Business Analyst - Automotive / Transportation - Ricardo

Role Title: Business Analyst -  Automotive / Transportation

Location: United States - Michigan / Virginia - Hybrid

Job ID: 2024-2520

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

Ricardo is a leading provider of technology, product innovation, engineering solutions and strategic consulting to the world's automotive, transport and energy industries. We are successful because we combine business, product and process strategy with fundamental technical research and the implementation of large-scale new product development programs. Ricardo is able to take on the greatest challenges including business strategy and restructuring, process re-engineering, product design, development, engineering, testing and systems integration.

We have been growing steadily over the last 100+ years and employ 3,000+ professionals worldwide. Our US operations include our Detroit Technology Campus located in Van Buren Township, Michigan and Santa Clara Technical Center in California.

The Role

We are currently seeking to hire a highly motivated Business Analyst (BA).

At RSC, we deliver tangible results to our clients, so we recruit people who will thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Our entrepreneurial working style and the size of our firm allow our BA's to become an integral part of the team immediately and to have an impact early on in their careers at RSC.

The Business Analyst will focus on the analysis of issues and challenges faced by today’s businesses, contributing to the design and development of innovative strategies as well as delivering market and product knowledge for our clients. Typical assignments include competitive intelligence gathering, voice of the customer / market activities, aptitude for analyzing large databases of information, conducting financial and market analysis, developing client presentations and supporting clients with implementing the resulting recommendations.

Key RESPONSIBILITIES

Support clients (internal / external team) on a wide variety of topics, including but not limited to:

• Operations strategy: design and commercial cost reduction, sourcing strategy development and execution, manufacturing process assessment.
• New product development, market entry research and strategy development.
• Assessing market drivers and customer needs as part of product strategy development.
• Competitive benchmarking of products and technologies: cost estimation, performance benchmarking, life cycle cost analysis, overall business model review.
• Technology assessment, road mapping and adoption scenario modeling / forecasting.
• Due diligence engagements for leading early stage venture funds, private equity clients to help assess investments in the energy and transportation sectors.
• Designing and creatively executing qualitative and quantitative primary and secondary research through available and new unique information sources.
• Creating quantitative data models from large data sets to analyze, discover insights and develop custom-made strategies for clients.
• Communicating findings and insights to the internal team and to the client verbally and through presentations / reports.
• Working with experienced consultants on a variety of projects.
• Supporting senior leadership team in business development activities, as required.
• Engaging in overall RSC marketing activities by being active in authoring white papers, industry publications and presenting at market specific conferences.

 Key Competencies and Experience

• Master’s degree in engineering or business-related function from a top-tier institution.
• 3 to 5 years of professional experience in automotive or related industries.
• In lieu of Master’s degree, substantial relevant industrial / technical / business related experience may be considered as applicable to the role.
• Possess relevant professional work experience in product planning, product development, purchasing / procurement in one or more of the following industries:

• Electric Vehicles / Hybrids / Autonomous Vehicles / Mobility / Shared services and associated technologies
• Automotive – passenger car, motorcycle, 2-wheelers, luxury vehicles, high performance vehicles, etc.
• Medium / heavy duty vehicles, off highway equipment, recreational vehicles
• Large engines, power generation, marine, etc.
• Natural gas and oilfield equipment
• Defense
• Clean energy, including work in alternative sources like Hydrogen, solar, wind, etc.

• Ability to work with limited resources and limited guidance to draw informed conclusions.
• Exhibit strong analytical and data modelling skills and experience conducting in-depth data analysis.
• Demonstrate proven drive and initiative with excellent organization and time-management skills, able to structure own tasks and work independently.
• Be able to communicate complex ideas clearly, with excellent written and verbal presentation skills.
• Be proficient at MS Word, Access, Excel, VBA, Power-Point, and working with databases.
• Basic statistical modeling and regression analysis.
• Be willing to be globally staffed on short notice and stretch work-life balance, as required.
• Travel can be up to 80%, depending on the project.
• Previous work experience in consulting role would be a plus.
• Experience involving big data analysis and / or computer programming would be an asset.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.  Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance 

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health. 

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion statement

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, creed, gender identity. sexual orientation, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital or parental status (IL only), height, weight, national origin, citizenship status, age, domestic violence victim status, arrest record or conviction record (MI only), genetic information, military or veteran status or disability, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or municipal law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via recruit@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.

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