Racing is where our story began.
In 1901, Henry Ford climbed into a car he built himself—'Sweepstakes'—and beat America's most famous driver. He wasn't a racer, but he had to win. He did. Ford Motor Company was born from that victory.
That fighting spirit lives on in Ford Racing today. We're the engineers, strategists, and competitors who bring Ford's track-tested edge into every vehicle we build. Every track, every stage, every proving ground—that's where we prove ourselves.
The result: one of the world's most iconic brands, legendary nameplates, and a team unmatched in the industry.
Our mantra: Race to win, engineer to lead.
If you're a competitor, innovator, or performance obsessive, Ford Racing is where you belong. Help us write the next chapter.
In this position...
In elite motorsport, precision logistics directly drives podium performance. As the Logistics and Shipping Specialist, you will serve as the operational anchor of the Powertrain Team, ensuring the rapid, flawless transit of race-critical components across Ford Racing programs. You will take end-to-end ownership of physical material flow, digital chain-of-custody tracking, and trade compliance for all incoming, in-process and outgoing goods. This role demands a continuous-improvement mindset to eliminate bottlenecks, along with uncompromised standards for documentation and traceability. We are seeking a proactive, detail-oriented specialist who excels at prioritizing complex shipping, receiving, and dispatch operations in an agile, high-tempo team environment.
This role requires 5 days per week onsite in Allen Park, MI.
What you'll do...
- Support the management of MP&L activities, including packing and shipping, for Ford Racing’s Powertrain Department, including the daily material handling functions of multiple facilities.
- Apply a team mindset dedicated to facilitating the needs of those supported with problem resolution at multiple levels.
- Help create and implement standard work practices for all logistics activities, complying with all Ford Motor Company practices and relevant laws.
- Support and standardize synchronous flow of multiple operations through lean manufacturing practices.
- Work off-peak or longer hours to minimize any waiting associated with logistic workflows.
- Maintain a system for assessing dynamic and competing priorities to inform changes to planned work.
- Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.
You’ll have...
- Associate degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- Minimum of 3 years of material planning and logistics experience in an automotive or manufacturing environment, supporting multiple programs.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in bill of materials (BOM) management, inventory planning, and inventory management.
- Valid driver's license with an impeccable record for initial and recurring screening.
- Physical stamina, capable of lifting heavy freight between 50 – 75 lbs., daily.
Even better, you may have...
- Bachelor’s degree in industrial operations, Transportation & Logistics, Supply Chain Management & Information Systems, Applied Engineering Science, Packaging Engineering, or Business Mgmt.
- Familiar with Ford Motor Co. Shipping and Receiving rules and regulations, including:
- Production Shipping
- Non-Production Shipping
- HTS Code/ECCN
- International Shipping
- Hazmat Shipping
- Establishing Regular Pick-up/Delivery Routes
- Courier and Shipping Selection
- Direct expertise in motorsports or a high-performance racing environment/high-stakes environment
- Lean Manufacturing Knowledge
- Knowledge of Constraint Management Principles
- Understanding of inventory process flow
- Ability to work independently and communicate results with solid verbal and written skills.
- Demonstrated multi-tasking, organizational and administrative skills.
- Proven proactive issue identification, problem solving and conflict management experience.
- Solid organizational skills including proven ability to multi-task and maintain project deadlines.
- Proficient in utilizing MS Office tools (Excel, Word, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams).
- Able and willing to learn new software applications.
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- 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.
- Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day.
This position is a salary grade 5 - 8 and ranges from $65,100 - $166,200.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
Internal applicants: moving into this role may result in an adjustment to your current compensation based on the posted pay range for this role, taking into consideration your qualifications and other relevant factors.
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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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