Order Fulfillment Product Group Integration Lead
Ford Motor Company
Job Description
Order Fulfillment Product Group delivers capability from Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP); multiple distribution models across EU, IMG and NA including wholesale and supporting eCommerce; vehicle configuration services; scheduling for all assembly plants; sales reporting; company vehicle management; and Global Trade Services. These capabilities are spread across six product lines and are the heart of all vehicle orders. The global team has a small footprint in the UK with the rest of the team equally split between Chennai and Dearborn. The full Product Group has approx. 500 team members and 120 applications.
This role reports directly to the Product Group Manager and is mainly an individual contributor with one team member supporting budget and financial processes. This role collaborates directly and continuously with all product lines including Product Owners and Software Engineering teams, and also with interfacing groups.
The product group is undergoing significant transformation and modernization. Highlights include:
- Transforming S&OP process and implementing a platform solution that can be extended to S&OE.
- Establishing an Order Fulfillment Platform to shift away from multiple products
- Transforming the Dealer experience for order management
- Modernizing away from legacy solutions to modern services.
- Key enabler for other company initiatives such as Material Management Planning modernization and new vehicle launches.