Business Analyst - Shipping & Logistics

Kumaran Systems

Website: kumaran.com
Job details:

Job Title: Business Analyst – Shipping & Logistics

About Kumaran Systems

Kumaran Systems is a global technology solutions provider delivering innovative IT services and digital transformation solutions to clients worldwide. We foster a collaborative, growth-driven work culture and offer employees opportunities to work on global assignments, enabling both professional and personal development.

Role Overview

We are looking for a detail-oriented Business Analyst with 4 – 8 years of experience, preferably in Shipping Management Platforms and logistics/supply chain solutions. The candidate will play a key role in gathering, analysing, and validating business requirements while ensuring alignment with project deliverables.This role requires strong analytical thinking, stakeholder communication, and hands-on experience with Agile practices and tools like JIRA.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a strong understanding of existing systems and business processes
• Elicit, analyse, and document business requirements and prepare System Requirement Specifications (SRS)
• Ensure requirements are clear, complete, and aligned with business objectives
• Validate project deliverables against business requirements before demos
• Participate in backlog grooming, sprint planning, estimations, and requirement discussions
• Support defect analysis and assist in managing Change Requests
• Collaborate with stakeholders and internal teams to clarify functional queries
• Create and manage User Stories in JIRA, including story points and sub-tasks
• Track daily progress, updates, and blockers in JIRA
• Share regular updates on progress, risks, and action items with stakeholders

Required Skills & Experience

• 4 – 8years of experience as a Business Analyst
• Prior experience in Shipping Management Platforms or logistics/supply chain domain
• Strong skills in requirement elicitation, analysis, and documentation
• Experience in validating business requirements against deliverables
• Hands-on experience with JIRA for user stories and tracking
• Good stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams
• Strong ownership mindset with attention to detail

Preferred Skills

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Basic understanding of defect management and change request handling
• Exposure to end-to-end SDLC processes

Additional Tools & Technologies

• Project Management: JIRA, Confluence
• Documentation: MS Word, Excel
• Methodologies: Agile / Scrum

Relevant Experience Preferred

• Experience in logistics, shipping, or supply chain projects
• Exposure to client-facing roles
• Experience working in IT services/product environments

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, Engineering, or a related field

Interested candidates kindly share your resume to sagana.sannasiperumal@kumaran.com

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