We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. What will you make today?

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help deliver the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of delivering great products people use and love.

In this position...

North American Vehicle Logistics (NAVL) is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of Ford and Lincoln vehicles from our assembly plants to dealers in North America. In this role, you will deliver solutions for the transportation of finished vehicles to our North American Ford and Lincoln dealers.

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

What you'll do...

Meet and exceed NAVL Operations objectives by facilitating and influencing improvement in the following areas:

• Assist Ford North American Vehicle Logistics (NAVL) team in achieving planned transit time schedules, from plant to dealer, by leveraging data analytics to identify network design inefficiencies and implement corrective actions

• Assist the NAVL team in achieving planned VIN-level estimated time of arrival (ETA) that is communicated to customers by developing metric reporting processes to monitor, control, and correct network inefficiencies that are resulting in late ETAs

• Serve as a liaison between Ford & its third party vehicle “track and trace” service provider, to onboard new Ford transportation service providers into the tool ensuring data quality compliance

• Collaborate with all of Ford’s existing rail, carhaul, ocean, and yard service providers to improve respective carriers' milestone and latency compliance, within Ford’s vehicle track & trace reporting tool allowing Ford to have complete visibility within its vehicle distribution network

• Assist other Ford global business units (e.g. European Vehicle Logistics, South America Vehicle Logistics, etc.) and Ford internal stakeholders (Ford Pro, Model E, Lincoln, etc.) in vehicle track & trace training and democratization of data

• Lead industry benchmarking initiatives in vehicle telematics, vehicle visibility, freight payment, and other pertinent vehicle logistics areas of opportunity

• Lead ad-hoc business solution projects that leverage industry leading technology in telematics, yard management, vehicle theft prevention, and in-transit damage prevention

• Consistently develop one’s skills in Ford provided trainings and leverage opportunities for inter-departmental cross training in Network Planning, Network Operations, and Vehicle Quality.

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s Degree Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, Data Analytics or related field

• 5+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Premium Freight, Manufacturing or related field

Even better, you may have...

• Demonstrate aptitude to deliver new IT tools to support our technology requirements

• Strong leadership skills to collaborate with plant personnel, staff MP&L, and cross-functional (Purchasing, Lead Logistics Providers, etc.) teams

• Demonstrate ability to produce quality results under time constraints, sometimes in team setting, other times alone

• Strong analytical abilities, coupled with decision-making capability

• Strong problem-solving skills, able to conduct root cause analysis and develop permanent corrective actions

• Strong understanding of Material Planning & Logistics systems (TMS or similar systems) and Microsoft (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio)

• Experience with Data Analytics tools (Alteryx, QlikSense, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Power BI etc.) desirable

• Six Sigma and Lean Principles training

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more

• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases

• Tuition assistance

• Established and active employee resource groups

• Paid time off for individual and team community service

• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day

• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

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This position is a range of salary grades 6 - 8.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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Requisition ID : 28732