Lead Business Analyst, Commercial Vehicle Programs

Ford Motor Company; West Horndon; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive manufacturer in the UK seeks a Lead Business Analyst for its Commercial Vehicle Programs team. This role involves using data-driven insights to guide business decisions and interact with various stakeholders. The candidate should have a degree in a relevant field and experience in program management or data analytics. This full-time position will be based in Dunton, Essex, requiring on-site attendance typical four days a week.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years in a programme or data-focused role.
• Confident communicator who can engage with various stakeholders.
• Experience in data-driven insights and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and manage off-site team workload.
• Serve as contact between cross-functional stakeholders.
• Translate data insights into clear recommendations.
• Own delivery of change control and KPIs.

Skills

Data analysis

Communication

Relationship building

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Education

Degree in Engineering, Data Science or similar

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Lead Business Analyst, Commercial Vehicle Programs

Essex, Essex, United Kingdom

On-site

50304

Full time

Basildon, Essex

Overview

Are you a highly analytical and influential leader passionate about leveraging data to drive critical business decisions? Ford's Commercial Vehicle team is expanding, and we're looking for a Lead Business Analyst to play a pivotal role in shaping our next generation of V4 and V8 Transit Platforms. Commercial vehicles are at the heart of our business, and we're building a brand-new, diverse team dedicated to facilitating and delivering critical change control, cost, weight, and Bill of Material (BoM) activities, all aligned with program timing. This is a unique opportunity to lead the integration between our UK-based functional engineering, purchasing, and finance teams, and an offsite team of expert analysts. We are actively fostering a centre of excellence, seeking individuals with unique and specialized skillsets. We encourage you to apply if you possess expertise in any of the desirable skills listed below, even if you don't have experience in all of them - your distinct contribution is what we value!

Key Skills & Experience

• Degree in Engineering, Data Science, Business Analytics, Program Management or similar.
• 2-5 years in a programme, product-development or data-focused role.
• Confident communicator who can switch seamlessly between engineers, financial analysts and senior leadership.
• Strong relationship building skills, able to build rapid rapport and trust.
• Ability to identify and solve complex business challenges using data-driven insights and advanced skills in data analysis tools and methodologies; able to simplify complex information, without losing accuracy, into data-driven stories.
• Advanced Excel and working knowledge of Power BI.
• Proactive problem-solver, owns their deliverables and autonomously closes items to deadline.
• Proven ability to develop and drive adherence to processes.
• Team player with high resilience, curiosity and passion for continuous-improvement.

Desirable skills and experience

• Familiarity with Ford systems e.g. GPDS, FEDEBoM, WERS, Teamcenter, SAP, Integrator.
• Experience in programming, AI and LLM and deployment of analytics and software tools.
• Experience in Change Control, BoM Management, PDL, Structuring, P-release, BoM authoring.
• Experience managing and tracking key data/deliverables e.g. financial, part attribute, sourcing.

This is a UK position, and applications will only be accepted from current UK employees (FoB employees only). The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favorable 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. If you are concerned about travelling to site due to disability (or other reasons), please contact us; we are an inclusive team and would like to discuss what adjustments we can make to support your application.

This is a full-time role; however, we are keen to encourage applications from applicants who work flexibly including job-share applicants, who would like to work with another job-share applicant to do this role (even if you currently do not have a job-share partner). The Job Share Connect tool allows you to create your profile and then find a job share match. This position is based in Dunton, Essex and it is expected the successful candidate will be able to attend the Dunton office for typically 4 days a week and remain flexible on the days they are required to attend the office according to business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and manage day-to-day workload and priorities of off-site team.
• Single point of contact between cross-functional stakeholders (engineering, finance, purchasing etc.) and HWIM team.
• Manage collation and analysis of data by off-site team; translate insights into clear recommendations for gateway and executive forums.
• Own delivery of change control and BoM KPIs; ensure adherence to process, represent HWIM in reviews and cross-functional discussions; challenge assumptions and manage trade-offs.
• Manage dashboard development and maintenance, scorecards and executive summaries turning complex data into persuasive, action-orientated stories.
• Deploy and champion digital tools (e.g. Engineering Out of WERS, Power BI, Python-based analytics) to deliver single source of truth, improving data quality, data transparency and decision speed.
• Share process, data analysis and digital tools best practice cross-functionally.