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The role assesses each request, determines the appropriate stakeholders and approved information sources, coordinates the response process, and prepares clear, accurate, and appropriately detailed communications.\nThis role sits at the intersection of Corporate Strategy, Finance, Supply Chain, HR, IT, and AFL Division and Business Unit leadership. The analyst is expected to exercise judgment regarding priority, response depth, confidentiality, escalation, and cross-cultural communication while minimizing disruption to leaders and subject matter experts. The position is designed as a developmental role that builds a broad understanding of AFL and its relationship with Fujikura and can lead to opportunities within Corporate Strategy, Business Operations, or other AFL functions.\nKey Responsibilities\n1. Inquiry Intake, Triage, and Prioritizatio n\nServe as the primary intake point for assigned Fujikura inquiries and recurring information requests.\nClarify the business question, requested output, audience, timing, sensitivity, and decision context.\nClassify requests by urgency, complexity, recurrence, and level of leadership involvement required.\nDetermine whether the request can be answered through approved data, prior responses, standard reports, or self-service tools.\nMaintain visibility into open requests, owners, milestones, dependencies, and due dates.\n2. Cross-Functional Coordination\nIdentify and engage the appropriate subject matter experts and data owners across AFL.\nDefine the specific input required from each contributor and avoid unnecessary or duplicative requests.\nCoordinate review and validation of responses, particularly where information is sensitive, novel, or judgment-based.\nFollow through on open items and resolve gaps, conflicts, or unclear ownership.\n3. Response Development and Quality Control\nSynthesize inputs into concise, accurate, and audience-appropriate responses.\nAdapt communication style, context, and level of explanation to support effective engagement with Fujikura and other global stakeholders.\nApply consistent structure, terminology, level of detail, and supporting evidence across responses.\nConfirm that information comes from approved sources and that assumptions, limitations, and open items are clearly identified.\nPrepare executive-ready summaries, briefing materials, presentations, and written responses as needed.\nConduct a final quality review for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and tone before release.\n4. Escalation and Governance\nRecognize requests that require functional leadership, executive judgment, legal or compliance review, or direct discussion with Fujikura.\nEscalate material risks, conflicting positions, sensitive information, or requests outside the team’s authority.\nMaintain appropriate records of approvals, source information, and final responses.\nSupport development and application of response protocols, decision rights, service levels, and escalation criteria.\n5. Continuous Improvement\nIdentify repeat questions and recurring deliverables that can be standardized, automated, or converted into dashboards or self-service capabilities.\nPartner with the Knowledge & Insights Analyst, AI Engineer, and Data Analyst to improve tools, workflows, and source access.\nCapture lessons learned and help refine templates, playbooks, FAQs, and reporting methods.\nQualifications\nRequired\nBachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, supply chain, communications, data analytics, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.\nApproximately 2-5 years of experience in strategy, business operations, program coordination, financial or operational analysis, consulting, or a similar cross-functional role.\nStrong written communication skills with the ability to turn complex inputs into clear, concise, and executive-ready responses.\nDemonstrated ability to manage multiple requests, stakeholders, and deadlines with limited supervision.\nSound judgment regarding prioritization, confidentiality, escalation, and level of detail.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify missing information and reconcile inconsistent inputs.\nHigh attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and consistency.\nProficiency with Microsoft 365 tools, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, and SharePoint.\nPreferred\nExperience working across multiple corporate functions or business units.\nExposure to executive communications, board materials, parent-company reporting, or global organizations.\nWorking knowledge of Japanese business culture, communication norms, and consensus-based decision processes.\nProfessional proficiency or fluency in Japanese, written and verbal, is a significant advantage but is not required.\nExperience using business intelligence, workflow automation, knowledge-management, or AI-enabled research tools.\nInterest in developing a broad understanding of AFL’s businesses, operations, financial drivers, and governance processes.\nCore Capabilities\nEnterprise coordination and stakeholder management\nExecutive writing and synthesis\nCross-cultural communication and global stakeholder awareness\nStructured problem solving\nJudgment and escalation discipline\nData and source validation\nProcess improvement and service orientation\nLearning agility and organizational curiosity\nMeasures of Success\nHigh percentage of assigned requests completed accurately and on time.\nReduced need for repeat outreach to leaders and subject matter experts.\nConsistent, well-supported responses with clear approvals and source traceability.\nEffective escalation of sensitive or judgment-based matters.\nIncreasing reuse of prior responses, standard reports, and self-service capabilities.\nPositive feedback from Fujikura stakeholders, AFL contributors, and Corporate Strategy leadership.\nCommunications are appropriately tailored to Fujikura stakeholders, reducing misunderstanding and unnecessary follow-up.\nCareer Development\nThe role provides broad exposure to AFL’s businesses, functions, leadership teams, and relationship with Fujikura. 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