Logistics Analyst

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. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build 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 making great products people use and love.

In this position...

You will oversee North American supplier manufacturing from a supply chain and logistics perspective. This position demands strategic thinking, effective leadership, and the capability to manage multiple issues simultaneously across various plants and suppliers.

What you'll do...

• Leverage your sense of urgency and responsiveness to plant needs to protect the daily and weekly schedules. Goal is to support existing operating plans and schedules without needing remix or incurring production losses.
• Act as change agent needing to find efficiencies in current state operations to allow the new tools to expand our horizon for evaluating supply risks.
• Empower your continuous improvement mindset to seek and mitigate premium costs. Find ways to improve processes to lessen the need for premium; find the most cost-efficient means to support established production schedules, and lead initiatives to reduce premium costs to the company in collaboration with our MP&L Logistics organization.
• Work with the Ascent and Pega tools.
• Provide communication and dimension of risk as needed to escalate to leadership as well as report on the issues with solutions and / or need for assistance.
• Work cross-functionally with other internal teams including Purchasing, Supplier Technical Assistance (STA), Supplier Operations Team (SOT), Product Development, and plants.
• Manage critical suppliers and the accountability to Ford supplier expectations and Global Terms.

You'll have...

• Prior experience in a manufacturing or supply chain organization
• Knowledge of or experience in Ford with production planning and execution
• A proven track record in supply chain operations (inbound flows / Packaging / outbound flows / diversity / demand & supply planning / in-plant logistic operations / warehouse management)
• Well-versed with MS Office Tools (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Bias for action in identifying and working to solve issues identified in the clear to build horizon.

Even better, you may have…

• Strong data analytical skills to gather data from multiple sources to identify root causes, trends & insights and recommend operational improvements on Supplier Delivery Performance
• Strong storytelling capabilities with data to enable data driven decision making benefiting the organization
• Strong knowledge of Ford MP&L systems like CMMS, Super G, GCP, MCPV, etc
• Knowledge of Alteryx or similar data analysis tools desired
• Knowledge of SAP

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 change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above?

No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

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

• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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

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