# MP&L Inventory Strategy Mgr, Business Program Manager

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $112,680-$212,760
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

In this position, you will lead the charge in redefining how we plan, position, and optimize inventory across the organisation. This is a high-visibility role where you will synchronise cross-functional efforts between Manufacturing and Finance to ensure our inventory investment is a competitive advantage.

As our MP&L Inventory Strategy Manager, you will be responsible for leading the development and continuous improvement of the inventory policy and guidelines, ensuring alignment with business strategy, service level targets, and financial objectives. You will also define and standardise inventory KPIs across the company footprint, including target setting, governance, and clear ownership for performance tracking.

Key responsibilities include:

- Developing and implementing a robust inventory monitoring structure, enabling visibility, consistency, and timely decision-making across regions, sites, or business units.

- Designing and implementing analytical tools, models, and dashboards to optimise inventory levels, balancing customer service, working capital, and operational efficiency.

- Partnering with Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, and Commercial teams to translate strategic inventory principles into actionable plans and execution.

- Identifying inventory risks and opportunities, and proactively recommending actions to improve inventory health, turnover, and obsolescence management.

- Supporting scenario analysis and trade-off evaluations (service vs. inventory vs. cost) to guide strategic and tactical decisions.

- Driving best practices, standardisation, and continuous improvement in inventory management processes across the organisation.

Qualifications include:

- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, engineering, business administration, or a related field.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.

- Proven track record of leading process improvement initiatives and managing cross-functional projects.

- Experience developing or using analytical tools, models, or dashboards to optimise inventory levels.

- Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.

- Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

- Strong background in inventory policy design, including service level definitions, safety stock logic, and segmentation strategies.

- Proven experience leading, coaching, or developing team members, either through direct people management or functional leadership in matrix organisations.

## Skills

### Required
- Inventory management
- Supply chain management
- Analytical tools
- Data analysis
- Communication
- Leadership
- Project management
- Inventory policy design
- Service level definitions
- Safety stock logic
- Segmentation strategies