Drives Product Analyst

Yaskawa America, Inc. - Drives & Motion Division • Waukegan, IL

4d • $85,800 - $133,000

About The Position

The Drives Product Analyst leads the development, management, and continuous improvement of inverter parts product lines. The role supports strategic and tactical plans to increase revenue for the Drives Aftermarket group across low-voltage and medium-voltage product lines. Working with Product Management, the analyst helps ensure component parts are available, recommends alternatives, maintains part pricing and stock levels, and makes adjustments while accounting for vendor lead times. The analyst also partners with Sales to obtain competitor parts pricing, updates inverter parts reports, reduces excess and obsolete inventory, and recommends parts for scrapping when needed.

Requirements

• Degree in business, marketing, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least five years of experience in forecasting, demand planning, or other supply-chain-related work.
• At least four years of experience in customer service operations.
• Strong statistical, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills.
• Experience with SAP R/3 and CRM business systems.
• Sound judgment, diplomacy, and tact in negotiations with people at various levels of the organization, and the ability to build strong, long-term relationships with internal and external customers.
• Ability to work independently, initiate and manage projects, and drive them to completion.
• Excellent PC skills, including spreadsheets, database management, word processing, presentations, and forecasting software.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced understanding of Yaskawa Aftermarket business processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, management, and continuous improvement of inverter parts product lines.
• Support strategic and tactical plans to increase revenue for the Drives Aftermarket group across low-voltage and medium-voltage product lines.
• Work with Product Management to ensure component parts are available and recommend alternate parts.
• Maintain part pricing and stock levels and adjust them as needed while considering vendor lead times.
• Partner with Sales to obtain competitor parts pricing.
• Update reports for inverter parts.
• Minimize excess and obsolete inventory and recommend parts for scrapping where needed.

Benefits

• Highly competitive benefit package
• Generous 401(K) plan
• Profit sharing
• Corporate-wide bonus plan
• Educational assistance program offering up to $10,000 a year for graduate courses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time