# Supply Chain Buyer – Cockpit

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $74,300-$166,200
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Supply Chain Buyer – Cockpit to support sourcing efforts for a Cockpit commodity. The successful candidate will contribute to sourcing strategy development, program sourcing activities, material cost reduction, risk and resilience management, supplier relationship management, market analysis, and cross-functional collaboration.

The role offers substantial career growth potential, with a path to Senior Buyer and Manager Level roles as part of Ford's ongoing investment in developing top talent within this team.

**Responsibilities**

- Support the development and execution of comprehensive purchasing strategies for a Cockpit Commodity, ensuring alignment with overall company objectives and financial targets.

- Lead sourcing activities for future vehicle programs, partnering with Product Development early in the design phase to identify capable suppliers, assess make-vs-buy and technology readiness, and help build competitive, resilient sourcing strategies that position Ford for successful launches.

- Cultivate and maintain robust relationships with key strategic suppliers, driving performance, innovation, and long-term partnerships.

- Proactively identify and help mitigate supply chain risks, ensuring continuity of supply and supporting resilient supplier networks.

- Serve as an interface to Engineering as well as various internal skill teams, including Product Development, Cost Estimating, Finance, and MP&L, ensuring purchasing strategies support their objectives.

- Stay abreast of industry trends, market conditions, technological advancements, and evolving regulations to inform sourcing decisions.

- Support the team in developing strategies that deliver cost-effective, efficient, sustainable solutions.

- Drive Purchasing discipline, leaning into dashboards, AI Technology, digital transformation, and Purchasing Policy.

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Procurement or related field.

- 3+ years of progressive experience in procurement or strategic sourcing.

- Strong business acumen, collaboration, and communication skills – demonstrated ability to successfully work within cross-functional teams.

- Strong analytical skills - understanding of cost drivers and cost modeling.

- Strong negotiation and contract management skills.

**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
- supply chain
- procurement
- strategic sourcing
- cost reduction
- risk management
- supplier relationship management

### Nice to have
- analytical skills
- negotiation
- contract management
- business acumen
- collaboration
- communication skills

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