Regional Transportation Manager

We made history and now we work to transform the future for our customers our communities and our families. Youll see your work on the road every day helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

As part of our Manufacturing team youll help build the world-class state-of-the-art smart vehicles were known our plants around the world were constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. Youll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

Regional Transportation Manager will be responsible for all parts inbound to Ford plants moved via premium truck and air providers and assist in rack return movements back to Ford Internal and Tier 1 suppliers. The RTM will be responsible to drive cost improvements their business roles.

What youll do...

• Implement freight efficiencies to achieve calendarized and annualized targets. 10%
• Develop logistics commodity strategies with the Transportation Purchasing Organization. 5%
• Manage track and escalate critical premium freight moves. Including consistent monitoring of the 10 am premium logistics provider chat. 20%
• Manage metrics and performance of the premium freight bid board solution. 10%
• Support TPO in helping carriers react to changes at the least cost. 5%
• Manage inbound freight cost by identifying and implementing improvements and tracking physicals.5%
• Audit and dispute logistics provider billing discrepancies via bid board processes.5%
• Interface with Plant Group Managers and MP&L Managers to manage logistics-related issues between plants suppliers and carriers. 2%
• Monitoring Cube Utilization Brokering Add/Cancel metrics Rack Return-to-plan 5%
• Interface with Lead Logistics Provider to ensure quality and timely delivery of services. 10%
• Lead launch of Bid Board 2.0 Process to Ensure Competition in premium provider space. 20%
• Maintain or improve the 5.8 sigma rating for the overall quality performance level for production disruptions. 3%

Youll have...

• 1 years of experience interfacing with plant personnel; staff MP&L (MFE SCM etc.) and cross-functional (Purchasing Lead Logistics Providers etc.) teams.

• 1 years of Parts Follow Up

• 1 years of experience using CMMS

• Strong understanding of MP&L (CMMS Data Warehouse) and Microsoft (Excel Word PowerPoint Access) systems.

• Travel will be required to the plants the RTM supports. Weekend work may be required on an exception basis.

Even better you may have...

• Experience within the NAML organization SCM preferred and a strong knowledge of logistical operations.
• Experience leading the resolution of plant supplier carrier and other MP&L issues to ensure plant production.
• Strong analytical skill set coupled with decision-making capability including a background in Alteryx Power BI and/or Tableau.
• Ability to self-motivate strong time-management skills emotional resilience and work under pressure and time commitments.
• Plant experience preferred.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe or keep you close to home Will your career be a deep dive into what you love or a series of new teams and new skills Will you be a leader a changemaker a technical expert a culture builderor all of the above No matter what you choose we offer a work life that works for you including:
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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $. This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $. This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidates skills and experience and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: 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.

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