Director – Material/Vehicle Logistics, Customs IT

Ford Motor Company

Director overseeing inbound and outbound logistics and customs compliance for Ford's supply chain. Leading multi-year product roadmaps and managing global engineering teams in a hybrid role.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $141,700 - $268,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Be the global Enterprise Technology face off for inbound materials, finished vehicle distribution & customs compliance business functions
Be accountable for technical and operational excellence of portfolio, delivery of IT investments, and production support.
Own and manage delivery of IT investments: governance, budgets, contracts, reviews, feasibility, cost benefit analysis, prioritization, initiation, execution, and closure.
Develop strategy and explore future technologies powering material and vehicle logistics transformation
Adopt an AI-First mindset and leading cloud offerings to modernize the portfolio (replacing legacy/ mainframe technologies) and innovate extensively to solve business problems
Drive technical integration of portfolio and ensure seamless interoperability across ecosystem to provide best in class user experience.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Supply Chain Management or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
10+ years of progressive responsibilities within technology and software functions
5+ years of direct experience managing or implementing IT systems in at least two of the following areas:
- Inbound Material Logistics (transportation mgmt., yard mgmt. control tower).
- Outbound/Finished Vehicle Logistics (transportation mgmt., yard mgmt., damage mgmt.)
- Customs Compliance & Global Trade (import/export clearance, duty drawback, classification, solicitation).
5+ years of experience leading/ mentoring a team including Product Managers and engineers, fostering a culture of agile excellence and continuous improvement. Leading global teams is preferred.
3+ years of vendor management skills to engage with SaaS platform as well as services providers
1+ years of experience of having delivered AI-enabled solutions with cloud-native technologies, including ability to implement AI tooling at every phase of software development lifecycle with a large team of engineers.
1+ years of experience with cloud architecture (Google Cloud Platform preferred), API-driven integrations. Exposure Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days, paid 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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI-enabled solutionscloud-native technologiesAPI-driven integrationstransportation managementyard managementcustoms complianceimport/export clearanceduty drawbackclassificationcost benefit analysis

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringagile excellencecontinuous improvementstrategic developmentoperational excellenceteam collaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingprioritization

Certifications

Bachelor of Computer ScienceBachelor of Information SystemsBachelor of Supply Chain Management