# Senior Manager, Global Sourcing and Supply Chain Management

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Supply Chain
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

As Ford Motor Company accelerates its transformation into a leader in the electric vehicle (EV) revolution, this role plays a pivotal part in shaping the future of propulsion systems. Lead the end-to-end global sourcing and supply chain strategy for critical EV components, including power electronics and eDrive systems such as inverters, onboard chargers, DC/DC converters, electric motors, and integrated drive units.

Drive a resilient, cost-competitive, and sustainable supply base aligned with measured electrification goals while leading a high-performing global team, ensuring supply continuity, and building strategic supplier partnerships that deliver long-term value.

**Responsibilities**

- Lead global sourcing execution across key commodities with high level of organisational visibility, ensuring alignment between engineering, manufacturing, finance, and quality to deliver cost, quality, and timing objectives.

- Operating in a highly matrixed global environment, you will influence decisions, resolve complex supply issues, implement rigorous rhythm of business practices, and drive performance through data-driven insights, structured communication, and strong supplier engagement.

**What you'll do...**

- Lead global sourcing strategy and execution for Power Electronics and eDrive commodities supporting electric vehicle (EV) and electrified propulsion systems, ensuring alignment with program cost, timing, capacity, and technical requirements.

- Own supplier selection and commercial execution, including RFIs/RFQs, negotiations, and contracting, with accountability for cost, capacity, and performance outcomes.

- Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, and Quality to align sourcing strategies with product design, BOM, and manufacturability, embedding design-for-supply-chain principles.

- Lead and develop a high-performing global team, fostering a culture of accountability, agility, and data-driven decision-making across distributed regions.

- Develop and execute commodity and sub-tier strategies, including Tier 1 suppliers and semiconductor ecosystems (e.g., SiC, IGBTs), to support EV technology requirements, secure capacity, and ensure long-term alignment.

- Drive supply chain resilience, proactively mitigating risks related to geopolitical factors, capacity constraints, and sub-tier dependencies while leading contingency planning.

- Deliver cost and value optimisation through should-cost analysis, benchmarking, value engineering, and negotiations to support design-to-cost and localisation initiatives.

- Manage supplier performance and sustainability, driving results across cost, quality, delivery, and capacity while supporting responsible sourcing and regulatory compliance.

**You'll Have...**

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related field

- 10+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or supply chain within automotive, manufacturing, or related industries

- 7+ years of experience in supplier negotiations, cost analysis, and commercial execution in technical environments

- 7+ years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering and suppliers, and influencing global stakeholders to drive sourcing strategy and program execution

- Strong experience managing sourcing activities in complex, matrixed environments with a focus on cost, quality, delivery, and supply chain risk mitigation

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, including structured storytelling and data-driven decision-making

**Even better if you have...**

- Advanced degree (MBA or Master’s in Supply Chain, Engineering, or Business)

- Experience managing complex or technical commodities

- Experience working with global supply bases across North America, Europe, and Asia

- Experience with SAP, Tableau, Alteryx, or similar analytics tools

- Experience with power electronics, semiconductors (e.g., SiC, IGBTs), or EV-related supply chains, including sub-tier supplier engagement

## Skills

### Required
- strategic sourcing
- procurement
- supply chain
- power electronics
- eDrive systems
- inverters
- onboard chargers
- DC/DC converters
- electric motors
- integrated drive units
- supplier negotiations
- cost analysis
- commercial execution
- technical environments
- cross-functional collaboration
- global stakeholders
- sourcing strategy
- program execution
- complex matrixed environments
- cost quality delivery
- supply chain risk mitigation
- analytical skills
- problem-solving skills
- communication skills
- structured storytelling
- data-driven decision-making