Fasteners Manager
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Naucalpan de Juárez • Mexico
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About the role
- Develop and execute comprehensive purchasing category strategies, ensuring alignment with overall company objectives and financial targets. You will actively lead & manage an effective team that optimizes delivering business results with employee development and fulfilment, including people development plans and career coaching.
- 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. You will establish and maintain strong cross-functional relationships and manage positive relationships with the supply base by acting like a partner, being accountable, trusting and being trustworthy, communicating with consistency, being fact-based while driving for results, and thinking value not just price.
- Lead and execute complex contract negotiations, ensuring favorable terms, that mitigate risk and deliver maximum value to Ford. You will facilitate best Job 1 pricing and achieve Year-Over-Year cost reductions targets.
- Implement and champion best practices in sourcing processes, supplier selection, and performance management to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness. This includes developing supply base/commodity strategies and taking the lead in implementing those strategies, as well as developing analytical tools and strategies to deliver Best in Class pricing through Cost Models, Benchmarking, Market Intelligence, targets, and competitive bids.
- Serve as a key interface and trusted partner to various internal skill teams, including Product Development, ensuring purchasing strategies support their objectives. You will be the Purchasing representative at cross-functional program/project management meetings.
- Proactively identify and mitigate supply chain risks, ensuring continuity of supply and building resilient supplier networks. This involves monitoring the financial health of the supply base, including follow-up on further development and establishment of a back-up plan in case of risk, and utilizing SRM (Supply Risk Management) tools to intervene proactively, avoiding potential supply disruption. You will also monitor quality and supply of the supply base, including follow-up on further development/improvement and establishment of a back-up plan in case of risk.
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
- You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
strategic sourcingsupplier managementcontract negotiationsdata analysiscost reductionprocess improvementsupply chain risk managementcommodity strategiesanalytical toolsmarket intelligence
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationnegotiationinterpersonal skillschange managementcollaborationinfluencing stakeholdersinitiativemotivationresults-oriented
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain ManagementMaster's Degree in Supply Chain Management