# Director - Material/Vehicle Logistics & Customs IT

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Dearborn
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Competitive salary and benefits package
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

We're seeking an experienced Director to lead our Material/Vehicle Logistics & Customs IT function. As wenig Director, you will own the end-to-end strategy, delivery, implementation, and maintenance of the digital products powering Ford's global supply chain. This role will help drive solutions for inbound material logistics, finished vehicle logistics, intralogistics of parts/vehicles across Ford facilities and customs compliance.

Key responsibilities include:

- Being the global Enterprise Technology face off for inbound materials, finished vehicle distribution & customs compliance business functions

- Being accountable for technical and operational excellence of portfolio, delivery of IT investments, and production support

- Owning and managing delivery of IT investments: governance, budgets, contracts, reviews, feasibility, cost benefit analysis, prioritization, initiation, execution, and closure

- Developing strategy and exploring future technologies powering material and vehicle logistics transformation

- Adopting an AI-First mindset and leading cloud offerings to modernize the portfolio (replacing legacy/mainframe technologies) and innovate extensively to solve business problems

As Director, you will also define and evangelize the multi-year product roadmap for Ford's global logistics and trade compliance platforms, aligning closely with Material Planning & Logistics (MP&L) and plant operations. You will guide product and integration teams across the full lifecycle of a diverse application portfolio driving transportation network planning, multi-modal visibility of materials and vehicles, distribution, yard/compound management, trade compliance and other associated core supply chain execution functions.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of progressive responsibilities within technology and software functions, with 5+ years of direct experience managing or implementing IT systems in at least two of the following areas: inbound material logistics, outbound/finished vehicle logistics, customs compliance & global trade. They will also have experience leading/mentoring a team, including product managers and engineers, fostering a culture of agile excellence and continuous improvement.

## Skills

### Required
- inbound material logistics
- finished vehicle logistics
- customs compliance & global trade
- transportation management
- yard management
- end-to-end visibility
- global trade compliance
- integration with warehouse management capabilities
- AI-First mindset
- cloud offerings
- modernization of legacy/mainframe technologies
- innovation to solve business problems

### Nice to have
- knowledge of tracking technologies like RFID, BLE, GPS, or Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in a logistics environment
- experience with global team development and building knowledge and capability
- management skills/experience and independent, decision-making skills
- develop and maintain strong knowledge of the business functional areas for Supply Chain, including logistics
- technical excellence in software design, development, and deployment

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