Business Analyst, II

A Business Analyst (BA) is a specialized role within procurement that plays a pivotal role at Zebra by acting as a bridge between internal business partners and external manufacturing partners. They help set and execute on quarter cost and are vital in understanding the financial impacts and drivers of those costs.

• Partnering with internal procurement stakeholders and external tier 1 manufacturers, oversee and manage the costed Bill of Materials (BOM) pricing cadence, ensuring timely updates, accuracy, and alignment with cost targets.
• Create, monitor, and report on key pricing metrics, providing actionable insights to support strategic decision-making. Proposes resolutions for issues of limited scope to more senior level analysts/supervisor and escalates complex issues to supervisor or senior staff for resolution.
• May be responsible for BOM data governance, focusing on the accuracy, quality, and consistency of BOM across assigned areas of responsibility to support manufacturing and supply chain.
• Identifies and interprets trends, patterns, and anomalies in BOM datasets to locate potential discrepancies, variances, or influences, ensuring the data's usefulness in procurement reporting data sets.
• Support internal Finance and Procurement teams in delivering actionable insights on financial performance and opportunities to improve.
• Experience in advanced data analytics, cleaning, and transformation; required (Excel, Power BI) preferred (Alteryx, SQL, Python, R, Google Cloud Platform).
• Experience with Agile PLM or similar Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems is preferred.

• Bachelor's degree.
• 2-5 years experience.
• Can synthesize complex data into themes, stories, and recommendations.
• Intermediate systems knowledge in assigned functional area.
• Microsoft Excel - intermediate skills.
• Can present data in a visually compelling format to help business stakeholders understand the issues, possibilities, and recommendations.
• Microsoft PowerPoint - intermediate.
• Presentation skills - intermediate skills required. Some formal training in public speaking/presentation skills preferred.