Specialist - Product Strategy

2 weeks ago

Pretoria, South Africa Ford Motor Company Full time

Strong interest in planning, advanced programs & product strategy
- Ability to work within a culturally and functionally diverse environment with teams across time zones
- Ability to work on complex, unstructured problems
- Impeccable integrity and prudence, good attitude and excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent leadership, teaching and coaching skills
- Highly motivated, self-starter
- Demonstrated global business perspective
- Bachelor level Engineering and/ or Business degree (highly desirable).
- Prior Cycle Planning, Product Planning & Strategy experience an advantage. Finance or Product Marketing experience desirable
- Demonstrably strong teamwork with peers, cross-functionally, internationally and with Leadership.
- Expert analytical, communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability of using Human Centered Design and Strategic Choice Cascade framework
- Experience in using key tools like JATO, TNS, NCBS, GPS, IHS and market research (primary / secondary)
- Past experience in planning for program gateways and leading gateway reviews
- Define IMG profitability priorities, lead portfolio strategy for individual markets aligning with IMG portfolio and global strategies
- Define affordable, differentiated IMG portfolio with clear customer why-buys, while optimizing investments & maximizing profitability
- Develop broad market view, monitor micro / macroeconomic factors, demographic & technology trends, competitive landscape and assess impact on IMG product strategy
- Investigate cross market trade opportunities, FTAs including manufacturing footprint considerations and assess impact to Ford’s strategic direction
- Develop Product & PT Strategies and prioritization into Cycle Plan.
- Monitor emerging changes in safety, emissions and sustainability regulations and define affordable compliance plans for the portfolio
- Define IMG Powertrain requirements, consistent with unique Fuels, Emissions, Electrification incentives, Local market requirements, including engine displacement taxes and duties, etc
- Develop IMG market requirements into Global technology planning, including local languages, APPs, etc
- Feed IMG insights/ requirements, product and business PoV for Sr leadership reviews.
- Lead & manage IMG strategy rooms to foster stakeholder and leadership discussion / decisions
- Liaise effectively with global program, planning and cross functional teams to ensure MEA/IMG requirements are effectively captured and global strategic direction takes into consideration regional needs
- Lead program
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Planning for IMG markets.

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