Senior Manager Business Intelligence

Sr. Manager Business Intelligence
The Senior Manager Business Intelligence role is pivotal in assisting the development of analytic strategies and overseeing execution of tactical plans as it relates to the vehicle merchandising, marketing and buying experience. This individual must show proven success using data and insights to collaborate across business functions such as Marketing, Sales, Operations, Products and Engineering. The ideal candidate will have experience consulting with enterprise-class clients, using data analysis to produce actionable insights. This individual must demonstrate a continuous passion for supporting a culture of collaboration, discovery and learning. Additionally, candidates should have knowledge of business concepts and associated data as it relates to market analysis, digital marketing, website performance, inventory merchandising and/or CRM/retailing solutions.
Successful candidates will have advanced analytical skills, the ability to create reporting and analyses that tell a story with data while provide actionable recommendations. This individual will develop innovative analytics and reporting solutions that inform and influence decisioning across vehicle retailing functions. Using Business Intelligence tools such as MicroStrategy and Tableau, you'll create scalable reporting while leveraging PowerPoint and SQL to create ad hoc presentations that bring together performance data with customer and industry trends to tell a clear and concise story around the vehicle retailing process. This role is expected to perform these duties with minimal daily oversight.
What You'll Do

• Working with cross-functional teams such as Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering and Operations; you provide actionable insights on consumer behavior, advertising channel mix and digital transactions/sales through data analytics, pre/post analysis, data mining and statistical methods.
• Partner with business leaders to identify and define key reporting and analysis metrics to inform the business' KPI framework.
• Create standard and evolving reporting, analysis and forecasting capabilities to support client optimization strategies and give insights on critical data necessary for business decisioning.
• Mine data from a variety of data sources and platforms to surface strategies that improve ROI and program performance.
• Explores and incorporates available and new data sources to proactively create and present to internal and external stakeholders with minimal manager support, including customized sales presentations, program recaps, tactic evaluations and solution recommendations.
• Presents directly to clients and internal stakeholders, developing and articulating analytical concepts and summarized findings through cohesive narratives.
• Designs, conducts and leads processes that facilitate complex analyses that mine, extract, track, report and analyze performance metrics and other data source systems and summarize findings.
• Deliver actionable insights into compelling PowerPoint slides with a simplified and visual story.
• Collaborates with different departments and defines requirements to improve our analytics suite.
• Champions a healthy team culture and mentors team members.

What's In It For You
At Cox, we reward your hard work with meaningful benefits.
First, we offer a highly competitive compensation package, 401(k) with a generous company match, comprehensive healthcare, life, and disability benefits, plus numerous other benefits, including adoption assistance, pet insurance, and discounts on travel and cars!
We value people more than technology. That means you'll work within a culture and with a team that values your leadership, your experience, your contributions, and you - yes, you - as a person. We believe recognition is important, and Cox strives to celebrate those who help make us successful every day. We also encourage diversity and support inclusion; we want you to do you and feel comfortable doing so.
We also offer boundless opportunities for growth; you can sharpen your skills, learn a new talent, join a mentoring program, even earn an advanced degree. You'll find the potential for lateral or upward career growth within the Cox family businesses, including the innovative startups in transportation mobility, clean tech and more.
Who You Are
Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in related discipline with 10 years of experience in a related field (marketing, commerce analytic experience, etc.). The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 8 years' experience; a Ph.D. and 5 years' experience in a related field; or 14 years' experience in a related field.
• Expertise with marketing measurement, optimization strategies including but not limited to: Media Mix Modeling, Multi-Touch attribution, ad content and creative testing.
• Proficiency with web analytics tools such as Google Marketing Platform, Facebook Insights, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics (Omniture), Webtrends and with first party consumer data sets.
• High proficiency with SQL and data warehousing tools such as Snowflake to join and manage multiple data sources.
• Proficiency with using Tableau, MicroStrategy or Power BI to create data visualizations from disparate data sources.
• Strong ability to clearly articulate business performance metrics through data visualizations, presentations and dashboards.
• High proficiency with Excel - including manipulating large data sets, using pivot tables, automating data pulls through 3rd party plugins.
• Strong Microsoft Office Skills that can be leveraged to best communicate analytics findings.
• Demonstrated ability to solve problems, think conceptually and drive results
• Possess ability to synthesize complex or diverse information, collect and research data, use intuition and experience to complement data.
• Has experience working and leading groups within an agile environment.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Manage ambiguity and adapt readily and easily to changes in priorities and business conditions
• Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, manage multiple projects, a strong sense of urgency, and follow-thru in addressing issues.
• Highly accountable and performance driven

Preferred

• Experience within the automotive industry
• Python/pandas experience is a plus.
• Salesforce experience

USD 144,900.00 - 241,500.00 per year
Compensation:
Compensation includes a base salary of $144,900.00 - $241,500.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Benefits:
The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
In California, we will consider non-driving candidates who use alternate means of transportation in accordance with applicable law.
Application Deadline: 05/02/2025
About Cox Automotive
At Cox Automotive, people of every background are driven by their passion for mobility, innovation and community. We transform the way the world buys, sells, owns and uses cars, accelerating the industry with global powerhouse brands like Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, Manheim and more. What's more, we do it all with an emphasis on employee growth and happiness. Drive your future forward and join Cox Automotive today!
About Cox
Cox empowers employees to build a better future and has been doing so for over 120 years. With exciting investments and innovations across transportation, communications, cleantech and healthcare, our family of businesses - which includes Cox Automotive and Cox Communications - is forging a better future for us all. Ready to make your mark? Join us today!
Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page .
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