Business Development Analyst

Jabil’s Florence, KY facilities are experiencing growth to support the manufacturing of servers. We are actively hiring to increase production. Please apply if you want to join a growing team!

Job Summary

Provide project management support cross-functionally within the Business Unit and customer teams and partners for assigned business unit.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform data aggregation and reporting activities in areas key to the success of the business unit, including but not limited to performance metrics.
• Participate in supporting new developments, initiatives and activities, and coordinate/communicate with several areas throughout the Business Unit (globally or regionally) on customer issues.
• Continually evaluate and clearly understand the current processes and tools to determine their ability to meet the department’s business needs.
• Manage daily operational activities', such as arrange meetings, publish meeting minutes, track project schedule, monitor key performance metrics.
• Create and manage project timelines and track tasks, deliverables, and timelines in a constantly changing environment.
• Formulate working rapport with internal and external (Suppliers and Contract Manufacturers) teams
• Manage communications and status updates in a professional, consistent, timely manner ensuring clarity and accuracy of the information.
• Analyze processes, identify areas of improvement and develop and execute actionable plans to close gaps.
• Determine bill of materials (BOM) risk analysis for sustaining programs including looking for second sources and then getting samples if the source is approved by the customer.
• Help to minimize delays due to time zone differences between US based engineering teams and overseas resources.
• Assist with the compilation of various reports and metrics.
• Attend staff and program meetings and provide feedback to team members.
• Support PM’s and project teams on value engineering (VE) activities.
• Maintain and track status of VE Programs.
• Provide monthly general status for Integrated Product Team (IPT) and manufacturing operations.
• Perform ROI analysis and initiate data entry through applicable tool data bases.
• Coordinate action plans with applicable business unit and product operations
• Coordinate mini projects for part qualifications and provide timely feedback to the customer.
• Provide status of the qualification to vendor and act the central person between applicable customer and the CM.
• Manage last time buy (LTB) process phases such as part number verification, where used, replacement parts, work around, verification with customer and the BU.
• Write deviations and/or coordinate rework for mini projects.
• Work closely with commodity management to coordinate lead free builds.
• Manage samples and coordinate with supplier the delivery schedules.
• Understand standardized departmental functions, processes, procedures, and systems.
• Adhere to all safety and health rules and regulations associated with this position and as directed by supervisor.
• Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
  
  

Job Qualifications

KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• Strong problem solving, negotiation, and people skills are a must. Strong analytic, project management and applied statistical skills.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to operate a personal computer including using a Windows based operating system and related software.
• Advanced PC skills, with emphasis on spreadsheets and ERP/MRP, including training and knowledge of Jabil’s software packages.
• Ability to write simple correspondence. Read and understand visual aid.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
  
  

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