Buyer, Electronic Lower Steering

In this position, you'll be responsible for developing and executing sourcing strategies for assigned commodities and programs as a Buyer, Electronic Lower Steering at Ford Motor Company, which operates globally.

You'll manage cost, quality, and material efficiency through Total Value Management and establish annual cost-saving targets across commercial, design, manufacturing, and supply-chain opportunities.

Your main tasks will include:

• Executing the buying and sourcing strategy for assigned commodities, including supplier selection, negotiations, RFx events, tactical sourcing, spot buys, and contract administration.
• Developing material cost roadmaps and sourcing strategies that balance cost, capacity, quality, timing, and business requirements.
• Analyzing market conditions, supply/demand, supplier capacity, financial health, and industry trends to identify risks, opportunities, and sourcing actions.
• Providing data-driven recommendations to support business decisions.
• Partnering with Engineering and Product Development to identify cost reduction, design efficiency, manufacturability, and commercial opportunities.
• Building and maintaining strong supplier relationships while developing negotiation strategies that create leverage and deliver measurable value.

Requirements include:

• 3+ years of strategic purchasing/buying experience, preferably in automotive or a manufacturing environment.
• 1+ years of experience purchasing production components, including exposure to suspension parts such as bushings or ball joints.
• Experience with sourcing, supplier negotiations, commercial analysis, or commodity management.
• Proficiency in purchasing systems, processes, and procedures with strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and drive business decisions.

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, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

The salary range for this position is $86,600-$144,900 or $99,100-$166,200 depending on the salary grade, with the final determination based on candidate's skills and experience.