Job Description
Position Summary:
The Senior Manager of Rental Analytics will drive strategic insights delivery and innovation by leading a high-performance team of Analysts and Data Scientists for Penske's Rental Organization. This strategic role is responsible for developing cutting-edge AI/ML capabilities and delivering transformative insights which directly drive operational efficiency and strategic insight to our senior leaders.
The Senior Manager will collaborate across the enterprise and closely with the Director to design, implement, and optimize predictive models focused on financial forecasting, workforce planning, capacity modeling, and fleet and process optimization. Beyond technical excellence, this role will be instrumental in cultivating team talent, fostering a culture of continuous learning, and expanding the strategic analytics capabilities across the organization.
This is an on-site position located at our Corporate Office in Reading, PA.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead data science team in developing advanced analytical models and machine learning solutions
- Oversee data quality initiatives and data integration efforts.
- Manage and perform data analysis in support of Corporate, field and customer-based requests.
- Coordinate across multiple IT and Rental teams to prioritize, develop and drive deployment of our AI/ML models within our Rental processes and systems
- Maintain cutting edge capabilities through focus on strategic research and development
- Work closely with strategic partners and universities to ensure continued alignment with research and industry best practices
- Contribute to advancing analytical standards and best practices required
- Other projects/tasks as assigned.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Analytics, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science
- Master's degree preferred in Finance, Math & Engineering.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Accounting / Financial analytics, Data Analysis, Project management and leadership, statistical data analysis, knowledge of AS400 financial systems, oral and written communication to senior leadership required
- Minimum 5 years of experience with SQL or Visual Basic programming required. Microsoft programs Access, Excel and PowerPoint required. Predictive modeling and forecasting techniques.
- Strong knowledge of advanced analytics, statistics, and machine learning
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities
- Critical thinking and problem-solving
- Ability to manage multiple priorities
- Eager to grow and develop others though coaching and mentorship.
- Professional leadership skills, able to manage 1-5 direct reports.
- Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
- Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.
Physical Requirements:
• The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
