Ford Racing Powertrain Business Manager

Ford Racing is seeking a Powertrain Business Manager to support Powertrain Motorsport Operations. The successful candidate will maintain financial oversight, streamline procurement, manage costs, and ensure program requirements are met.

The role involves leading a team responsible for procurement, account reconciliation, materials planning and logistics, and process integration into the ERP implementation. Strong communication, professionalism, and collaboration are essential to success.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the SBU's operational budget, track P&L performance, and analyze financial variations.
• Streamline day-to-day business functions, including inventory management, local procurement processes, and administrative workflows.
• Represent Powertrain's financial and operational interests at the overall Racing level.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with internal controls, corporate policies, and statutory regulations.
• Analyze, document, and map existing SBU workflows to ensure the ERP architecture meets local business needs.
• Act as the local Project Manager and "Super User" for the SBU during the deployment, data migration, and testing phases of the ERP rollout.
• Partner with IT architects, external integration vendors, and functional team leads to resolve system gaps and manage dependencies.
• Develop Powertrain-specific training materials and conduct hands-on training.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Procurement, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Operations Management, Finance, or Accounting.
• 3 to 7+ years of progressive experience in procurement, technical buyer or supply chain specialist.
• Excellent communication skills, ability to lead and facilitate discussions amongst cross-functional teams.
• Experience with ERP/MRP inventory control.

Benefits:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• 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.
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays.