VMEC Business Analytics Data Specialist
General Motors

Job Info

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About GM

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Job Description

The Data Specialist roles are actively changing the business using state of the art data analytics throughout planning, development and operation by ensuring critical leadership and business decisions are data driven. This role provides a learning opportunity across all vehicle motion control and software with close integration to key VMEC business partners and program/product management teams (PMT). It requires an innovative attitude, system perspective and business analytics approach to organization-wide opportunities through creative analytical methods. A primary focus of this position will be crafting data analytics techniques which connect and derive meaning from data in order to enable informed business decisions for long to short term portfolio planning, program/product/project execution and final delivery of customer value. The Data specialist is the key connection to ensure the business analytics team has all the crucial data by utilizing data exploration tasks and visualization tools to enable data analysis with the critical focus of optimizing time to value for our customer and using data to highlight opportunities for steadfast improvement. They are expected to lead data driven decision making process and culture within VMEC (Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls) through innovative analytics approach and tools focused on end to end operations ensuring revealing early warning signs, draw impactful conclusions and optimizing organization wide operation and performance.

As part of this role, it is required to work across VMEC, GECSE, Calibration and other sectors to champion high levels of engagement resulting in maximized takeaways and ensure system opportunities are shared.
Critical Skills:

• Focuses on Customer and Business Needs: Anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of customers to meet or exceed their expectations.
• Data Driven Decision Making: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions, which are timely, and in the best interests of the organization.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Ability to execute and navigate ambiguous processes or standard work
• Creativity/Innovation: Develop new and unique ways to improve operations of the organization and to create new opportunities. Passion for creating something that has never been done.
• Continuous Learning Approach: Steadfast aim to learn & grow within one's own personal domain but also to stretch cross-organizationally in the pursuit of knowledge & understanding
• Comfort around Leadership: Strength in demonstrating "Be Bold" behavior and ability to standup for what is right for the vehicle to protect our customer and ensure launch excellence.
• Influence without authority: Positively influence others to achieve results that are in the best interest of the organization.
• Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, both internally and externally, to achieve the goals of the organization.
• Solves Problems and Analyzes Issues: Solid analytical/problem solving skills with capability to identify solutions to unusual and complex problems, including ability for "5 whys" and other methodologies for deeper understanding of problems to identify true root cause.
• Drives for Results: Proven ability to attain results, while balancing technical solutions with business imperatives.
• Plan: Determine strategies to move the organization forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results.

Additional Job Description
Requirements:

• Bachelors of Science Degree in Engineering or Bachelor of Computer Science
• Demonstrates excellent oral and written communications skills.
• High level of analytical ability where problems are outstanding and complex
• Demonstrated analytical skills and advanced EXCEL user
• 2 years of engineering, information technology or computer science experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MBA, MSE)
• Solid comprehension of embedded controls development tool set - (e.g. IBM Rational Tool Suite including DOORS for requirements management, Git ecosystem, MatLab-Simulink, ETAS)
• Experience with Software quality metrics (Defects, testing, automation, MISRA Compliance, Cybersecurity, Cyclomatic complexity, code quality, unused feature, refactoring rate, etc.)
• Familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework®
• Presentation and visualization tools/technologies including Tableau and Power BI
• Coding skills in languages such as SQL, Java/J2EE and Python development languages, Front-end technologies including JavaScript
• Experience with statistical software
• Understanding of data warehousing and ETL techniques
• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrates ability on utilizing standard software and business tools/processes (BitBucket, Confluence, Quality database tools i.e. TrackerGART, Issue management tools i.e. JIRA / PRTS)

Benefits Overview

The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.

Diversity Information

General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities.GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statements

The policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us atCareers.Accommodations@GM.com. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

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