Manager, Yield Management - Sprints

About the role

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 problem-solving framework and leverages advanced analytics to derive insights and deliver tangible recommendations to create value for Ford.

Responsibilities

• Apply structured problem-solving mindset to sprints
• Access and analyze data to develop solutions, including leveraging advanced analytics tools and building adhoc data models
• Consider enterprise-wide impact and sensitivity of sprint recommendations
• Communicate analysis insights and implications of sprint recommendations
• Guide and assist work of sprint analysts, ensuring all work relates back to the problem statement
• Lead the development of the sprint narrative and succinct senior level presentation materials
• Establish the sprint mandate and problem statement with key stakeholders
• Structure the workstreams for the team
• Lead analysis and develop insights and implications of decisions
• Deliver clear and actionable recommendations

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, data analytics, strategy, or related field
• 5+ years' experience in project management, including client-interfacing
• Highly capable working in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Qualifications

• Experience with Alteryx, SQL, Qlik, and Google Cloud Platform
• Knowledge of Marketing & Sales, including exposure to some combination of go to market strategy, brand marketing, field ops, sales, variable marketing, pricing, allocation, production, or supply chain
• Executive communication experience (verbal & written)
• Comfort with ambiguity – demonstrated ability to structure an approach to complex problems and drive clarity on solutions
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams
• Quick learner who is eager to learn new skills and concepts
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making ability

Skills

• Structured problem-solving mindset
• Data analysis and modeling
• Enterprise-wide impact assessment
• Effective communication
• Team leadership
• Quick learning and adaptability
• Problem-solving and decision-making

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Fertility treatments, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day

Pay

$115,500 - $190,000

Schedule

Hybrid