Buyer, Marketing & Sales

The Marketing Sales & Services Supply Chain Team at Ford Motor Company is responsible for delivering marketing solutions on time, within budget, and compliant with company standards.

As a Buyer, Marketing & Sales, you will manage supplier relationships, negotiate contracts, identify cost-saving opportunities, and collaborate with internal departments to meet their needs.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and lead global category implementation strategy
• Coordinate with global purchasing partners to support Marketing Sales & Services
• Drive on-time sourcing of key initiatives for various Ford business units
• Negotiate contract terms and find solutions to meet compliance and mitigate risk
• Build strong cross-functional relationships within internal business units and departments
• Drive supply base optimization and strategic priorities through enterprise spend leverage
• Seek out ways to drive efficiencies, find cost savings, or spend reduction opportunities
• Work with key stakeholders to stay updated on current and future technologies or sources

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of supply chain/commodity/program management experience
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to build relationships and trust across organizations
• Strong data & analytics understanding
• Proactive and resourceful with a flexible attitude to changing priorities
• Collaborative leader and team player
• Ability to creatively problem-solve and manage workload with agility

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree
• 5+ years of supply chain/program/commodity management experience in the automotive industry
• Experience with Category Management and/or Category Implementation
• Strong understanding of Marketing Sales & Services offerings
• Strong process competency and knowledge across complex sourcing processes

Benefits include:

• 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
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time