Drives Product Analyst

Yaskawa Drives & Motion; Waukegan (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division is seeking a Drives Product Analyst to lead the development and management of inverter part product lines, improving processes and supporting revenue growth for the Drives Aftermarket group.

The role requires forecasting, demand planning, and strong customer service experience, with collaboration across Product Management, Sales, and Operations to ensure availability, pricing, and stock optimization.

Qualifications

• Degree in business, marketing, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years experience of forecasting, demand planning, or other supply-chain related experience.
• Minimum four years experience in customer service operations.
• Strong statistical, analytical, and organizational skills required.
• Excellent communication, written and presentation skills required.
• Experience in SAP R/3 and CRM business systems.
• Experience in using good judgment, diplomacy, and tact to negotiate with others at various levels within the organization, and the ability to build strong and long-term relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to work independently, to initiate and manage projects, and drive them to completion.
• Excellent PC skills including spreadsheets, database management, word processing, presentations, and forecasting software.
• Advanced understanding of Yaskawa Aftermarket business processes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, management, and continuous improvement of the inverter part product lines.
• Support all of the strategic and tactical plans to assist in increasing revenue for the Drives Aftermarket group for both low voltage and medium voltage product lines by working with Product Management to ensure component parts are available, and recommend alternates, maintain part pricing and stock levels and adjust as needed while understanding vendor lead times.
• You will partner with sales to gain competitor parts pricing as well as update reports for inverter parts, minimize the Excess and Obsolete inventory and recommend parts be scrapped where needed.

Skills

Forecasting & demand planning

Customer service

Analytical skills

Communication & presentation

Project management

Vendor relations

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/marketing or related field

Tools

SAP R/3

CRM systems

Excel

Job description

Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division is a global leader in variable speed drives, motion controls and robotics. We look to hire people who value a positive work culture, want to be part of a winning team, and have a desire to learn and grow. Yaskawa's culture of continuous improvement values hiring individuals that are looking for the opportunity to stretch their current talents and skills to the next level and beyond.

As aDrives Product Analyst you will lead the development, management, and continuous improvement of the inverter part product lines. Support all of the strategic and tactical plans to assist in increasing revenue for the Drives Aftermarket group for both low voltage and medium voltage product lines by working with Product Management to ensure component parts are available, and recommend alternates, maintain part pricing and stock levels and adjust as needed while understanding vendor lead times. You will partner with sales to gain competitor parts pricing as well as update reports for inverter parts, minimize the Excess and Obsolete inventory and recommend parts be scrapped where needed.

Qualifications:

• Degree in business, marketing, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years experience of forecasting, demand planning, or other supply-chain related experience.
• Minimum four years experience in customer service operations.
• Strong statistical, analytical, and organizational skills required.
• Excellent communication, written and presentation skills required.
• Experience in SAP R/3 and CRM business systems.
• Experience in using good judgment, diplomacy, and tact to negotiate with others at various levels within the organization, and the ability to build strong and long-term relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to work independently, to initiate and manage projects, and drive them to completion.
• Excellent PC skills including spreadsheets, database management, word processing, presentations, and forecasting software.
• Advanced understanding of Yaskawa Aftermarket business processes preferred.

Some key advantages of working at Yaskawa include: career opportunities in diverse areas, a highly competitive benefit package, including a generous 401(K) plan, profit sharing, corporate wide bonus plan and educational assistance program offering up to $10,000 a year for graduate courses. Additionalinformation regarding the benefit package can be found at the following link.

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