Ford Motor Company

MP&L Obsolescence Analyst

Ford Motor Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Chennai • India

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About the role

  • __Balance out Study:__
  • - Aligned with Changeover Plan, ensure that the Balance out study kicked-off 24/12 months prior to JL with all CFT to identify critical issues and steer through the team for resolution.
  • - Lead the End-to-End process including all the significant activities to ensure the smooth phase out of the model
  • - Monitor the progress of the phase out activities through structured meetings till the Job Last
  • - Publish the Management report outs of the overall Balance Out status for a program
  • - Track all BO actions as per the BO charter
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  • __In-Plant Obsolescence__
  • - Identify all Obsolete & potentially obsolete stocks arising out of Balance outs, PDLs & running Engineering changes are reviewed with Global commodity engineers (LVEA), PD/PVT, Suppliers, STA, Purchase, FCSD and Plant MP&L teams to identify opportunities of salvage by means of re-work/re-export/re-use opportunities in across all Ford region produced vehicle lines.
  • - Proactively engage with
  • - Manufacturing plants ahead of implementation curve/Balance out dates to understand any potential opportunities to use stocks before implementation of change.
  • - New model Launch program teams to arrive at opportunities to re-use obsolete stocks.
  • - Sales Planning & Plant Operation planning teams to arrive at right volume lock plan for all future balance out programs & Obtain approval in Sales & Production control forums.
  • - In the event of re-export, work together with SCM, Customs, Network logistics function, packaging & Finance teams for physical execution of shipment.
  • - As a Proactive measure, Analyze the root cause of high value parts turning potentially obsolete & aim to fix the issues at the origin
  • - Drive physical disposition on timely basis and write off obsolete inventory as per Finance manual.
  • - Involve Annual, Monthly finance forecast discussions to ensure the Obsolescence is within approved budget.
  • - Develop data analytics based solution using AI/ML tools to reduce obsolescence
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  • __Supplier Obsolescence__
  • - Identify & exclude all salvage opportunities in a supplier claim before finalizing the Ford liability.
  • - Validate the supplier claim for accuracy in line with Ford obsolescence policy guidelines
  • - Align Ford Purchase & supplier on the Ford liability.
  • - Ensure Supplier stock Physical / Digital audit as per Ford liability and maintain the evidences for Internal control audit.
  • - Ensure payment within the agreed time line

Requirements

  • **Professional Exposure: **
  • 3 yrs + experience in any of the following: Supply Chain Management (Preferred), Pre-Production Management (PPM), Supplier Constraint Mgt., Capacity Planning or Purchasing in Manufacturing/Engineering industry.
  • **Special Knowledge or skill required: **
  • - Knowledge in CMMS, WERS, BOM, Data mart.
  • - Supply chain & high-level Engineering change process knowledge is a must.
  • - Good analytical skills on data crunching is a must.
  • - Should have an overall knowledge on other cross functions teams (PVT, LVEA, Plant MP&L, STA, Quality & customs, network logistics, packaging, Trading companies, suppliers, Finance, etc)
  • - Automotive product knowledge is an added advantage.
  • - Automation skill sets like Power BI, VBA Script
  • - Working knowledge in Python.
  • - Proficiency in using LLM, AI based tools for minor coding projects
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Hard Skills & Tools
Supply Chain ManagementPre-Production ManagementSupplier Constraint ManagementCapacity PlanningPurchasingData analyticsPythonPower BIVBA ScriptAI/ML tools
Soft Skills
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