Senior Business Analyst

JOIN THE TEAM THAT’S POWERING PROGRESS

Building cities. Driving commerce. Saving lives. For over 100 years, Allison Transmission has powered the vehicles and technology that move our world forward.

What powers us? Our employees. From the first person hired by James Allison in 1915 to the thousands across the globe who work for Allison today, we’re driving progress everywhere because we employ top talent worldwide.

Learn more about this role and how you can begin driving your career forward!

Benefits:

The below list features some of the benefits currently available. Eligibility may be subject to the terms and conditions of governing documents and available benefits may be subject to change at the company’s discretion.

Choice of medical plans with prescription coverage

Employer HSA contribution

Dental & Vision Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Short & Long-Term Disability

Other voluntary benefits including: Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Identity Theft Protection and Pet Insurance

401K with generous Company match & contribution

Accrued Paid Time Off

12 Paid Holidays

8 hours paid volunteer time per year

Robust employee wellness program

Tuition assistance program & Dependent scholarship program

On-site blood drives

Voluntary employee groups open to all who wish to participate, including: Global Women’s Network, Emerging Professionals ERG, Multicultural ERG, Veterans ERG, Toastmasters Club, and more.

Job Description:

The Sales Planning & Operations Leader is responsible for leading the Allison Transmission, Inc. (ATI) Defense Programs’ cross functional Sales and Operations Planning (SOP) Process, functioning as the leader of this activity and liaison between the Defense Sales & Operations. You will be responsible coordinating, compiling and analysing Allison’s monthly forecast of Defense’s Customer’s desires & Operations’ capabilities. This role is also accountable for the overall systems integration of the Defense SOP data with the overall Allison Operations plans and reporting including weekly risk reports. Additional responsibilities will include Defense Programs’ monthly expense forecast, and various sales support activities.

Responsibilities:

Treat teammates with respect and courtesy while working in a challenging, demanding, cross-functional and matrixed organization.

Lead and coordinate activities to have a successful monthly SOP process involving defense account managers providing the necessary information through Growth Opportunities

Lead the four key data points in the SOP process(New program alignment, Defense demand planning, pre-SOP with Defense plant 14 and final SOP with Allison Operations)

Attend and support Sales and Operations meetings to better understand the customer’s desires and Operations’ capabilities resulting in better facilitation of the SOP process.

Work weekly with Plant 14 Operations leadership to manage current metrics and jointly develop Customer risk reports

Work jointly with Master Production Scheduler ahead of monthly pre-SOP and final SOP meetings.to ensure matches between current demand and capacity.

Coordinate monthly forecast material with Finance’s Pricing and Revenue groups to assure no surprises with month-end financials.

Lead monthly Business Performance Report (BPR) development process for presentation by Defense VP in monthly BPRs

Develop monthly forecast causal reports for monthly End Market reports.

Lead and coordinate activities to have a successful monthly departmental expense forecast process.

Lead other cross-functional efforts as required.

Jointly work with Business Planning Director to compile, analyse monthly Defense End Market reviews and review with Defense Executive leadership. This monthly report is then reviewed with CEO.

Jointly work with Business Planning Director to build on the SOP and End Market reviews to complete the Allison Market Demand Forecast and all internal and cross functional reviews.

Utilize market intelligence to identify global defense ground vehicle opportunities early in the development phase utililizing third party data bases to use in our current End Market Product reviews.

Carry out other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Marketing, Economics or equivalent field/experience

Excellent oral, written and presentation communication skills

Proficient in the use of desktop applications and use of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint, and PowerPoint

Ability and desire to collaborate and work with partners across the organization at all levels

Ability to compile, discern, analyse and report data

Ability to present to Executive Leadership on results

Experience:

7+ years of experience working as a Cross-Functional Team Leader

Business analyst experience in a Defense related industry

Experience in forecasting and analyzing

Ability to analyze profitability/ROI

Functional expertise in data modeling software or programs

Data mining, cleaning and transformation

Data visualization and reporting techniques

Knowledge of financial forecasting and business case analysis

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions

Proven skill at generating clear, concise formal presentations for leadership

Strong team leadership skills, high level of interpersonal skills

Strong attention to detail and driven by following the program process of execution

Proven history of setting and meeting goals for all deliverables, ability to multitask

Internally-motivated, curious and ambitious with an ability to plan, organize, and establish priorities to handle multiple projects and achieve results

Allison Transmission is an equal opportunity employer. We have opportunities for all qualified applicants regardless of age, race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran requiring assistance and/or reasonable accommodations reviewing any of the careers information, please contact us at .

Please note that Allison Transmission will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Allison Transmission will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

R006614