Data Scientist (Supply Chain)

Ford • Dearborn, MI

11h • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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.

Nice To Haves

• 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).

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• 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 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level