Introduction
As an IBM Application Architect, you directly help clients transform their business and solve complex problems. You will define the scope and vision for projects that deliver customized solutions using your knowledge of IBM platforms. You are a technical leader, serving as a liaison among business partners, technical resources, and project stakeholders.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Application Consultant – Business Functions work directly with our clients on key initiatives. You will have the opportunity to build an in-depth understanding of their business issues and implement organizational strategies that drive adoption of change. We are looking for experts who can build credibility and trust with our clients and provide knowledge that addresses individual and unique business needs. You will help your clients understand digital and cloud technologies and the impact that those technologies can have on traditional business processes.

In this role, you will:

• Communicate with client on business requirement analysis and definition, including business process and specific directions and rules.
• Gather client’s business processes, functional requirements and workflows, and create requirement documents
• Manage and track changes to system requirements throughout the development, testing and maintenance life cycle, maintaining accurate documentation at all times
• Review and edit requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solution
• Develop functional specifications and system design specifications for clients
• Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze trade-offs between usability and performance needs
• Maintain continuous communication with client and developers throughout project lifecycle to ensure final product meets requirements and expected outcomes of the client
• Challenge users, business analysts and others to achieve appropriate and desired solution for the business

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Bachelor degree or above in Engineering, Information Technology, Business or other related fields
• At least 4+ years or above Business Analyst or System Analyst working experience in retail industry
• Consulting skills, ability to work directly with clients
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in Unified Modeling Language, ER model and SQL.
• Fluent in Chinese reading, listening, writing, and speaking/fluent in English reading and writing

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Strong knowledge and project experience in retail system
• Be skilled in value chain and lifecycle of retail industry will be a plus
• Experience in mainstream application framework, open source packages
• Actual participating in agile project environment, especially Scrum process
• Working level in English speaking