Strategy & Business Transformation Manager leading strategic workstreams for Ford Pro Europe. Collaborating across functions to enable sustainable transformation during market changes.
Responsibilities
Strategic Execution: Lead and coordinate core strategic workstreams, ensuring that high-level vision is translated into tangible business outcomes.
Framework Development: Advance the overall strategy framework and long-term agenda for Ford Pro across the European market.
Organisational Alignment: Ensure cross-functional alignment on core priorities, fostering a unified approach to our business transformation.
Executive Support: Act as a strategic partner to the core leadership team, supporting day-to-day decision-making and priority setting.
Project Leadership: Steer complex, cross-functional projects, maintaining a focus on speed, results, and measurable impact.
Holistic Oversight: Provide a "big picture" perspective to ensure various initiatives and workstreams remain integrated and aligned with our primary goals.
Stakeholder Communication: Deliver clear, structured updates to senior stakeholders regarding strategy progress, necessary pivots, and key milestones.
Decision Support: Structure and facilitate discussions with senior leaders to drive consensus and guide critical business decisions.
Requirements
Professional Background: Established experience in a top-tier management consulting firm, investment bank, or private equity environment.
Strategic & Analytical Skills: Strong numerical and analytical capabilities, with a proven ability to deconstruct complex data and business scenarios into actionable insights.
Communication Excellence: Exceptional structured writing and presentation skills, with the confidence to present complex concepts clearly to executive leadership.
Business Acumen: A holistic "general management" mindset with the ability to understand the interconnectedness of different business functions.
Agility & Innovation: A self-starter who can take ownership of key assignments with minimal supervision and prioritise effectively in a changing landscape.
Collaborative Leadership: Proven ability to govern project teams and manage diverse stakeholders through influence and effective teamwork.
Education: A University degree is required; an MBA or equivalent from a renowned business school is highly beneficial.
Benefits
The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability
Additional Information: This is a UK position, and applications will only be accepted from current UK employees. Pre & Post 2012 (FoB employees only). If you are concerned about travelling to site due to disability (or other reasons), please contact us; we’re an inclusive team and would like to discuss what adjustments we can make to support your application.
This role is a Dunton based position working a hybrid pattern in line with latest corporate guidelines.
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