Operations Corporate Development Manager

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Job Title

Operations Corporate Development Manager

Pay Grade

T4

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity in Indianapolis, IN for an Operations Corporate Development Manager.

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Summary:

The Operations Corporate Development Manager proactively supports, consults with, or coordinates multiple efforts and teams. This person will be involved in the development, review, and implementation of discovery, diligence, and integration of new programs or strategies for the Operations organization. In addition, the manager will be involved in the coordination of critical, multilevel projects involving customers, vendors, and consultants. This person keeps management informed of project accomplishments and major problem areas as well as budget and schedule status.

Key Elements of the Position:

In collaboration with the Business Development & Corporate Strategy Group and the Operations Functional Staff, leads and supports diligence, integration, and operational activities reporting to the Managing Director Operations Business Development.

• Leads cross functional teams performing operational due diligence, integration, and evaluation.

• Assists in developing strategic framework for integration and post integration review.

• Organizes, schedules, and conducts internal launch and gate reviews highlighting the deliverables that would have a negative effect on the cost, quality, and delivery of the program as it pertains to diligence and integration.

• Responsible and accountable to maintain program timing, cost, and quality by working up, down, and across the organization in a collaborative, professional, and catalytic manner.

• Plan development must also consider the inclusion of "Non-Operations" departmental milestones including but not limited to Product Engineering, Purchasing, Product Planning, Marketing Sales Service and other significant events, Allison Staff and Operations Management Team reviews.

• Effective utilization of a "Recovery Plan" in order to maintain program deliverables.

Behavioral Expectations:

• Capacity to maintain complete confidentiality internally and externally

• Ability to lead and influence others in order to deliver a Program on time, to budget, with the defined quality level in exceeding customer expectations

• Effectively communicate both positive and negative projections/outcomes to multiple levels with appropriate timing and delivery

• Demonstrate competency in the timely and accurate completion of program deliverables and documentation

• Maintain a high level of organizational credibility through thorough investigation, calculation, and recommendation

• Create and organize documents using the established methodology, tools, and templates in Microsoft SharePoint. This is the repository for program documents

• Knowledge of best practices in automotive or equipment manufacturing.

• Engineering understanding - Manufacturing, design, and/or industrial engineering experience/knowledge

• Financial acumen - General accounting principles, prior budgeting experience, business valuation, project costing

Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Technology, or Engineering.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in Business, Finance, Technology, or Engineering.

Experience

Required

• 7+ years' experience in same role or similar position

• Prior corporate development and/or integration experience

Preferred

• 10+ years' experience in same role or similar position

• Experience or familiarity with lean manufacturing principles for machining and assembly operations.

Scope Factors

• Fully seasoned professional role: Has extensive experience in a field of study that are accountable for enterprise-wide projects and/or processes.

• No direct management responsibilities.

• Frequently interacts with leadership up direct management chain and direct team members. Occasionally interacts with peers within broader function or across functions.

• Has advanced and specialized expertise, typically developed through a combination of job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience.

• Routinely exercises project leadership over complex projects, trains other professionals, or serves as a specialized subject matter expert.

• Proactively identifies, defines, and solves the most complex problems that impact the management and direction of the business.

• Works autonomously within established procedures and practices.

• Acts as a lead, coordinating the work of others but is not a supervisor.

• Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends solutions / best practices.

• Work may impact across multiple cross functional teams and influences management decisions with medium term risk associated with outcomes.

Primary Location

Indianapolis, IN

Additional Locations

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.

Allison Transmission is the world's largest manufacturer of commercial-duty automatic transmissions and hybrid propulsion systems. Our products are specified by more than 300 of the world's leading vehicle manufacturers and are used in a range of market sectors-from bus, refuse and emergency to construction, distribution and defense.

Allison was founded in 1915 in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the company's global headquarters is still located. We have approximately 1,400 dealer and distributor locations, employ more than 2,700 people around the world and our international presence spans more than 80 countries.

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.