Job Description

Seeking a software Technical Business Analyst (BA) to join in-flight eDDL Replacement project in which delivery is currently led by a solution partner. The project involves data centric architecture leveraging cloud services with data integration from sources including Ford's CMMS3 (legacy mainframe) and SAP S4 (strategic Material Requirement Planning platform).


Actively plan and participate in eDDL Replacement testing, ensuring business capability is achieved with high quality. Engage with cross-functional teams to become eDDL SME, facilitate successful delivery and production migration amongst numerous give/gets dependencies and integrating apps/teams. Support training, roll out, hyper care, and stabilization of eDDL Replacement. Position Ford to sustain and evolve the eDDL supplier collaboration capabilities beyond the current solution delivery partner engagement. Identify capabilities of supply chain collaboration platform (e2open) relevant for eDDL supplier collaboration, and take action to realize those opportunities.

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science/Engineering, or related field and a minimum 2 years of gathering and analyzing requirements and shaping IT solutions. Experience in at least one of the following domains: supply chain, manufacturing, product development, purchasing. Ability to fuse technical skills (e.g., product platform configuration) with solid business solution understanding to support and shape product. Ability to operate in an ambiguous environment with a curiosity towards new technologies and a strong desire to learn so that the team may benefit. Good communication and collaboration skills in working with cross functional global teams.

Even better, you may have ...


Global business acumen - Supply Chain, Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Product Development. Supply Chain management product/platform experience (cloud, SaaS), such as e2Open or Kinaxis. Demonstrated ability to configure software (solution platforms) to achieve business value. Experience with cloud services (preferably GCP) and SaaS platforms. Understanding of software testing principles and practices, including test automation frameworks and tools.

Learn e2open supply chain platform and software configuration skills to actively participate in eDDL Replacement support and enhancements. Work across Material Planning & Logistics and Supply Chain functions to address eDDL business needs. Become SME on eDDL capability including Ford's part master data, launch part management, plant inventory, supplier promise, part transit, cum discrepancy challenges, part packaging, bulletin board communication, and supplier alerts. Engage with the Product Owner and team to prioritize and define product strategy and roadmaps. Collaborate with external and internal technical peers (Product Managers, Product Designers, Software Engineers, Architects, and vendors) to design and validate technical approaches and designs. Contribute to maintaining a backlog and enable the team to go further with effective usage of Jira. * Ensure robust, up to date, and aligned artifacts from requirements, to solution design, to testing/validation, training, and support.