Commercial Business Analyst

ZT Systems is seeking a Commercial Business Analyst to support strategic customer opportunities and commercial activities throughout the customer lifecycle, from customer onboarding and opportunity development through contract execution and program delivery.

This role sits at the intersection of Sales, Finance, Legal, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Program Management to ensure customer commitments remain aligned with business objectives, contractual obligations, financial considerations, and operational execution capabilities.

The ideal candidate will combine strong commercial acumen, analytical capabilities, strategic thinking, contract management experience, and cross-functional leadership skills. This individual will support customer onboarding and new business opportunities, coordinate commercial and contract activities, analyze business impacts, track customer commitments, and provide critical visibility into risks, obligations, approvals, and operational considerations.

This is a fast-paced, highly collaborative role that requires disciplined execution, sound business judgment, and the ability to bring structure to complex business challenges. Successful candidates will be strategic thinkers who enjoy working across multiple stakeholders and translating commercial, financial, contractual, and operational considerations into actionable business decisions.

What You Will Do

• Serve as a primary commercial coordination resource for customer onboarding and new business opportunities, including opportunity and proposal development, commercial and contract negotiations, prototype requests, purchase orders, NRE tracking, certifications, and contract-related activities.
• Partner with Sales, Finance, Legal, Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Operations, and Program Management teams to align customer commitments with company capabilities and business objectives.
• Gather stakeholder input and coordinate commercial activities throughout the customer and contract lifecycle, ensuring timely decision-making and issue resolution.
• Organize and prioritize commercial issues, decisions, approvals, and escalations while maintaining visibility across cross-functional teams.
• Track contractual obligations, commitments, deliverables, amendments, renewals, milestones, approvals, and action items to ensure compliance and execution.
• Maintain contract repositories, supporting documentation, and governance processes to ensure complete and accurate agreement records.
• Support internal controls, audit readiness, and SOX compliance requirements through disciplined contract administration and documentation practices.
• Analyze customer agreements and commercial opportunities to identify risks, opportunities, dependencies, financial and operational impacts, providing recommendations to stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain reporting and dashboards and decision-support materials related to contract status, obligations, customer commitments, NRE recovery, approvals, and commercial metrics.
• Promote consistent contract terms, negotiation strategies, approval workflows, governance standards, and process discipline across the organization.
• Collaborate with Legal and business stakeholders to support contract negotiations, amendments, and interpretation of commercial terms.
• Establish scalable processes and best practices that improve commercial governance, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Legal Studies, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in contract management, commercial operations, business planning, customer programs, sales operations, supply chain management, or related disciplines within a technology, manufacturing, or engineering-focused environment.
• Experience supporting customer onboarding, new business opportunities, proposals, commercial pursuits, or related customer development activities.
• Strong understanding of commercial agreements, statements of work (SOWs), purchasing terms, manufacturing agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and customer onboarding processes.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret contractual obligations and translate them into actionable business requirements for cross-functional teams.
• Strong business acumen with an understanding of financial, operational, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain considerations.
• Experience managing complex projects and coordinating activities across multiple stakeholders and departments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify risks, evaluate trade-offs, and develop practical business recommendations.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to prioritize competing demands and manage multiple customer programs simultaneously.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Experience supporting SOX controls, contract governance processes, audit requirements, or compliance initiatives is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Power BI, contract lifecycle management tools, and enterprise business systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Workday.
• Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment while influencing stakeholders at all organizational levels.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale technology, manufacturing, hardware, cloud infrastructure, data center, or OEM customer programs.
• Experience with contract lifecycle management, contract governance, negotiations, or commercial terms and conditions.
• Experience with commercial strategy, pricing, financial analysis, business planning, or customer-facing commercial operations.
• MBA, PMP certification, Contract Management certification, or related professional credentials.

ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package is created for all our employees. The typical base salary for this position is expected to be between $80,000 and $120,000 annually. If hired, the final base salary will be determined on an individual basis taking into consideration experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications.

Base salary is just one component of ZT Systems total rewards philosophy. We take pride in offering a wide range of benefits and perks that appeal to the variety of needs across our diverse employee base. Other rewards may include bonus, paid time off, 401(k) retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, wellbeing resources, and more.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

About ZT Systems

At ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, you’ll get to do work you are proud of alongside smart, passionate people. Every day, there are opportunities to collaborate with the best in the industry to design, build, and deliver impactful solutions to world-class customers. Along the way, you will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment that’s challenging, rewarding, and career-defining.

A culture built around our values we work hard and think fast. We view challenges as opportunities—to do better, push harder, and be faster than we were the day before. When we fail, we learn from it and move on together. And when we succeed, we use the momentum to go even further. We create value with everything we do, building the foundation of today—and transforming the future of tomorrow.

Join ZT Systems and help us build technology infrastructure that connects the world.

What We Offer
At ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, we believe that investing in our people is key to our continued growth and innovation. When you join our team, you’ll gain access to a comprehensive and inclusive benefits package designed to support your well-being, financial security, and professional development—both now and in the future.

Compensation & Financial Security

-Competitive base salary

-Performance-based annual bonus eligibility

-401(k) retirement savings plan

-Tuition reimbursement for eligible education programs

Health & Wellness

-Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with access to leading providers

-Mental health resources and employee wellness support programs-

-Company-paid life and disability insurance

Time Away & Work-Life Balance

-Paid time off (PTO) and company-paid holidays

-Parental leave and family care support programs

Growth & Purpose

-Structured training programs and on-the-job learning opportunities

-Matching gifts and volunteer programs to support causes you care about

These benefits are available to eligible employees and are designed to grow with you as your career evolves. Full benefits and eligibility varies by work location. Learn more about our benefits here.

ZT Group Int’l. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ZT Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Please be aware that certain positions may require the applicant to either 1) be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or 2) be eligible to obtain an export control license or license exception from the Bureau of Industry and Science & U.S. Department of Commerce. All offers of employment will be conditional subject to the foregoing.