Technical Business Unit Manager

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

 

How will you make an impact? 

Manages the alignment of assigned global customer’s technology road map and Jabil’s Technology road map. Capable of selling Jabil’s value-add services such as design, layout, and Global Operations Services (Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Test, R & D, etc.) globally. Develop and grow business through profitable design wins and flawless execution. Provide management and guidance to multi-functional project teams across multiple global Jabil sites. Provides management and oversite for the different Technical Business Unit Manager (“TBUMs”) roles assigned Globally to support customer needs. Manage and enhance customer relationships. Provide single-point-of-contact to customer for all design-related activities. Provide full accountability for multi-site project budgets and schedules. Technically capable of developing, managing and delivering very highly complex technology projects. This includes developing complex SOW, business proposals, project schedules/financials, and managing multiple global projects.

What will you do?

• Ensures Jabil’s integration into global customer’s technology roadmap.
• Technical expert on customer’s products and technology.
• Technically develops, manages and delivers very highly complex technology projects including developing complex detailed Statements of Work (SOW), business proposals, project schedules/financials, managing multiple global projects, and design service agreements (DSA).
• Present and sell Jabil’s Technology to assigned customer or program. Must be professional and comfortable doing presentations to external senior level engineers and management.
• Act as the main escalation point between Jabil Design and the mass-production BU.
• Owns relationship with the customer’s design/central engineering group and supports all their technical projects. Functions as the primary contact in technical questions between multiple global sites within Jabil and the customer.
• Full responsibility for strategic direction for Jabil Design and Product Development teams.
• Sell and increase exposure of Jabil/Jabil Technology Services such as design services, layout services, and Global Operations Services inside of the customer’s organization.
• Serves as primary point of contact for early supplier involvement on new customer R & D projects.
• Knows and understands the assigned Business Unit (BU)’s strategic directions. Identifies and influences BU’s strategic and technical direction.
• Utilizes tools to monitor cost and cost trends, striving continuously to improve value and increase margin.
• Manages Jabil Design forecast and workcell statement process.
• Manages BU Global technical team to support customer needs.
• Manages Jabil development operations for a particular customer across multiple sites.
• Responsible for coordinating numerous technical projects and the assigned TBUMs to ensure a cohesive technology plan to meet customer needs.
• Deploy different Global assets to support the TBUMs assigned to the different projects.
• Will Have P&L responsibilities ensuring our spend and time meets internal parameters and the customer’s needs for all technical projects undertaken.
• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
•Job is directly responsible for managing employees (e.g., hiring/termination and/or pay decisions, performance management). Job title example(s) of employees directly supervised: Technical Business Unit Manager; Technical Business Unit Coordinator; BD Project/Program Manager; Technology Project/Product Manager; Global Engineer; Design Engineer

• May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

How will you get here? 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent technical skills (i.e. engineering, R & D, product design/development per assigned sector or customer) to align Jabil
with customer’s technology road map
• Knowledge and good understanding of Jabil Design and Technology Services
• Strong financial skill knowledge and aptitude (e.g. balance sheet and income statement)
• Strong operational knowledge (e.g.,