Optimization Manager

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Birmingham, AL, USAtime type:
Full time posted on:
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R25
** Optimization Manager
** The Optimization Manager leads portfolio-level projects within Motion’s Field and Solutions Businesses and across functional areas, leveraging research and data analytics to drive process improvements and increase operational efficiency. This role supports functional areas in their strategic initiatives by facilitating prioritization and collaboration among business owners, product management, and delivery teams.

This role partners closely with leadership, key stakeholders, and functional areas across the organization, translating strategic initiatives into actionable and measurable business cases. The Optimization Manager assists with the coordination and execution of strategic projects, managing risks, progress, and financial impacts.

Acting as a liaison between business units, finance, and technology, the Optimization Manager ensures cohesive planning, delivery, and reporting that align with and advance organizational goals. Additionally, this role plays a critical part in identifying and supporting enterprise-wide process optimizations to drive sustained business value.
** Job Duties
*** Coordinate strategic direction with business owners and functional leadership; collaborate to decompose executive strategic vision into clear, tangible actions and well-defined business cases.
* Assist with defining and maintaining the portfolio backlog and roadmap.
* Serve as the liaison between business units, FP&A, and technology departments to ensure initiatives are appropriately broken into milestones and supported by technology solutions.
* Participate actively in technology solutioning to align technical capabilities with strategic requirements, business priorities, and capital investments.
* Develop and implement new processes and procedures to increase efficiency.
* Utilize data to conduct high-level research, identify gaps and opportunities, and develop paths forward.
* Conduct ongoing analysis to ensure the effectiveness of new processes and revise as needed.
* Work closely with various departments to validate and obtain accurate data.
* Identify patterns and trends across initiatives, fostering collaboration to build sustainable solutions.
* Effectively build, develop, and manage relationships across all stakeholders, including senior executives; set expectations regarding their roles as stakeholders vested in initiative success.
* Ensure collaboration and information sharing among business owners and delivery teams through transparency and effective communication.
* Oversee and coordinate execution of multiple strategic initiatives at the portfolio level; track progress and escalate risks to leadership.
* Serve in a consultant capacity by holding teams accountable for deliverables and providing expert guidance on solution design and execution best practices.
* Detect gaps or weaknesses in plans or execution; proactively propose mitigation strategies to address risks and improve outcomes.
* Work with stakeholders to define business value, track progress, and see initiatives through to completion.
* Analyze and understand financial impacts of initiatives, link project milestones to organizational financial goals.
* Partner with FP&A and Finance teams to define tracking mechanisms and KPI frameworks for portfolio and initiative performance.
* Prepare and present regular, comprehensive reports on portfolio status, initiative health, risks, and opportunities to executive leadership.
* Build and develop strategy documents, including presentations, analyses, business cases, and white papers, support ideation and development of strategic initiatives.
* Provide data-driven recommendations to leadership regarding initiative performance—advocating continuation, modification, or discontinuation as appropriate.
* Establish and refine portfolio governance standards and processes.
* Work with cross-functional execution teams to ensure adherence to defined processes and governance frameworks.
* Support strategy workshops, brainstorming…