About The Role

Overview

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

What We're Looking For

Leads business operations activities within the Machine Vision business unit designed to align the team and advance progress against goals and initiatives. Owns the effective and efficient internal workings of the senior leadership team. Plans and executes business operations priorities in support of broader business or functional objectives. Responsible for formulating and administering policies and programs. Additional responsibility for driving business strategic initiatives and implementing productivity improvement opportunities. Leads significant programs, and functions with a very high degree of autonomy. Has overall control of planning, staffing, and managing priorities. Creates, recommends, and implements changes to methods and influences final decisions on administrative or operational matters and ensuring operational achievement of objectives by developing and maintaining a set of KPIs. Translates business strategy and direction into actionable outcomes through interaction and collaboration with key stakeholders Responsibilities:

Creates, drives, and proactively modifies the IA/MV BU operating system, including but not limited to, staff meetings, monthly reports (such as P&S financials updates) and KPI dashboard updates, quarterly operations reviews and All Hands meetings, quarterly earnings and Board of Director reports, and complex offsite sessions
Collaborates with the functional senior leadership team and support resources on a variety of structural, systemic, process, and learning elements to advance achievement of business objectives
Manage strategic initiatives designed to drive greater adoption of Machine Vision solutions.
Define scope of the initiatives by working with BU stakeholders
Drive alignment and execution of key initiatives across cross-functional teams to ensure timely deliverables
Report KPI’s and status of the initiatives throughout the implementation process.
Proactively identify potential issues and escalate when necessary.
Facilitates dialogue in leadership communities through effectively planning agendas, engaging the team, and managing the time. Owns maintenance of the community SharePoint sites as a primarily vehicle for information sharing with people leaders
Contributes to / leads various steering committees aligned to the function / business unit advancing Zebra culture, I&D, and the business in material ways.
Leads multiple simultaneous moderate-to-complex initiatives across functions. Independently engages additional resources as needed to address obstacles or delays. Adjust the plan with management buy-in as delays/obstacles are experienced.
Assists, creates, and supports facilitation of project framework for key external operational partners
Interfaces with various Zebra business resources and analysts to assemble and organize, synthesize, and meaningfully interpret information valuable for business decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree preferred
12+ years of experience
Global cultural awareness and leadership capability
Creative and innovative profile
Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive discussions
Adaptive interaction profile that bridges from junior to executive leaders
Strong business acumen and organizational savvy
Advanced organization, multi-tasking, and follow-up skills
Self-directed and demonstrates agility
Advanced communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
Ability to coach / mentor
Ability to manage / influence leaders of others
Ability to bridge strategy from concept to application
Lean process improvement skills and demonstrated background
Solid execution skills and demonstrated track record of accountability
Collaborative behaviors balancing a sense of urgency and patience
Demonstrated ability to project manage
Intermediate skills in PC based documentation tools including MS Office and MS Project
Leverages Power BI for analytics (user-level skills)
Proficient with Zoom, MS Teams, and similar video conferencing functionality

Benefits

5 weeks of vacation, 5 sick days and 2 volunteer days paid off.
Multisport card at a reduced price.
Meal contribution.
Monthly contribution 1000 CZK/month in the form of credits on your Benefit plus card with cafeteria system where you can choose from wide range of activities/benefits from Health, Sports, Travel, Wellness, Development, Culture up to company Language courses.
Training and personal development in soft skills and hard skills, access to our internal learning portal and internal career opportunities within Zebra departments.
Annual bonuses based on financial results.
Yearly salary increases according to individual performance.
Employee referral bonus for bringing New Talent to Zebra.
Free beverages and fruit days (coffee, tea, milk available in our kitchenette).
Life & Pension insurance contribution.
New modern and multifunctional workplace at Vlněna Office park in the city centre
Discount at our partners (Banks, HP, Dell, Microsoft Office).

Incentive Compensation

In addition to base pay, Zebra offers this role the opportunity to earn a performance-based annual cash incentive, at a target equal to 15% of base pay, in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan.

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