P2, Program Management Job Listing at Nextracker in United States of America (Job ID NX-165)

Description

Job Description:

Program Analyst, NPI

NEXTracker is one of the most promising, fastest growing companies in today's solar industry. We design and manufacture next generation PV tracking systems that dramatically improve the economics of solar power. Applications range from distributed generation to massive utility-scale power plants across domestic and international markets. It is an exciting time to join NEXTracker as we expand the team to meet the challenges of rapid growth. With one of the most experienced management teams in solar, class-leading products, and a transformative technology roadmap, NEXTracker is poised to make a dramatic impact.

NEXTracker is seeking an outstanding Business Analyst - Program Manager (NPI) to facilitate a NEXTracker New Product Development. This Business Systems Analyst role combines a deep understanding of supply chain business processes, proficiency in system integration and automation, and the ability to maintain visual data management  for informed decision-making. Additionally, the candidate is expected to take a leadership role, guiding the team and maintaining a focus on continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring, measuring, and providing feedback on process performance, facilitating process workshops that involve eliciting process requirements and liaising with users.
• Provide support for system application integration, ensuring seamless interaction between different software solutions.
• Work closely with global business system team and Anaplan team to improve existing systems.
• Process data to develop and create high-level insightful NPI dashboards that are easy to understand for stakeholders using Power BI to facilitate data-driven decision-making.
• Implement measures to ensure the accuracy, reliability, and security of data used in dashboards and reporting.
• Proficient in creating clear and concise documentation, including business requirements, process flows, and reports.
• Automation skills to streamline and automate manual data entry tasks, increasing operational efficiency.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams (i.e. product management, engineering, quality, project engineering, applications engineering) and be proactive to co-ordinate and fill gaps.
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders to gather business requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Identify concerns with processes, methods, or data and where possible, contribute to the development of solutions with management support.
• Regularly report on project status, highlighting achievements and addressing challenges.
• Proactively seek opportunities to enhance NPI processes and systems for continuous improvement.
• Quickly adapt to changes in project requirements, technology, and business priorities.
• Drive change management, ensuring the maintenance of project status and closely monitoring for any gaps.
• Work on fetching data from existing true sources, ensuring data accuracy and reliability.
• Implementing systems to ease tracking tasks and workflow using agile methodology (Jira, Confluence, Arena, and NetSuite).
• To observe, analyze and document the NPI processes, workflows, issues and identify benefits from enabling new capabilities.
• Preparing dashboards for quick executive level summary to know program status.
• Providing recommendations based on product development expertise with focus guided by program execution balancing quality, speed to market, cost reduction, and constructability.
• Convene process redesign workshops internally or through external resources, educating business users responsible for managing and operating business processes and documenting processes.
• Improve how our organization and business operates to help better support and service our Customer.

Required Skills/Experiences:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science. MBA with specialization in Business Analytics or other related discipline with be preferable. Minimum 5-7 yrs. of overall experience required.
• Extensive experience in analyzing and documenting complex business processes.
• Proficient in gathering, documenting, and managing requirements from stakeholders.
• Strong data analysis skills, including the ability to interpret and manipulate data for insights. Familiarity with data modeling and database concepts.
• Ability to manage and collaborate with diverse stakeholders at various organizational levels.
• Minimum 2-3 years of working experience on managing process/systems for new part development.
• Possess a strong understanding of business processes and their interdependencies.
• Proven project management skills, including the ability to plan, execute, and monitor projects.
• Knowledge of Program management tools like Jira and confluence is preferable. (Not Mandatory)
• Knowledge of PLM software like “Arena” and enterprise resource planning software like “NetSuite” is preferable.
• Excellent analytical skills, knowledge of processes and implementation of new
• Experience in working in international teams and with customers & understanding of dealing with customer support and O&M issues
• Strong interpersonal skills with Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities with proven management experience.
• Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management.

At Nextracker, we are leading in the energy transition, providing the most comprehensive portfolio of intelligent solar tracker and software solutions for solar power plants, as well as strategic services to capture the full value of solar power plants for our customers. Our talented worldwide teams are transforming PV plant performance every day with smart technology, data monitoring and analysis services.

For us at Nextracker, sustainability is not just a word. It's a core part of our business, values and our operations. Our sustainability efforts are based on five cornerstones: People, Community, Environment, Innovation, and Integrity. We are creative, collaborative and passionate problem-solvers from diverse backgrounds, driven by our shared mission to provide smart solar and software solutions for our customers and to mitigate climate change for future generations.