Strategy Analyst Specialist 4\5
The Boeing Flight Services Sr. Market Research Analyst:
Is principally responsible for interpreting data, formulating reports and making recommendations based upon the research findings. To accomplish this task, the Market Research Analyst will work with the Flight Services customers, sales, operations, and company leadership (either internal or external) to understand, define and document the overarching business object. The Market Research Analyst applies qualitative and quantitative techniques to interpret the data and produce substantiated recommendations. Market Research Analysts frequently present the findings and recommendations to business unit leadership.
Boeing Flight Services (Part of the Boeing Commercial Aviations Services (CAS) umbrella) is home to three businesses including Training, Air Traffic Management and Jeppesen (Subsidiary). Sr. Analyst could be responsible for a combination of the following: Market Definition, Product Portfolio Strategy, Product Road Map, Data Management, Macro Trends, Segmentation, Needs Analysis, Competitive Analysis, Differentiation Strategy, Market Pricing Analysis and Business Plan support to our Maintenance training, Pilot training and Air Traffic Management Business. The Sr. Analyst will also be responsible to coordinate analysis efforts with the Commercial Airplane Marketing group and the Marketing group at Jeppesen.
Detailed Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
+ Identify product differentiation
+ Market Development
+ Develops analytical tools and processes
+ Competitive analysis
+ Customer needs, business strategies and trends analysis
+ Provide Strategic direction
+ Identify business trends and opportunities
+ Scenario planning
+ Value analysis and price analysis
+ Formulating analysis plans and acquiring leadership sign-off
+ Designing or assisting in the development of questionnaires and moderator guides to ensure the necessary data is captured
+ Conducting in-depth data analyses using traditional and advanced methods
+ Influences and consults with senior executive management in company decision-making processes
+ Compiles, shapes and synthesizes analysis, containing actionable recommendations, for executive management strategy presentations
+ Making market presentations, answering questions and instilling confidence
Requirements:
+ Experience in Market Research industry, internal Market Research, marketing and/or related function is required
+ Aerospace experience is preferred, but not required
+ Exceptional analytic and critical thinking skills
+ Exceptional written, oral, and presentation communication abilities
+ Expertise with Excel, PowerPoint, database management software and data analytic software
+ Bachelors or advanced degree in business, finance, marketing, or mathematics
Data Gathering, Market Research and Market Analysis could require global travel.
Competencies
General• Build Positive Relationships
Consistently builds effective working relationships with other project leads, internal employees, and external customers. Probes for and provides information to clarify situations. Consistently seeks and expands on original ideas from other project leads, internal employees, and external customers, enhances others' ideas, and contributes own ideas about the issues at hand. Places higher priority on project and organization goals than on own goals. Guides others in gaining agreement from other project leads, managers, internal employees, and external customers to support ideas or take partnership-oriented action; uses sound rationale to explain value of actions. Establishes good interpersonal relationships by helping people feel valued, appreciated, and included in discussions.
• Communication
Consistently clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence. Consistently keeps the audience thoroughly engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, humor, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection. Consistently frames even complex messages in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience. Consistently seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding. Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used; attends to both direct and indirect messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately. Advises fellow project leads and other internal employees in effective communication techniques.
• Cross Functional Partnerships
Analyzes the organization, potential external partners, and own area to identify key relationships that should be initiated or improved to further the attainment of own area's goals. Exchanges information with project leads, internal employees, and external customers to clarify partnership benefits and potential problems; collaboratively determines the scope and expectations of the partnership so that both areas' needs can be met. Collaboratively determines courses of action to realize mutual goals; facilitates agreement on each partner's responsibilities and needed support. Places higher priority on organization's goals than on own area's goals; anticipates effects of own area's actions and decisions on partners; influences others throughout the organization and in partner organizations to support partnership objectives. Implements effective means for monitoring and evaluating the partnership process and the attainment of mutual goals.
• Establish Strategic Direction
Contributes to identifying the need for additional information and helps obtain it by clearly describing what needs to be known and the means to obtain it; asks relevant and specific questions of fellow team leaders, managers, internal employees and customers to verify facts and obtain additional information. Helps organize qualitative information and data to identify/explain trends, problems, and their causes; compares, contrasts, and combines information to identify underlying issues; sees associations between seemingly independent problems or events to recognize trends, problems, and possible cause-effect relationships. Helps organizes and manipulates quantitative data to identify/explain trends and problems and their causes.
• Strategic Decision Making
Consistently identifies and fills gaps in information required to understand strategic issues. Organizes information and data to identify/explain major trends, problems, and causes; compares and combines information to identify underlying issues. Generates and considers extensive options for actions to achieve a long-range goal or vision; guides others in developing decision criteria considering factors such as cost, benefits, risks, and timing; selects the strategy most likely to succeed. Identifies the key tasks and resources needed to achieve objectives. Makes sure strategies are carried out; consistently monitors results and makes adjustments as needed.
Technical• Analytical Skills
Basic - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources with clients, customers and/or suppliers.
Preferred - Skill and ability to: collect, organize, synthesize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources at the business unit level.
• Emerging Industry Trends
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of the aerospace industry, competitors, styles, and emerging trends.
Preferred - Advanced/expert knowledge of the aerospace industry, competitors, styles, and emerging trends.
• General Financial Knowledge
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of financial concepts, such as, time value of money, present value, future value, internal rate of return, annuity, and amortization table development.
Preferred - Advanced/expert knowledge of general financial concepts, such as, time value of money, present value, future value, internal rate of return, annuity, and amortization table development.
• Industry Awareness
Basic - Extensive and specialized understanding to build and use industry knowledge for planning and performance accomplishment. This includes knowledge of competition and strategic partners.
Preferred - Advanced/expert understanding to build and use of industry knowledge for planning and performance accomplishment. This includes broad knowledge of competition and strategic partners.
• Statistical Concepts
Basic - Extensive and specialized knowledge of statistical analysis concepts.
Preferred - Advanced/expert knowledge of statistical analysis concepts.
Basic Qualifications For ConsiderationDo you have experience in an analytical business function?
Typical Education/Experience
Level 4 - Technical bachelor's degree and typically 9 or more years' related work experience or a Master's degree with typically 7 or more years' or a PhD degree with typically 4 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A technical degree is defined as any four year degree, or greater, in a mathematic, scientific or information technology field of study. Level 5 - Technical bachelor's degree and typically 14 or more years' related work experience or a Master's degree with typically 12 or more years' or a PhD degree with typically 9 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A technical degree is defined as any four year degree, or greater, in a mathematic, scientific or information technology field of study.
Other Job related information
- Business Unit Commercial Airplanes
- Division Commercial Aviation Services
- Program Flight Services
- Job Type Non-Management
- Experience Level Expert/Consultant
- US Person Status Required? No
Closing Date: 02/17/2012
