Supply Chain Manager – Frames and Battery Trays
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • United States
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Salary
💰 $112,680 - $212,760 per year
About the role
- Develop and execute comprehensive purchasing category strategies, ensuring alignment with overall company objectives and financial targets.
- Oversee and optimize annual billion dollar spend, identifying and implementing opportunities for cost reduction, value creation, and process improvements.
- Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of buyers, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Cultivate and maintain robust relationships with key strategic suppliers, driving performance, innovation, and long-term partnerships.
- Lead and execute complex contract negotiations, ensuring favorable terms, that mitigate risk and deliver maximum value to Ford.
- Implement and champion best practices in sourcing processes, supplier selection, and performance management to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Serve as a key interface and trusted partner to various internal skill teams, including Product Development, ensuring purchasing strategies support their objectives.
- Proactively identify and mitigate supply chain risks, ensuring continuity of supply and building resilient supplier networks.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5-7+ years of progressive experience in purchasing, procurement, or supply chain management, with a significant portion (3+ years of experience) in direct purchasing.
- Master's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
- Demonstrated experience managing multi-million dollar spend categories.
- Proven expertise in strategic sourcing, supplier management, and complex contract negotiations.
- Excellent English oral and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and make data-driven decisions.
- Exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Proven ability to drive change and implement new processes effectively.
- A diverse mindset, high degree of initiative and ability to motivate and inspire others.
- Confident, able to work independently, with a strategic mindset.
- Results-oriented collaboration and strong business acumen.
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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
purchasing category strategiescost reductionvalue creationprocess improvementscontract negotiationsstrategic sourcingsupplier managementdata analysissupply chain risk managementoperational efficiency
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationnegotiationinterpersonal skillschange managementinitiativeinfluenceresults-oriented
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain ManagementBachelor's degree in Business AdministrationBachelor's degree in EngineeringMaster's Degree in Supply Chain ManagementMaster's Degree in Business AdministrationMaster's Degree in Engineering