Business Operations Analyst

Ford Motor; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor is seeking a Workforce Management professional to oversee the lifecycle of position IDs, forecasting, and data integrity, while steering digital transformation initiatives across the team.

The role includes launching a Position Management Tool, data collection and modeling, and strengthening internal controls through audits and remediation. Collaboration with stakeholders and regulators is essential.

Responsibilities

• High-Volume Position Management: Manage the entire lifecycle of position IDs with speed and accuracy. Proactively monitor real-time staffing levels and make adjustments as needed to headcount, position IDs, and target budget.
• Forecasting & Capacit y Planning: Develop accurate staffing plans based on workload forecasts, market trends, and business goals.
• Data Integrity & Reporting: Maintain comprehensive records of workforce activities and associated costs, develop metrics, and establish new reporting tools to provide end-to-end visibility of workforce data.
• Launch a Position Management Tool: Lead the transition of newly developed prototype from development, through pilot, to launch across the team. Act as the bridge for developers by providing mock data, field definitions, and workflow guidance.
• Data Collection, Integration & Modeling: Gather, extract, and transform data from various sources to build comprehensive and reliable datasets and models to inform business decision-making and streamline operations, and reduce unwarranted costs. Develop your own models from the ground up.
• Knowledge Management: Create and maintain detailed digital records supporting data models, reports, dashboards, and Business Intelligence processes.
• Audit Management: Support Advanced EV’s response to all Ford audits, including annual Internal Controls audits.
• Remediation & Tracking: Oversee the tracking and remediation of audit findings and recommendations. Work with business leaders to develop corrective action plans and monitor their timely and effective implementation.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as the primary liaison between Advanced EV and external/internal auditors and regulators. Communicate the audit process, progress, finding and remediation status to Advanced EV leadership.

Job description

What you’ll do…

Workforce Management

• High-Volume Position Management: Manage the entire lifecycle of position IDs with speed and accuracy. Proactively monitor real-time staffing levels and make adjustments as needed to headcount, position IDs, and target budget.
• Forecasting & Capacity Planning: Develop accurate staffing plans based on workload forecasts, market trends, and business goals.
• Data Integrity & Reporting: Maintain comprehensive records of workforce activities and associated costs, develop metrics, and establish new reporting tools to provide end-to-end visibility of workforce data.

Digital Transformation

• Launch a Position Management Tool: Lead the transition of newly developed prototype from development, through pilot, to launch across the team. Act as the bridge for developers by providing mock data, field definitions, and workflow guidance.
• Data Collection, Integration & Modeling: Gather, extract, and transform data from various sources to build comprehensive and reliable datasets and models to inform business decision-making and streamline operations, and reduce unwarranted costs. Develop your own models from the ground up.
• Knowledge Management: Create and maintain detailed digital records supporting data models, reports, dashboards, and Business Intelligence processes.

Internal Controls

• Audit Management: Support Advanced EV’s response to all Ford audits, including annual Internal Controls audits.
• Remediation & Tracking: Oversee the tracking and remediation of audit findings and recommendations. Work with business leaders to develop corrective action plans and monitor their timely and effective implementation.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as the primary liaison between Advanced EV and external/internal auditors and regulators. Communicate the audit process, progress, finding and remediation status to Advanced EV leadership.