Market & Strategic Intelligence Analyst

Yazaki is a global leader in the research, development, and delivery of vehicle power and data solutions.

Yazaki works with virtually every major auto manufacturer globally, and we've strived to maintain strategic and stable growth throughout our 84-year history. Today, we're looking for energetic people with the potential to perform and the ability to strengthen - and thrive in - the positive work environment we pride ourselves on.

Location: Canton, MI, USA

What we are looking for:

Yazaki is looking for a Market & Strategic Intelligence Analyst to join our Corporate Planning team in Canton, MI. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a collaborative and action-driven environment making lasting impacts on the organization.

A Market and Strategic Intelligence (MSI) team member's main task is gathering and evaluating trends and providing actionable insights. Hence, as a member of MSI, the Market and Business Analyst has intimate knowledge of the automotive ecosystem, the prevailing trends affecting this industry, and the potential impact on business performance.

The ideal candidate will analyze past, present, and future trends in the automotive industry and, in conjunction with business units and function groups, determine their impact on Yazaki. To accomplish this, one of the key requirements is connecting with and building collaborative relationships with business units, core function groups, other associates, and the newly established “buhin” regional and global product management group to understand Yazaki's needs better. The ideal candidate will help define and achieve Yazaki's strategy by supporting the necessary actions.

What you will be doing:

• Support Business Units, Core Functions, and Product Managers in creating a strategy.
• Evaluate, analyze, and communicate findings continuously and maintain processes, including delivering monthly status reports to all appropriate parties.
• Collaborate with business units and core functions to evaluate customer commercial terms and conditions and develop optimal sales and operational responses to customer quote requests.
• Partner with stakeholders across business units (ex, sales, finance, engineering, security) to develop analyses and documentation collaboratively, communicating effectively and efficiently with production, managerial, and executive teams.
• Author and update internal documentation and formally initiate and deliver documentation.
• Maintain approved global and regional qualitative and quantitative data and information inputs on a timely schedule, including management of vendors.
• Develop meaningful and lasting relationships with clients and vendors.
• Respond to questions and concerns from managers and executives with supporting research and recommendations.
• Qualitatively and quantitatively analyze Yazaki’s standing against the competition and customer base, including financial structure and operating strategy.
• Support efforts to strengthen transparency with Yazaki HQ.

What you will bring to the table:

• Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred) in Business, Engineering or Electronics or related field
• Well-versed in the automotive chain, especially vehicle power, data distribution, and control
• Advantageous: Bilingual in Spanish or Japanese
• Strong knowledge of and/or experience with reporting packages such as MS Office and PowerBI, databases like SQL, and programming languages such as Python, R, XML, Javascript, ETL frameworks, etc., is a plus
• Process oriented, ability to meet deadlines, excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills, strong organizational skills, ability to think critically

What we can provide you:

• A collaborative learning environment that will help you reach your maximum potential
• A diverse team of experts
• Supportive leadership and team members to help you do your best work
• Opportunities to build your professional network
• An engaging and supportive work culture
• Competitive compensation and benefits package including incentive compensation, 401K match, tuition assistance and a generous holiday schedule

Yazaki North America is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, disability, handicap, veteran status, or other legally protected status or characteristic. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship. Yazaki North America complies with federal and state equal employment opportunity laws and strives to keep the workplace free from all forms of harassment.