Program Management Analyst

​Position Description:

• Provide program management leadership across functions to execute timely development and launch of Special Vehicle Options to Commercial Vehicles.

• Guide the Special Vehicles Team through the enquiry (Equivalent to GPDS) and business processes to deliver to options to plan. - Build operational excellence and program management capabilities across the Special Vehicle Team to deliver the best solutions to our customers in a flexible and agile manner.

• Support cross-functional development of project timing, deliverables, budget and product definition.

• Monitor execution to plan using Data and Tools to identify and then support risk/issue management throughout the program cycle from inception to manufacturing launch.

• Facilitate the cross functional business issue investigation, containment, root cause evaluation and prevent recurrence in the delivery of Special Vehicle Options.

• Provide a central point of communication across all functions for the Special Vehicles Team.

• Lead the change management processes that controls product definition and engineering change management.

Skills Required:

• Good communication skills.

• Good personal organisation and ability to prioritise multiple tasks.

• Experienced in MS Project

• Ability to command meetings with leadership across the team whilst maintaining focus on results and next steps.

• Ability to challenge the norms and drive the business forwards to meet objectives.

• Process-oriented mindset with emphasis on implementation.

• A self-starter with the ability to take responsibility for key assignments with minimal supervision.

• Highly numerical with strong analytical skills.

• Experienced and competent with MS Excel in managing large documents/datasets with complex formula and VBA.

• Business Acumen and the ability to manage costs and risks.

• Negotiation skills.

• Proven ability to solve problems creatively.

• Critical thinking whilst staying objective.

• Focus on Quality.

Skills Preferred:

• Flexibility and ability to deal with ambiguity and shifting priorities.

• Ability to meet tight deadlines.

• Ability to collaboratively work in a diverse, cross-functional, European environment.

• Agile project management.

• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing best practices [incl. Six Sigma, Kaizen etc.]

Experience Required:

• 5-7 years' experience of working in an Automotive / operations environment with experience of: Experience in setting up and tracking realistic schedules.

• Tracking of operating metrics and KPIs

• Use of agile methodologies to accelerate program delivery

Experience Preferred:

• Experience of the Commercial vehicle conversion market and international automotive industry

• Previous Program Management Experience or Functional Integration.

• Knowledge of Ford structure and processes, with experience in PDL, Product Development, Manufacturing and/or Program Management.

• A good understanding of GPDS tools and processes.

• Experience of building out and optimisation of new processes.

Education Required:

• University degree or equivalent in Engineering, Business or Data

Education Preferred:

• Higher degree