Director, MP&L Strategy and Transformation

The Opportunity

The Director, Material Planning & Logistics Business Transformation will lead excellence around material supply planning, supplier relationships, and in-plant materials-inventory management within Ford with the Technical advancement of the Digital Ecosystem that has focus on AI capabilities. This leadership position will focus to improve material flow by balancing demand and supply through the maturity of business processes as Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP), demand planning, master scheduling, material planning, inventory management, production control, and logistics processes.

Reporting to the Director, Global Material Planning & Logistics, this role is accountable for the supply and movement of all materials from their source to the point of use on the assembly line, actively planning and executing to achieve productivity and efficiency targets as well as managing risk and generating cost savings to achieve the strategic goals of the business.

The Director, Material Planning & Logistics Business Transformation will lead excellence around material supply planning, supplier relationships, and in-plant materials-inventory management within Ford with the Technical advancement of the Digital Ecosystem that has focus on AI capabilities. This leadership position will focus to improve material flow by balancing demand and supply through the maturity of business processes as Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP), demand planning, master scheduling, material planning, inventory management, production control, and logistics processes.

What You'll be able to do

* Develop a vision and long-term strategy related to the systems, process, and skills roadmap for the future of materials management with the Strategic Action Plans / X-matrix execution

* Business processes like S&OP (SIOP), Fulfillment, Logistics, Inventory to drive across the Global teams aligned with the broader enterprise results

* Functional expertise in MP&L and New software & systems technology development
• Proven experience of managing and delivering multi market / projects

* Lead supply chain and materials management initiatives by providing direction and guidance as well as setting clear performance expectations and coaching for excellence for key stakeholders.

* Lead/collaborate sales planning, product line leadership, engineering, operations, and finance teams to drive cross-functional alignment and delivering stability of plan to both ford manufacturing plants and supplier sites

* Identify opportunities to develop, improve or simplify processes, guidelines and policies for effective supplier management practices, order fulfillment, inventory management and materials management activities

* MP&L Business Process Strategy Leader will deploy, govern, and KPI performance - Build a clear vision,

deploy standard business processes, select the right metrics - that are external in nature and give an

end-to-end view supply chain and where we are making tradeoffs. Determine levers that can be

"pulled", prioritize the results into actionable projects, and get buy-in to ensure optimal execution of the

improvement projects.

* Working closely with IT team in implementing a modern MRP system across all sites in a phased

manner

* Identify business risks and implementing resolutions and scalable mechanisms across the in-plant

materials management and supply chain management function.

* Build and develop relationships at the executive level with suppliers and partners to ensure

contractual commitment, alignment, and accountability.

* Establish a culture focused on continuous process improvements aimed at achieving predictability

and visibility implementing CTC (Clear To Build) and Clear to Commit (CTC) utilizing the Accent

* Establish performance monitoring/KPI programs to effectively measure the performance of our

internal team and our supply chain.

* Interfacing with CoE and GDIA in establishing IT tools, with standardized global approach to drive

continuous improvement

* Manage to ensure the S&OP (SIOP) plan is set in accordance with meeting customer expectations

and that all manufacturing locations are in line to support it.

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