insurance
    • 401(k)
    • Paid time off
    • Paid sick time
    • Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
    • Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
    • Holiday pay for company designated holidays

    Overview
    At KeHE, we're obsessed with creating solutions, unboxing potential, and serving others - and it all starts with you. As an employee-owned distributor of natural and organic, specialty, and fresh products, we're committed to making a positive impact and scaling our success together. With a culture that fosters development and opportunity, you'll be embarking on a career that's moving forward. When you join KeHE, you're becoming part of a team that is a force for good.
    Primary Responsibilities
    The Senior Business Analyst operates as a strategic-level individual contributor who leads complex requirement definition, cross-functional stakeholder alignment, and business process transformation initiatives.
    The Senior BA influences product strategy, drives structured decision-making, and ensures that engineering delivery aligns with measurable business outcomes. This role extends beyond documentation into enterprise-level impact.
    Essential Functions
    DUTIES, TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
    • Lead complex requirements discovery and solution analysis by working closely with business stakeholders, product teams, and technology teams to define clear, actionable requirements that support strategic initiatives and product development.
    • Own backlog and requirements quality for major initiatives, ensuring user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements are well defined, prioritized, and aligned with business outcomes.
    • Analyze and redesign business processes to identify opportunities for efficiency, automation, and improved business performance, translating process insights into solution recommendations.
    • Serve as the primary liaison between business and technology teams, facilitating workshops, aligning stakeholders, and ensuring shared understanding of requirements, priorities, and solution designs.
    • Support solution validation and outcome realization, ensuring delivered solutions meet business needs through testing coordination, requirement validation, and measurement of business value.
    • Mentor and guide Business Analysts and Associate Business Analysts, promoting best practices in requirements management, stakeholder engagement, and analytical approaches.

    Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude
    SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:
    • Strong ability to lead requirements discovery, structure complex requirements, and translate business needs into clear functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria that enable effective solution delivery.
    • Deep understanding of business process analysis and improvement techniques, with the ability to identify inefficiencies, recommend solutions, and translate business problems into technology-enabled capabilities.
    • Ability to lead workshops, facilitate discussions, and build alignment among business stakeholders, product teams, and technology teams while managing competing priorities.
    • Strong understanding of the organization's business operations, systems, and data, enabling the ability to anticipate business needs and provide informed recommendations.
    • Ability to analyze complex data, identify patterns and root causes, and support data-driven decision-making across initiatives.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex business and technical concepts into clear insights for stakeholders and leadership.

    EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
    • Bachelor's degree in business, information technology, or related field.
    • At least five years of relevant experience in product management, business analysis, or related roles.
    • Experience and/or certification with Product, Project or Agile methodologies and Jira or similar tools.

    PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
    • These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

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About KeHE Distributors

KeHE Distributors is a food distribution company that provides natural and organic, specialty and fresh products to grocery and natural food stores. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois. KeHE Distributors has over 16,000 products and serves over 30,000 customers.
Learn more about KeHE Distributors
Size
5,000 employees
Industry
Food & Beverages
Founded
1952
* Ladders Estimates

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