Data Scientist (Supply Chain)

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll 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.

Do you believe data tells the real story? We do! Redefining mobility requires quality data, metrics and analytics, as well as insightful interpreters and analysts. That's where Global Data Insight & Analytics makes an impact. We advise leadership on business conditions, customer needs and the competitive landscape. With our support, key decision makers can act in meaningful, positive ways. Join us and use your data expertise and analytical skills to drive evidence-based, timely decision making.

In this position... 

The automotive industry is amid significant disruption and change with an increasingly complex global supply chain, enormous amounts of capital investment towards electrification, and a digital transformation of the way large enterprises do business. The Ford Supply Chain AI Innovation group works on new challenges that arise around the world and aims to predict and mitigate the impact of any disruption. This involves building innovative solutions, be involved in system designs from data engineering, AI/ML, to UX experience, in order to precisely quantify the issues and to provide actionable insights. 

We are hiring a Data Scientist help build and scale the supply chain solutions via AI and classical ML methods. 

What you'll do...

• Project Planning & Execution - Aggregate and manage requests for assigned supply chain systems and  solutions. Work with internal customers to understand their needs and requirements, and provide feasible solutions driven by AI/ML.
• Build Systems with AI - Utilize AI and large language models to solve challenging problems ranging from solving data quality issues to applying agentic AI solutions using industry standard protocols, to solve the business needs.
• Feature Engineering / Data Products - Build aggregations and features from Terabytes of data from different systems. Build production-ready pipelines for data preparation using BigQuery and/or other technologies such as Graph Databases.
• Apply Machine Learning - Due to the adhoc nature of the global supply chain, build statistical and machine learning models and provide actionable insights to the business as needed. Productionize and deploy the solutions.
• Develop Supply Chain AI Systems - In order for the business to utilize the analytical results, build web applications (using Flask/ React, Springboot, , dash, etc.) for the internal customers. Work with software engineers and architects to promote the system from proof-of-concept to production.

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree discipline in Supply Chain, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of leading projects from requirement gathering to implementation details.
• 5+ years of building AI/ML solutions and software applications.
• Proficiency using SQL, Python (and libraries such as Flask, Dash, etc.), Javascript, git.
• Fast learner, able to adopt new technologies and methodologies quickly.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

Even better, you may have...

• 3+ years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, logistics, operations, or related fields
• Masters Degree in  in Supply Chain, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Customer-centric mindset / prior experience in leading AI/ML product designs.
• Knowledge of Power BI, Google Cloud Platform toolchain.
• Balanced Experience in Data Science and software engineering (building AI/ML systems).

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 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 discou