# Buyer - Directed Content & Integrated Assembly (Tier II)

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $74,300-$166,200
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

At Ford Motor Company, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

As a Buyer - Directed Content & Integrated Assembly (Tier II), you will be the project manager/lead for Directed Tier 2 (DT2) turnover & suppliers for Interior Cockpit and trim team. You will ensure robust tracking of DT2 costs within Interior components, TVM delivery, and coordination with Tier 1 buyers & suppliers of costs, claims, multi-party agreements (MPAs).

**Responsibilities**

- Lead exercise and process of collecting and analyzing Directed Tier 2 Supplier Information for Interior Cockpit & Trim Department

- Build Directed Tier 2 Database to provide robust spend analyses and Tier 2 Part information to team members

- Engage and interact with buyers in other VHMs to align on TVM negotiations to ensure DT2 Savings for Interior

- Lead DT2 TVM/Claim processes for Interior VHM – collecting all required documentation and collaborating with SCBS to transact

- Lead commodity integration team for unique sourcing activities

- MPA management/SME

- Manage cost, quality, and delivery of commodity over program lifetime

- Support and co-drive w/STA all supplier Q1 and quality objectives

- Understand and set cost savings goals annually to identify pure commercial leverage versus design efficiencies and end-to-end supply chain improvements

- Work with cross functional teams to understand latest supply base footprint, financial health ratings, technologies, and trends

- Sourcing execution lead & POV owner (RFP event, tactical sourcing, contract administration, etc.)

- Implement sourcing strategy for category, delivering a balanced portfolio of material that meets Ford’s QCDR (Quality, Cost, Delivery, Resilience)

- Look at all existing processes and challenge if improvements could be made, regardless of scale

- Develop material cost roadmaps that deliver corporate objectives and ensure long-term viability

- Identify enablers to drive waste out of system/commodity

- Lead for commodity knowledge and market intelligence including cost, bill of process, etc.

- Lead cross-functional interface (primarily with Design Studio, PD, Cost Estimating)

- Lead the development and deployment of constraint mitigation actions to protect assembly plant production because of supplier constraints or catastrophic losses

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance or other related field of study

- Minimum of 3 years strategic buying or program management experience

- Proficiency in supply chain systems and procedures

- Ability to develop and successfully execute negotiations strategy

- Strong analytical skills (Must be data driven and able to analyze multiple potential scenarios / business plans)

- Cost analytics (understand commodity cost drivers, part cost breakdowns, Gap-to-OCE)

**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

**Salary**

- Salary grade 6: $74,300-$124,500

- Salary grade 7: $86,600-$144,900

- Salary grade 8: $99,100-$166,200

## Skills

### Required
- supply chain management
- strategic buying
- program management
- analytical skills
- cost analytics

### Nice to have
- manufacturing processes
- big picture/strategic mindset
- creative thinking
- problem solving
- excellent verbal and written communication skills

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