MP&L Inventory Strategy Mgr, Business Program Manager

In this position...

As our MP&L Inventory Strategy Manager, you will lead the charge in redefining how we plan, position, and optimize inventory across the organization. This is a high-visibility role where you will synchronize cross-functional efforts between Manufacturing and Finance to ensure our inventory investment is a competitive advantage. We are looking for a data-driven leader who can build robust, scalable strategies that maximize operational efficiency while ensuring we never miss a beat in customer delivery

What you'll do...

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the inventory policy and guidelines, ensuring alignment with business strategy, service level targets, and financial objectives.
• Define and standardize inventory KPIs across the company footprint, including target setting, governance, and clear ownership for performance tracking.
• Design and implement a robust inventory monitoring structure, enabling visibility, consistency, and timely decision-making across regions, sites, or business units.
• Develop and enhance analytical tools, models, and dashboards to optimize inventory levels, balancing customer service, working capital, and operational efficiency.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, and Commercial teams to translate strategic inventory principles into actionable plans and execution.
• Identify inventory risks and opportunities, and proactively recommend actions to improve inventory health, turnover, and obsolescence management.
• Support scenario analysis and trade-off evaluations (service vs. inventory vs. cost) to guide strategic and tactical decisions.
• Drive best practices, standardization, and continuous improvement in inventory management processes across the organization.

You'll have...

• 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 optimize inventory levels (e.g., Excel, Power BI, SQL, Python, or planning systems). Adaptability and flexibility in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-functional team.
• Strong organizational 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 organizations.

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

· 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 Year’s Day

· Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $112,680-212,760.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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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