Specialist, Product Line Performance - Lincoln

Ford, Inc; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 99,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave

Back-up childcare

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Lincoln, Ford’s luxury brand, is seeking a Product Line Performance professional to drive profit initiatives within the General Management organization. You will shape Lincoln's future by supporting strategic programs and governance, aligning priorities for senior leaders.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years in finance or strategy, with strong data analytics and presentation skills. You will collaborate across Planning, Manufacturing, Finance, Marketing, and PD to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required.
• 3+ years in finance, strategy, consulting, or marketing.
• Ability to structure complex problems and present data-driven insights to senior leadership.
• Strong business acumen and independent work capability.

Responsibilities

• Execute Product Line Performance initiatives to identify profit-improvement actions across income statement lines.
• Incorporate customer insights, market trends, and regulatory data to identify new products or improvements.
• Lead cross-vehicle strategic initiatives with Planning, Manufacturing, Finance, Marketing, Purchasing, and PD.
• Translate data into clear, concise presentations and brief executive leadership.
• Support governance and business office cadence for Lincoln GM, Brand and Product marketing.
• Coordinate agendas, document decisions, and track actions to completion.

Skills

Financial analysis

Strategic thinking

Data-driven insights

Executive communication

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Lincoln is Ford’s luxury automotive brand, distinguished by its heritage and commitment to creating thoughtful products and experiences for customers. The brand brings together design, innovation, and experiences to create a distinctive expression of modern luxury.

In this position...

You will support Product Line Performance initiatives that drive growth and profit for the NA Lincoln business within the General Management organization. Shape the future of Lincoln by supporting critical strategic, high-impact initiatives that directly enhance the growth and profitability of all current and future Lincoln programs. You will also manage the Lincoln GM governance and business office cadence, enabling senior leaders to align on priorities, make informed decisions, and track progress against commitments.

What you’ll do...

• Execute Product Line Performance workstream initiatives and drive rapid progress to identify and deliver profit improvement actions that cut across multiple lines of the income statement
• Apply customer insights, competitive intelligence, regulatory and market trends to identify opportunities to improve existing or to create new products and experiences
• Identify and lead cross-vehicle strategic initiatives, coordinating with cross-functional teams such as Planning, Manufacturing, Finance, Marketing, Purchasing, and PD
• Distill data, insights, and information into compelling, easy-to-digest presentation materials, and drive discussions with Executive leadership
• Drive shared understanding and clarity of enterprise-wide strategic priorities
• Manage the governance and business office process for Lincoln GM, Brand and Product marketing, including coordinating agendas and materials, facilitating leadership forums, documenting decisions, and tracking actions and commitments to completion.

You'll have...

• Bachelors degree required
• 3+ years experience in finance, strategy, consulting, product planning, or marketing
• 3+ years of experience with demonstrated ability to structure complex problems, conduct quantitative analysis, and develop data-driven insights using a hypothesis-led approach and communicate results with senior leadership. Strong business acumen and ability to communicate with senior leadership
• Strong analytical skill set including the ability to collect & quickly analyze market data and consumer data
• Ability to think and act independently
• Demonstrated capability of oral/written presentation skills – able to represent a concise point of view and communicate ideas in a clear and compelling manor

Even better, you may have...

• Strong planning and execution skills with a focus on delivery
• High energy self-starter with ability to take responsibility and deliver results with minimal supervision
• Ability and courage to effectively communicate key issues and recommendations to senior management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role, taking into consideration your qualifications and other relevant factors.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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