Supply Chain Manager – Tires

Ford Motor Company

Supply Chain Manager responsible for sourcing tire components at Ford. Leading a team to optimize cost, quality, and on-time delivery in the supply chain.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $115,500 - $218,100 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, coach, and develop a team of Buyers to achieve program-level cost, quality, and material-efficiency targets across the full program lifecycle.
Own the supplier relationship strategy for Tires, implementing a proactive engagement model to improve supplier performance, capture innovation, and mitigate commercial and operational risk.
Define and execute long-term commodity strategies for tires that align with corporate objectives, secure sustainable supply, and maintain market competitiveness – including sourcing plans for future programs.
Partner with cross functional strategic teams to assess supply base footprint, evaluate supplier financial health, track emerging technologies and market trends, and convert insights into actionable sourcing and risk mitigation plans.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related discipline.
Minimum of 3-years leading a team and 8+ years of strategic buying or sourcing experience.
An energetic leadership style with a strong commitment to building and developing a high performing team.
A disciplined and process-oriented approach that establishes sustainable governance and routine rigor to drive measurable results.
Ability to think and plan strategically at the big picture level, applying strong organizational acumen and market awareness to identify, prioritize, and sustain focus on the organization’s key objectives.
Demonstrated expertise with purchasing systems, sourcing tools, and standard procurement procedures.
Advanced negotiation capabilities with a proven track record of creating leverage in both offensive and defensive scenarios.
Excellent persuasive written and verbal communication skills and be adept at producing proposals, reports, and plans that secure business leader commitment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

strategic buyingsourcingnegotiationsupplier performance managementcommodity strategy developmentprocurement procedurescost managementquality managementmaterial efficiencyrisk mitigation

Soft Skills

leadershipteam developmentorganizational acumenstrategic thinkingcommunicationpersuasionprocess orientationcommitment to resultscollaborationinnovation

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Supply ChainBachelor’s degree in Businessrelated discipline certification