Sr. Manager, Yield Management

Sr. Manager Yield Management

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In this position...
The Yield Management (YM) team supports all Ford Blue and Model e product lines and tackles the 5 highest priority strategic and profit projects each quarter. The team works in Value Sprints with a dedicated team focused against a specific mandate for a dedicated period of time. The team applies a data-driven approach and leverages advanced analytics to derive insights and deliver tangible recommendations to create value for Ford. This position is remote and/or hybrid eligible. Yield Managements project portfolio aims to deliver a balance of:

Near term vehicle line specific profit improvement or risk mitigation actions

New or expanded enterprise capabilities

Long term portfolio optimizations

This Yield Management position operates cross-functionally across Marketing & Sales Brand Product Marketing General Management GDI&A Finance & Ford Managers come from a range of different backgrounds and lead sprints typically for 6-8 weeks.

What youll do...

This role is at the intersection of strategy operations and analytics and is tasked with creating change and maximizing profits in the Ford plan. The immediate working team is highly collaborative and is a high-exposure role with ongoing interaction with leadership across Ford Blue Model e and Ford Pro.

The Yield Management group includes several sprint leaders and team members who are deployed to work on specific problems typically for 4-8 leading a sprint the Sprint Lead (sr. manager) is supported by 2-3 analysts and/or supervisors and responsible for:

Establishing the sprint mandate and problem statement with key stakeholders
Structuring sprint workstreams for all team members including leading analysis and development of insights and implications of decisions
Managing the project infrastructure (project plans team engagement model delivery of project against timeline)
Managing sprint team delivery of the recommendation coaching and providing feedback to support continued development
Owning the overall recommendation to the GM teams being the key expert across the different components of the analysis
In addition sprint leader are responsible for contributing to ongoing Yield Management objectives:

-Engaging with key business leaders and business functions to identify high priority sprint topics
-Managing and prioritizing the sprint portfolio and backlog
-Tracking impact of sprints vs. overall objective
-Supporting development of advanced analytics tools and providing specific use cases
-Implementing Yield Management best practices and tools into the core operations of the business
-Developing technical and leadership skills of team members

Youll have...
Bachelors degree in business data analytics strategy or related field
5 years experience in project management including client-interfacing
2 years experience managing people & teams
Highly capable working in Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint
Executive communication experience (verbal & written)

Even better you may have...
MBA or MS degree in an appropriate field of study
Experience with Alteryx SQL Qlik and Google Cloud Platform
Comfort with ambiguity demonstrated ability to structure an approach to complex problems and drive clarity on solutions
Broad knowledge of Marketing & Sales including exposure to some combination of brand marketing field ops sales variable marketing pricing allocation production or supply chain
Ability to lead cross functional teams with track record of delivering results through others
Quick learner who is eager to learn new skills and concepts
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making ability

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

This position is a leadership level 5.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship is not available for this position.