Supply Chain Manager – Business Operations

Ford Motor Company

Supply Chain Manager orchestrating governance and operations for Ford’s global supply chain. Leading digital command centers and ensuring agile execution across business initiatives.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $115,500 - $218,100 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Global Business Operations, the Manager serves as the primary architect for the organization's governance forums and operating model.
Ensure that the 'connective tissue' of the global supply chain is robust, documented, digital, and modernized to support the Ford+ transformation.
Orchestrate and facilitate global executive governance forums, such as sourcing package approvals
Lead the design and management of leadership digital command centers to provide real-time visibility into pending approvals, upcoming priorities, and business partner/supplier engagement
Curate and maintain the Global Supply Chain 'source of truth,' including the management of forum filings, historical event logs, and centralized communications repositories.
Execute the end-to-end logistics and content orchestration for executive leadership meetings, including agenda setting, material preparation, and action-item tracking.
Operationalize key strategic initiatives, such as the Ford Horizon initiative with suppliers, by translating high-level concepts into the recurring daily operating rhythm of the global supply chain.
Serve as the primary operational liaison between the global business office and regional/functional business offices to ensure global alignment and process consistency.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field
3+ years of experience in supply chain, business operations, or program management in a complex global organization
Advanced proficiency in SharePoint administration, such as management of sensitive/confidential data, permissions management, and new site designs
Strong proficiency in executive-level communication, strategic storytelling, and the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (SharePoint, PowerPoint, Teams)
Master’s degree or MBA in a relevant field (even better)
5+ years of experience in supply chain, business operations, or program management in a complex global organization (even better)
3+ years of experience within Ford Supply Chain (e.g., Purchasing, STA, SOT, or Program Control) with deep knowledge of internal processes (even better)
Proven ability to manage the "connective tissue" of a large organization, ensuring that information reaches the right stakeholders at the right time (even better)
Experience in business office, program management, or chief of staff roles (even better)
Proven experience running and facilitating high-stakes executive meetings (even better)
Experience coordinating complex information flows and maintaining executive-level confidentiality across a global matrix, including knowledge repositories and historical business records (even better)
Familiarity with digital transformation and the application of automation/AI to business office workflows (even better)
Experience managing digital dashboards or command centers for executive-level decision support (even better).

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

supply chain managementbusiness operationsprogram managementSharePoint administrationexecutive communicationstrategic storytellingdigital transformationautomationdigital dashboardscommand centers

Soft Skills

leadershipfacilitationcommunicationorganizational skillsstrategic thinkingstakeholder managementconfidentialityinformation coordinationagenda settingaction-item tracking

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeMBA