# Global Director, Seating and Safety

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

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## Description

Ford Motor Company is looking for a Global Director, Seating and Safety to join their Supply Chain leadership team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for crafting and executing a sourcing strategy, including resiliency measures, quality, cost, and delivery objectives.

Responsibilities:

- Set Supply Chain Category Management and Execution vision and strategy in alignment with the Ford+ plan

- Create and implement strategic plans and objectives to lower costs, maintain a successful supplier base, and ensure materials needed to drive Ford's production goals

- Focus on continuous improvement, failing fast, and being agile where necessary

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain, or similar

- Minimum of 15 years of experience in Supply Chain or similar discipline

- 10+ years leadership experience

- Functional supply chain management experience

- Strong financial and business acumen

- Ability to lead complex negotiations and excellent knowledge of contractual terms and conditions

- Ability to analyze and synthesize data to inform areas of opportunity

- Ability to influence change across all layers of an organization

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Skilled at navigating a large, matrixed environment

What We Can Offer:

- Excellent compensation and comprehensive benefits package

- Generous PTO, retirement, savings, and stock investment plans

- Incentive compensation and opportunities for professional and personal growth

## Skills

### Required
- Supply Chain Management
- Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Negotiation
- Data Analysis
- Communication
- Change Management

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