Solution Architect –  Inbound Material Logistics will be responsible for understanding business and manufacturing needs to define technical architecture solutions that modernize Ford Supply Chain Logistics.

The role includes identifying key portfolio capabilities, global system strategies, buy-vs-build decisions, vendor evaluations, modernizing Ford in-house build applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and close collaboration as a member of one or more product teams. 

Solution Architect –  Inbound Material Logistics requires emersion and hands-on evaluation of current Logistics operations to deep dive customer centric design including remote users, plant / shipping personnel, and logistics carriers / vendors. This domain knowledge will lead to solution design with technical expertise in Google Cloud, Kubernetes/Serverless hosting, Cloud SQL & NoSQL Databases, vendor Transportation Management Systems (TMS), and vendor SaaS solutions.