Evan Garber Email & Phone Number

Detroit, Mi, Us

Dearborn, Michigan, United States

As Ford realized the power of their commercial division, I was charged with leading inside the new, start-up enterprise, Ford Pro, with a focus on the charging division of the business. In an agile and fast-moving landscape, I oversee competitive analysis, market and pricing strategies, data modeling, and solutioning. I guide quantitative and analytics projects, interfacing with both upstream and downstream teams to uncover challenges.✓ Thrived inside agile startup operation – hired as… Show more As Ford realized the power of their commercial division, I was charged with leading inside the new, start-up enterprise, Ford Pro, with a focus on the charging division of the business. In an agile and fast-moving landscape, I oversee competitive analysis, market and pricing strategies, data modeling, and solutioning. I guide quantitative and analytics projects, interfacing with both upstream and downstream teams to uncover challenges.✓ Thrived inside agile startup operation – hired as one of first 75 employees – supporting development of pricing strategy as part of go-to-market plans, driving for maximized bottom-line impacts. ✓ Executed benchmarking exercise to gain critical insight into future market and product changes, developing criteria, consolidating, and performing regression analysis to showcase data on overall share of pocket. ✓ Steered analysis of electric vehicle products to create suite of metrics and report that provide insights into performance, failure, and revenue missteps. ✓ Generated unbiased model to safeguard delivery of products to top clients – leveraging point system based on data points and factors – allowing enterprise to strategically navigate demand issue for maximum ROI. ✓ Built data model to track incentive programs and ensure discounts fit criteria with proper documentation and tracking of matching chargers to the vehicle order.✓ Partnered cross-functionally on pricing strategy to advance product portfolio and guide creation of compensation structure incentivizing sales teams. Show less

Greater Detroit Area

Supporting the Lincoln brand, I hold two primary roles as business strategy analyst. The first is corporate governance where I work in close partnership with the president, executive leadership, and cross-functional resources. The second is competitor landscape research where I fuel partnership identification, strategic POV proposals development, and business model analysis for prospective new services to determine concept feasibility, desirability, and viability.I have asserted myself… Show more Supporting the Lincoln brand, I hold two primary roles as business strategy analyst. The first is corporate governance where I work in close partnership with the president, executive leadership, and cross-functional resources. The second is competitor landscape research where I fuel partnership identification, strategic POV proposals development, and business model analysis for prospective new services to determine concept feasibility, desirability, and viability.I have asserted myself as a critical team member and partner to the brand globally, and have been consistently tapped by leadership to take on special assignments and lead on ad hoc projects. ✓ Lowered slides in monthly reporting deck 60% through the development of a consolidated report. ✓ Spearheaded corporate governance reporting. Managed multiple process overhauls and supported 5-year business plan update in close collaboration with Lincoln executive team. ✓ Trusted to take on ad hoc assignments that included developing materials for Lincoln global president to be shared to annual global Lincoln town halls as well as key reports for the director of Lincoln North America presented during annual new employee onboarding event. ✓ Executed competitive assessment for potential new service concept for Lincoln clients. Uncovered potential partnership through an established organization with existing scale, expertise, and infrastructure to bypass existing roadblocks. Partnership has evolved into pilot program and scope of concept – opening up potential revenue streams.✓ Guided coordination of “Project 2035” workshop with the futuring team, entrusted to lead as participant in the workshop, and tapped to compile presentation summarizing all of the key lessons. ✓ Selected to drive the development, launch, and utilization of a fully virtual collaborative workspace for the cross-functional Lincoln team as a tool connecting teams and forging a cohesive strategy. Show less

Greater Detroit Area

For the last step in the Career Foundation Program, I led inside treasury operations where I completed monthly forecast updates and board of directors submissions and delivered on headcount and operating cost and physical-based explanation reporting. ✓ Delivered $172K in annual savings with elimination of headcount through end-to-end execution of electronic approval-chain process to replace manual activities and deploying automated processes for key business planning responsibilities… Show more For the last step in the Career Foundation Program, I led inside treasury operations where I completed monthly forecast updates and board of directors submissions and delivered on headcount and operating cost and physical-based explanation reporting. ✓ Delivered $172K in annual savings with elimination of headcount through end-to-end execution of electronic approval-chain process to replace manual activities and deploying automated processes for key business planning responsibilities. ✓ Served as partner for the completion of the annual business risk management audit testing and reporting. Show less

Greater Detroit Area

In this capacity, I led in a dual role where I served as finance analyst for 1 of 5 primary vehicle part groups and also as the total vehicle cost consolidator for the Edge midsized crossover vehicle program built and sold in China. I worked in close partnership with engineering teams to navigate design requests, consolidations, calculations, reporting on total vehicle financials, and quote verification coverage (QVC) processes.✓ Eliminated $200M in unexplained “hard rock” of material… Show more In this capacity, I led in a dual role where I served as finance analyst for 1 of 5 primary vehicle part groups and also as the total vehicle cost consolidator for the Edge midsized crossover vehicle program built and sold in China. I worked in close partnership with engineering teams to navigate design requests, consolidations, calculations, reporting on total vehicle financials, and quote verification coverage (QVC) processes.✓ Eliminated $200M in unexplained “hard rock” of material cost across the life cycle of the program. Headed deep dive analysis into price-related design (PRD) to uncover and solve complex issues stemming from prior milestones, in close collaboration with senior leadership. ✓ Handpicked to presented outcome of TARR (time-adjusted rate of return) analysis for proposed Edge business case. Show less

Greater Detroit Area

Entering the Ford Enterprise, I was able to participate in the Career Foundation Program where I rapidly cycled through multiple facets of the business to amplify my education and fuel increased professional development. Starting out as a material & premium freight finance analyst, I delivered on the analysis of shipping cost for production- and nonproduction-related material across manufacturing facilities within North America.✓ Spearheaded development of new material freight budget… Show more Entering the Ford Enterprise, I was able to participate in the Career Foundation Program where I rapidly cycled through multiple facets of the business to amplify my education and fuel increased professional development. Starting out as a material & premium freight finance analyst, I delivered on the analysis of shipping cost for production- and nonproduction-related material across manufacturing facilities within North America.✓ Spearheaded development of new material freight budget and forecast model for South America MPL to drive alignment with North American MPL finance model. ✓ Trusted to serve as key contributor on large-scale McKinsey consulting project to uncover efficiency opportunities. ✓ Amplified premium reporting and forecasting to a weekly model, which allowed for increased insight into the business and troubleshooting. Show less

Greater Detroit Area

Greater Detroit Area

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

The Ross School of Business Weekend MBA program is a lock-step, cohort system, two year program in which all classes are taken.

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance

Activities and Societies: Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity