Logistics Analyst

Ford-Motor-Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 72,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and prescription drug

Backup childcare and family care

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off and holidays

Employee resource groups

Paid time off for community service

Job summary

Ford Motor Company’s North America Material Logistics organization seeks a qualified professional to lead system and process enhancements, including development and implementation of a new Transportation Management System (TMS) with LLP teams. You will gather requirements, build business cases, and drive cross-functional improvements across material logistics to create efficiency and cost savings.

You will develop dashboards and metrics, coordinate with Lead Logistics Providers, and define

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 3+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Logistics, Premium Freight, or Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and implementation of TMS modules with IT teams and LLPs.
• Gather stakeholder requirements, build business cases, and present proposals.
• Document and improve cross-functional material logistics processes for efficiencies and cost savings.
• Develop and maintain freight databases, dashboards, and key metrics.
• Interface with LLP on TMS connectivity and define future integration processes.
• Create implementation plans and rollout processes with key stakeholders.
• Support special projects through data gathering and analysis.
• Work remotely with the option to come to the office as needed.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Visio

Job description

In this position...

North America Material Logistics is responsible for coordinating the movement of all inbound material to support vehicle production at each of our assembly plants. This role is responsible for leading several system and process enhancements, including assisting with the development and implementation of our new TMS together with our LLP teams.

What you'll do...

• Lead the development and implementation of Transportation Management System (TMS) modules alongside our IT teams and Lead Logistics Providers (LLP)
• Gather stakeholder requirements, create business cases, and present proposals to management
• Document and improve current business practices across multiple teams within material logistics working cross-functionally, to create process efficiencies and cost saves
• Develop and maintain freight databases, dashboards, and key metrics
• Interface with LLP on connectivity with new in development TMS system; define processes to connect systems for future use
• Create implementation plans and rollout processes with key stakeholders
• Support special projects and requests through data gathering and analysis
• Work remotely, with flexibility to come to the office when needed

You’ll have...

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3 or more years of experience in one or more of the following fields: Supply Chain, Logistics, Premium Freight, Manufacturing

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, etc.) desirable

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
• 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
• 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.

This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $72,480-121,440.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $84,480-141,360.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $96,720-162,120.

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.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.