Supply Chain Enterprise Architect

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Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are.

In this position...

At Ford Motor Company, we are driving innovation and transforming the future of mobility. Our global supply chain is at the heart of our operations, and we are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Supply Chain Enterprise Architect to join our dynamic team. This role is critical in shaping the technological landscape of our supply chain, ensuring it is resilient, efficient, and future-ready.

The Enterprise Architect – Supply Chain will be a key leader in defining and implementing the architecture for Ford's Supply Chain Management. You will play a pivotal role in global strategic initiatives, making critical technology decisions for both in-house and vendor solutions to modernize Ford's supply chain. This position requires a deep understanding of supply chain business processes, combined with advanced technical proficiency in data modeling, integration patterns, and cloud technologies.

Based in Dearborn, MI, this is a hybrid position with a required four-day onsite presence each week 

What you'll do...

• Define and implement comprehensive business and technical architecture solutions to modernize Ford's Supply Chain, aligning with strategic business goals and objectives.
• Address diverse challenges in supplier collaboration, transparency, sustainability, and risk management through innovative architectural designs.
• Provide enterprise architectural services for Supply Chain Management products, including consulting on solution architecture and developing architectural Points of View for proposed initiatives.
• Conduct hands-on evaluation of current supply chain operations to design customer-centric solutions and guide product teams in building best-in-class software development.
• Partner closely with Business Leads, Software Delivery Leads, Product Managers, and Software Engineers in system design and technology evaluation.
• Lead the strategic design, architecture, and implementation of enterprise data solutions, ensuring alignment with long-term business goals, and defining data governance policies and frameworks.
• Design and build scalable, high-performance Business Intelligence solutions, leveraging advanced data modeling concepts and techniques.
• Architect end-to-end data pipelines and robust data integration frameworks to enable seamless flow of structured and unstructured data from multiple sources (cloud and on-premise).
• Set the technical direction and implementation strategy for high-quality cloud solutions, focusing on overarching cloud strategy, industry trends, and tool adoption.
• Modernize Ford's in-house applications by migrating them to cloud platforms, with a strong focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Evaluate vendors and make informed buy-vs-build decisions, identifying key portfolio capabilities and mapping global system strategy.
• Advocate for agile methodologies and ensure the implementation of DevOps and software craftsmanship practices like Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD) tools.
• Ensure architectures are secure, compliant, and scalable to support global supply chain operations and future business growth.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineeing, Systems Engineering or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in architecture, technology, and software functions, with a significant focus on Supply Chain Management.
• 2+ years as an Enterprise or Solution Architect in a large, complex organization.  This should also include:
  • Experience with multi-team, large-scale projects and incorporating all levels of architecture development (Business, Solution, Application, Infrastructure).
  • Highly proficient in data modeling, database design, and data architecture principles.
  • Extensive knowledge and practical experience with various integration patterns (e.g., microservices, event-driven, REST APIs, distributed cloud systems) to create robust and performing integrated systems.
• 5+ years of supply chain business knowledge, including operations, demand planning, logistics, and procurement best practices.
• 3+ years of cloud knowledge and hands-on experience with cloud technologies such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Microsoft Azure, with deep expertise in GCP preferred.
• 2+ years of experience with cloud deployment, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and architecting highly available, scalable, global solutions.
• 2+ years of experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.

Even better, you may have…

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering or related field
• Familiarity with Supply Chain System(s), specifically with SAP ERP software, is a plus
• Knowledge of Ford and Industry technology standards and security frameworks/tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to operate in an ambiguous environment and a curiosity towards new technologies.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive architectural recommendations.
• Strong collaboration skills, capable of working effectively with global teams and diverse stakeholders.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've 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 builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage 
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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 Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is Salary Grades 7-8 and ranges from $97,140- $190,500.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRSP2

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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