Business Development Operations Analyst

POSITION PROFILE :

Safran Defense & Space, Inc. has a great opportunity for a Business Development Operations Analyst to join the Business Development team within the Optronics business unit.

This individual will be an important member in supporting business development managers in the processing of quotes to customers and receipt of purchase orders from customers in a timely manner.

In addition, this position interfaces directly with internal affiliates in France and Switzerland in terms of operations planning and driving supply and demand forecasts.

This individual will also help drive forecast and booking reports to stakeholders, driving insight into front-end operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions including, but not limited to :

Process quotes and purchase order receipts per standard internal operating procedures.

Maintain and distribute sales forecast and booking reports.

Change management champion : assist the team in converting to new CRM Salesforce pipeline reporting and quoting tool.

Conduct S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) meetings including coordination with operations personnel at the Optronics business unit and SED affiliates.

Prepare reports, distribute to stakeholders, and communicate actions items resulting from monthly meetings.

Strengthen sales administration relationships with various distributors, prospects, clients, and partners in the government contracting environment.

Coordinate with internal stakeholders in business process updates and changes.

Other duties as assigned.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL :

Strong communication and presentation skills.

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Team player with a can do attitude.

Results driven, thorough, and timely.

Proficiency with Microsoft : Excel, Word, PowerPoint.

Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate with team members.

US Citizenship or Permanent Resident.

IDEALLY, YOU’LL ALSO HAVE :

Post-Grad with prior internship experience or 1 to 2 years working in an administrative environment.

Salesforce CRM experience a plus.

EDUCATION :

BA or BS in related field, or comparable work experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS :

Fluency in the English Language is required.

COMPUTER SKILLS :

Salesforce CRM (not required but a plus)

SAP ERP System (not required but a plus)

Understanding of Microsoft Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Microsoft Project and Excel.

TRAVEL : less than 5%