Senior Director, Client Services – Auto Industry
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Strategy and Transformation Manager
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Structure and analyze complex strategic questions related to market dynamics, competitive threats, and growth opportunities to shape the Ford Blue strategy.
- Drive the capital allocation process for Ford Blue, working with key internal partners to build robust business cases and financial models and ensuring investment decisions align with strategic priorities.
- Analyze make-buy-partner decisions for key platforms, components, and technologies by modeling financial outcomes and assessing factors like quality, speed, and strategic fit.
- Identify and scope opportunities for structural cost reduction by benchmarking competitor performance and analyzing internal operational and financial data.
- Help develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), targets, and guardrails for Ford Blue to track progress and highlight risks and opportunities.
- Serve as a key partner to the Truck, Utility, and Enthusiast general management teams and ensure alignment between their strategies and the overarching Ford Blue strategy.
- Collaborate with Corporate Strategy and the Strategy & Transformation teams across the enterprise (Model e, Pro, etc.) to ensure a cohesive and mutually reinforcing enterprise strategy.
- Prepare and deliver clear, concise presentations that communicate data-driven strategic recommendations and performance updates to senior leadership.
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in business, finance, engineering, economics, or a related field. (MBA or MS preferred.)
- 5+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, corporate finance, investment banking, or related field.
- Demonstrated ability to structure complex problems, conduct quantitative analysis, and develop data-driven insights using a hypothesis-led approach.
- Strong financial modeling and business case development skills, with the ability to clearly articulate assumptions and sensitivities.
- Proven ability to navigate large, matrixed organizations, quickly build credibility, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve interdependent goals.
- Proven ability to deliver clear and persuasive recommendations to senior leadership through written narratives, verbal briefings, and presentation decks.
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
