Supplier EDI Onboarding & Portal Specialist, Ford Energy

Ford • Dearborn, MI

4d • $86,600 - $144,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

As the Project Manager, Supplier Collaboration & Integrations, this role leads supplier-facing technology and integration work for the Ford Energy team implementing SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud. It drives supplier capabilities in SAP SCC—including the supplier portal, label creation, and EDI integration—and coordinates SAP BTP integrations with third parties such as logistics providers and customs brokers.

This hands-on, cross-functional role connects business requirements, supplier readiness, technical delivery, and operational execution. It works with procurement, supply chain, manufacturing, IT, suppliers, and external partners to translate requirements into practical plans, manage dependencies and risks, and support the transition to new ways of working.

The position is based in Dearborn, Michigan, with domestic travel of up to 20%. It is hybrid and requires onsite work four or more days per week. The role is salary grade 7, with a stated salary range of $86,600–$144,900. The employee will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to Ford's wholly owned Battery Energy Storage Systems subsidiary within one year.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in project management, program coordination, systems implementation, or a similar cross-functional role within a complex organization.
• Demonstrated experience leading or coordinating supplier onboarding for enterprise systems or supply chain processes.
• Experience implementing, managing, or supporting SAP SCC supplier collaboration capabilities.
• Ability to manage plans, milestones, risks, dependencies, testing, and issues across multiple teams.
• Working knowledge of enterprise integrations, including EDI and SAP BTP integrations with external partners.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to coordinate internal teams and external partners without direct authority.
• Ability to manage details, surface blockers, and drive decisions and actions to closure.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting an SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud implementation.
• Familiarity with supplier collaboration, procurement, logistics, customs, shipping, or manufacturing processes.
• Experience coordinating requirements, testing, and implementation for supplier label creation.
• Experience coordinating integrations with logistics providers, customs brokers, EDI providers, or other external partners.
• Experience with SAP BTP integration delivery or coordination.
• Experience with supplier communications, training, testing, cutover, and post-launch support.
• Familiarity with manufacturing, energy, or other complex operational environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the supplier onboarding workstream for SAP SCC, helping suppliers connect to Ford Energy's processes and systems.
• Manage supplier onboarding plans, readiness, communications, and issue resolution for suppliers participating in SAP SCC.
• Support delivery of supplier portal processes and ensure requirements are understood by business and technical teams.
• Coordinate requirements, testing, and implementation for supplier label creation.
• Drive planning and delivery of supplier EDI connections, including partner coordination, testing, and issue resolution.
• Identify training, process, and support needs to help suppliers prepare for go-live.
• Coordinate SAP BTP integrations connecting SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud and SAP SCC with logistics providers, customs brokers, and other third parties.
• Bring business, architecture, SAP, integration, and partner teams together to define integration scope, data flows, and responsibilities.
• Manage integration milestones, partner readiness, environments, and testing dependencies.
• Coordinate end-to-end testing, defect triage, and issue resolution across internal and external teams.
• Help plan deployment, operational handoffs, and post-go-live support for supplier and partner integrations.
• Build and maintain plans tracking scope, milestones, dependencies, decisions, and success measures across workstreams.
• Maintain visibility of risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies, and escalate blockers before they threaten delivery or supplier readiness.
• Facilitate working sessions and maintain alignment across business teams, IT, suppliers, and implementation partners.
• Provide status updates and decision materials for project leadership and stakeholders.
• Follow actions and decisions through to completion and maintain readiness visibility through go-live.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up child care.
• Family building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• 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.
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.

What This Job Offers

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