Product Manager- Supply Chain Planning & Optimization

As a key member of our Enterprise Technology Group, you’ll play a critical part in crafting the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to bring to bear advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience, and improve people’s lives, this is your opportunity. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help build vehicles that are as inquisitive as you are.

Ford is in the middle of a major Supply Chain Transformation. Supply chain planning and optimization being one of the core capabilities that will be enabled through digital capabilities. This will help ford deliver its quality products at faster pace and optimal cost to its customers. 

We're seeking a seasoned Product Manager who brings combination of the core Supply chain skills and experience of deploying supply chain planning solutions. 

What you'll do...

Plans And Conducts Customer Research to Gather Data and Discover Problems Through User and Stakeholder Interviews. 

Validates Researched Data to Bring Leading Indicators in Focus, Allowing the Team to Actively Analyze, Synthesize and Determine Valuable Product / Service Options.

Iteratively Hypothesizes and Discovers New Opportunities for The Customer’s Needs / Desires, Aligning with Business Objectives and Technical Standards.

Seeks Continuous Feedback, Emphasizing the Importance of Research Driven Product Decisions.

Plans And Conducts Business Process Mapping Workshops, Idea Generating Sessions and Facilitates Prioritization of Relevant Ideas and Defining Minimum Viable Product Requirements.

Engages With the Product Owner and Team to Prioritize and Define Product Strategy and Roadmaps.

Collaborate With Vendors to Design, Develop, Document, And Maintain Software / Hardware Prototypes, Two-way Data Integrations.

Collaborate With External and Internal Technical Peers (Product Managers, Business System Analysts, Software Engineers, Architects, And Vendors) To Design and Validate Technical Approaches and Designs. 

Contribute To Maintain a Readied Backlog and Enable the Team to Go Further with Effective Usage of Rally/Jira

Advocate The Use of Agile Methodologies to meet Stakeholder Requirements.

Assist In Estimation, Systems Testing, Triage and Debugging Sessions for Optimization Tool Data Integration Issues and Helps Track Product and Data Quality Metrics. 

Utilize Statistical and Optimization Tools and Programming Languages to Conduct Data Integration Through Extraction, Transformation, And Loading (ETL) And Create Models to Generate Optimized Recommendations.

Configures, And Tests a Solution Based On (Home Grown / Commercial Off-the-shelf (Cots) Applications to Meet Functional and Non- Functional Requirements.

You'll have... 

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science/Engineering, or related field 
• 8+ Years of experience gathering and analyzing requirements and designing software prototypes
  • Ability To operate in an ambiguous Environment with Curiosity and Can-do Attitude towards new technologies and a strong Desire to Learn So That the Team May Benefit.
  • Good Communication and Collaboration Skills In Working with Cross Functional Global Teams.
  • Demonstrates strong work ethic and ownership  
  • Understands Design Principles and Tools.
  • Have Hands on Experience Querying SQL/NoSQL Databases.
  • Uses UI/UX Design Practices to Advocate for the Customer and Help the Team Evolve the Product.
  • Meticulously Plans and Tracks Activities for Meeting Target Deadlines.
  • Produces Research Assets (Journey Maps, Affinity Walls, Empathy Maps, Storyboards, Personas, Etc.) To Capture Learning And Communicate the Immersive
  • Customer Experience with the Team and Other Stakeholders.
  • Conveys Design Requirements and Specification Details to The Team and Ensures They Capture Business and Customer Value.

Even better, you may have...

• Experience With Supply Chain Planning, Inventory Optimization, Demand Forecasting And/or Supply Planning, Material Requirement Planning (MRP) Software Products
• Working Knowledge And Experience In Implementation Of ERPs, SaaS Supply Chain Digital Tools (E2open, Kinaxis, One Network Etc.) Will Be An Asset.
• High Degree Of Initiative, Self-motivation, And Ability To Work Autonomously.
• PEGA certification & experience
• Supply Chain Domain Certification As Plus (APICS - CPIM or CSCP)
• Knowledge About API Design Standards, Patterns, And Best Practices To Create Robust And Performing Integrated Systems.
• Good Team Player And Encourages Team Learning Opportunities Like Design Thinking
• Experience In Cloud Platforms Like Azure, AWS, GCP

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 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

• 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: fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD

This position is a range of salary grade 7-8.
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

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