Parts Data Management Analyst I

Job Title: Parts Data Management Analyst I 38844 John Deere

Major Purpose:
Develops BOM (bills of material) structures and analyzes Part Data inputs from engineering functional areas such as product design or manufacturing engineering to support successful implementation of new products and product updates for a specific manufacturing unit. As an entry level role working with these data structures the completed work may be reviewed by supervisor or more senior roles on the team. Work completed by this role is within a predefined BOM structure and limited to a small number of functional teams to support.
Major Duties:
Support others by carrying out simple product development or engineering tasks, such as gathering data or preparing documents. Involves following established procedures.
Perform a broad range of tests requiring detailed assessment, measurement, and judgment.
Assess compliance with established standards and protocols for routine inquiries.
Extract relevant data from information provided by others, and input it into spreadsheets or standard formats.
Draft and maintain basic technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and create backup files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur.
Prepare routine letters, memoranda, reports, and similar documents following detailed instruction. This is likely to involve using the full range of functions within standard office software.
Develop working knowledge of the organization's policies and procedures and of regulatory codes and codes of conduct relevant to own work, adhering to mandatory procedures to ensure own work is undertaken to the required standards.
Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching. Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Skills, Abilities, Knowledge:
Supports business processes without supervision by understanding and effectively using standard office equipment and standard software packages, while providing technical guidance as needed.
Works under guidance (but not constant supervision) to analyze data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.
Works at an intermediate level to understand business context, needs, rules, and architecture, as well as organizational structure, cultures, capabilities, and processes to document the current state of processes and the business. Typically works with guidance.
Works under guidance (but not constant supervision) to acquire, organize, protect and process data to fulfill business objectives.
Works at an intermediate level to envision and document the future state of processes and products by identifying the solution scope, potential value of the future state, and the changes to the process, products, organization infrastructure, capabilities, and technology necessary to achieve the desired future state. Typically works with guidance.
Uses an understanding of numerical concepts to perform mathematical operations such as report analysis with guidance (but not constant supervision).
Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills with guidance (but not constant supervision) to express ideas, request actions and formulate plans or policies.
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to achieve full compliance with applicable rules and regulations in management and/or operations.
Works at an intermediate level to shift into and out of a mental mindsets associated with assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments to thinking and work habits to thrive in any scenario. Typically works with guidance.
Works at an intermediate level to analyze potential solutions and create recommendations based on the expected benefits, costs, and overall value of the solution for key stakeholders. Typically works with guidance.
Works at an intermediate level to interpret, contribute to, or lead business case creation with client departments to quantify current costs, justify project investment, and identify the return on investment. Typically works with guidance.
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to analyze the business requirements that IT solutions must meet.
Applies understanding of the business environment and objectives to develop solutions with guidance but not constant supervision.
Conducts research and analyzes data with guidance (but not constant supervision) in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of customer and market conditions that enables maximum return on investments.
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to orient the seller's organization around delivering to the key needs of their customers.
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to explore the depth and breadth of a problem, draw out the implications of not changing, and help clients self-discover and articulate the value of a solution.
Works with full competence to conduct gap analysis between current and future states to identify components of the overall change strategy. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to plan, organize, prioritize and oversee activities to efficiently meet business objectives.
Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required to uncover clients? explicit needs and/or unforeseen opportunities and challenges.
Works with full competence to lead facilitated sessions for requirements elicitation, focus groups, and user acceptance testing. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

Education
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level

Work Environment: Office Work 40 hrs/wk, No PPE Required. No driving
Prefer recent Graduate of 4 year degree
Schedule: Monday - Friday Day hours flexible. No Weekends,. No Overtime. 40 Hours
As a Specification Analyst, located in Dubuque, IA, you will be an integral part of the engineering product development change process. You will have the following duties:
Complete task based, SAP data coordination and updates for design changes to complex parts and assemblies related to major programs and product improvements by analyzing engineering data and other related data for the Product Delivery Process (PDP)
Use the engineering change process to create, coordinate and maintain complex Bills of Material, Material Masters and part attribute data in SAP and PDMLink Enterprise systems
Audit and process various request forms from the business related to specifications
Use knowledge and experience to serve as liaison and consultant providing feedback that affects specification and decision activities; serves as specification representative for project teams
Complete various specification audits and monitors Engineering changes to ensure data integrity and uniformity
Coordinate implementation decisions of inter-factory decision changes
Facilitate required multi-discipline meetings, records and publishes meeting minutes and works closely with other affected stake holders to establish a consistent pattern for adopting specifications.
Engineering, customer service or data analytics background is helpful
Willingness to learn; SAP exp is beneficial.

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