VHE Business Office Analyst

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At Ford, the Vehicle Hardware Engineering teams are using Design Thinking & User Experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. Our employees are laser‑focused on bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. From autonomy and electrification to smart mobility technologies, our teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world.

The IPTSE Business Office Analyst supports a global engineering organization by managing business planning, headcount, purchased services, material spend, ED&T, and Cycle Plan execution. The analyst will serve as a trusted business advisor to IPTSE leadership, ensuring alignment to corporate financial guidance, governance requirements, and program milestones.

The role requires strong business and engineering acumen, clear communication skills, and the ability to manage complex, cross‑functional processes.

• Purchased Services (PS):
  Manage IPTSE Purchased Services spend to approved targets; serve as first approver/scrutineer for Ariba PS requests; process lead to ensure all PS requests meet corporate screening, classification, and approval requirements; function as the Ariba tool Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for IPTSE users; support PS budget returns, offsets, and director‑level approval requests.
• Material Spend:
  Manage material spend to approved targets across IPTSE, coordinate funds transfers required to support engine builds, serve as SPOC for engine prototype scheduling and build processes.
• Headcount & Workforce Planning:
  Manage IPTSE headcount to PDRP‑approved targets; lead Cycle Plan headcount analysis, evaluating resource demand versus approved capacity; support LL2/LL3 organizational planning.
• ED&T (Engineering Design & Test):
  Assess lump‑sum ED&T requirements across unit and program work; support ED&T budget deployment, scrubs, and leadership reviews; partner with Chiefs and Finance on ED&T prioritization and governance.
• Resource & Program Planning:
  Lead global engine unit and global top‑hat vehicle program studies; manage cost‑study process changes for unit and top‑hat programs; support Finance and Planning for program milestone submissions; lead prototype vehicle count collection to support DV requirements submitted to VEV; conduct comprehensive Cycle Plan analysis, including quality facets such as OPD, PVT, TVM, Top‑hat programs.

• Purchase Services, Material, Headcount & Workforce, ED&T, and Resource & Program planning as described above.

• High School Diploma.
• Minimum 10 years of experience supporting or leading Engineering Business Office functions.
• Minimum 5 years of engineering or technical program experience.

• Strong understanding of Ford engineering, financial, and sourcing processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross‑functional workflows.

• 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.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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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.