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Jabil Operational SME II in Guangzhou Juncheng, China
At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. With over 250,000 diverse, talented and dedicated employees across 100 locations in 30 countries, our vision is to be the most technologically advanced and trusted manufacturing solutions provider. We combine an unmatched breadth and depth of end-market experience, technical and design capabilities, manufacturing know-how, supply chain insights and global product management expertise to enable success for the world’s leading brands. We are driven by a common purpose to make a positive impact for each other, our communities, and the environment.
JOB SUMMARY
As an Operational SME – AI OPS, you understand a realistic landscape of AI capabilities within manufacturing and are an expert in Jabil business problems that can be solved by AI in your functional business area. You have an operational understanding of AI solution development, along with a realistic view of its capabilities and limitations. You are an expert in the business processes for your functional area and where AI can efficiently and effectively improve them. You remain customer-centric in the face of AI, with a goal of solving a current Jabil/customer’s problem. You understand and can communicate the challenges that come with adopting AI in manufacturing, such as difficulty in predicting ROI. As a Jabil AI champion, you will educate leadership, SMEs, and other stakeholders on the potential of AI in your functional business area.
You will work with both internal and cross-functional teams, that include data scientists and data engineers, in addition to traditional product teams and stakeholders. You don't need to be a data scientist, but you must be able to understand the fundamental terminology and concepts of AI. At a conceptual level, you know topics such as how a machine learning algorithm is trained, how feature engineering works and what kinds of AI approaches and techniques are out there ( such as predictive analytics, machine vision, and NLP . ) You understand where these approaches and techniques can be applied in your functional area and the lifecycle and phases of a Lean AI project, including business understanding, data understanding, and assessing project needs. You are familiar with AI bias, privacy breaches, adversarial attacks, and dataset shift and how to monitor these situations.
To be successful, you must be an excellent communicator in all forms, including in-person, virtual meetings and email. You understand that in many situations you serve as an AI- translator bridg ing the language of data science with the language of product development and manufacturing operations .
The Operational SME – AI OPS will adopt as its goal’s profitability, effectiveness, adaptability, responsiveness, quality, and the continuous improvement of products and services throughout their life cycles.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES·
Serve as AI product manager and champion for functional business area
Lead AI Ideation sessions to identify Jabil business problems that can be solved by AI
Conduct cross-functional AI ideation sessions with managers, SMEs, business analysts, and scientific advisers
Deliver AI ideation use case specifications to data science teams effectively
Assess AI use case from a problem-solution fit, implementation feasibility and measurable ROI perspectives
Create AI opportunity business use case for project tracking system that includes cost and measurable ROI targets
Create AI use case IBPM workflows and AI decision point models
Facilitate identification of core data producers and systems for creation of ML-ready datasets
Recommend AI serving layer based on AI consumer requirements
Assess AI model accuracy
Assess AI performance for target production environment
Assess AI data quality/ privacy/ sensitivity concerns
Assess AI bias and dataset shift concerns
Lead as Subject Matter Expert in all functional business area AI solutions
Critically evaluate large scale challenges in complex manufacturing processes, unique customer challenges (production/data) and operational data to determine efficient utilization and effectiveness of applications and resources
Lead as Subject Matter Expert in all DF applications and processes to support applications.
Communicate to all regional team s key DF and manufacturing metrics
Clarify and define the standardization SAP and Manufacturing Execution System configurations
Support, assist, and advi s e B usiness Unit C oordinators and B usiness Unit Managers , and Site Management on new & actual processes reliability , profitability , and accuracy of new project assumptions
Lead process improvement related activities for New Product Introduction.
Coach, mentor, and train resources within the DF team & other functional teams as required
Support and/or maintain all lower level Operational SME essential duties and responsibilities
E nsure the standardization of Jabil processes throughout the site in accordance with the global, regional and site direction
Develop new DF best practices with supporting data to Regional and Global DF teams to optimize existing best practices
Support the Lean organization by developing a solid process foundation and data integrity in order to support process improvement through the organization
Comply and follow all procedures within the company security policy.
May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned
MANAGEMENT & SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES· Typically reports to management or leadership. Direct supervisor job title(s) typically include: Sr. Manager, Director, VP· Job is NOT directly responsible for managing other employees (e.g., hiring/termination and/or pay decisions, performance management).JOB QUALIFICATIONSKNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS
Key Requirements:
Understanding and application of broad range of Jabil Applications
Understanding of Jabil’s global strategies and direction
Understanding of site’s facilities, capabilities and how they tie back to the Jabil strategies and direction
Strong financial and analytical ability :
P&L
Planning
Delivery
Proven record of accomplishment of successful change management accomplishments, implementing and management continuous improvements and cost reduction programs
Strong communication skills
Knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety standards & requirements
Understanding of Quality Systems applied to internal manufacturing processes
Proficiency in use of personal computers, Microsoft Office products, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, and AutoCAD skills required .
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS· Degree in Industrial, Process or Manufacturing Engineering required (will consider other candidates that meet work experience criteria)· MS in Process or Industrial Engineering or MBA preferred· Lean Silver Certificate or Six Sigma Black Belt preferred· At least 12 years of working experience with 7 years of experience in Manufacturing or related field· Or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience
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Jabil, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.