# Category Implementation Buyer-Engineering/Professional Services **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Dearborn, MI **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: $63,480-$166,200 **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294 **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/70018?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_55fd0bd9-55b ## Description Ford Motor Company is seeking a strategic, results-driven Category Implementation Buyer to lead sourcing and category strategy for Engineering/Professional Services. This role is responsible for shaping the future of Services procurement by driving cost competitiveness, advancing sourcing strategies, and enabling Product Development through high-performing supplier partnerships. **In this position...** The ideal candidate brings a strong combination of commercial acumen, stakeholder alignment, and forward-thinking strategy, transitioning traditional purchasing models into outcome-based, value-driven engagements that deliver measurable cost savings and operational efficiency. **Responsibilities** **Category Strategy & Transformation** - Lead development and execution of forward-looking category strategies aligned with Product Development priorities, with a strong focus on cost optimization and value delivery. - Drive transformation from time & material engagements to deliverable-based, performance-driven sourcing models to improve cost predictability and accountability. - Identify and implement innovative sourcing levers including global benchmarking, should-cost modeling, demand management, and supplier consolidation. **Cost Leadership & Financial Performance** - Deliver year-over-year cost savings through strategic negotiations, commercial restructuring, and continuous market testing. - Analyze spend, supplier cost structures, and industry benchmarks to uncover cost reduction opportunities and improve total cost of ownership. - Partner with Finance and other key stakeholders to align budgets, forecasts, and sourcing strategies with enterprise cost targets. **Supplier Strategy & Relationship Management** - Build and manage a high-performing, competitive supply base across specialized service providers. - Lead supplier negotiations for complex, high-value contracts, ensuring optimal pricing, terms, and service levels. - Drive supplier performance through KPIs, SLAs, and continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, quality, and innovation. **Cross-Functional Leadership** - Act as a key interface between Supply Chain, Business Owner Stakeholders, Finance, Legal, and external partners to ensure alignment on sourcing strategy and execution. - Influence stakeholders to adopt best-in-class sourcing practices and challenge legacy ways of working. - Lead or support strategic initiatives, workshops, and supplier engagements to drive innovation and capability building. **Qualifications** **Minimum** - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related field. - 3+ years of experience in supply chain, purchasing, or category management, with exposure to services or technical procurement. - Strong track record of delivering measurable cost savings and driving strategic sourcing initiatives. - Experience developing and executing category strategies, including market analysis, benchmarking, and supplier segmentation. - Advanced negotiation skills with experience in complex commercial agreements and contract structuring. - Ability to translate technical requirements into effective sourcing and commercial strategies. - Strong financial and analytical acumen, including spend analysis and cost modeling. - Proven ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and lead without direct authority. - Experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, transformation-driven environment. - Proficiency in procurement tools (e.g., Ariba), Excel (advanced), and PowerPoint. **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. ## Skills ### Required - commercial acumen - stakeholder alignment - strategic sourcing - cost savings - operational efficiency - procurement tools - Excel - PowerPoint --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/70018?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)