# Sourcing Manager - Energy Infrastructure Systems, Ford Energy **Company**: Ford Energy **Location**: Dearborn, MI **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Supply Chain **Industry**: Automotive **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/69664?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_9db67ce1-49d ## Description The Sourcing Manager – Energy Infrastructure manages supplier relationships that support the full after-sales service lifecycle for Energy Storage Systems (ESS). The role manages a broad portfolio that may include field service providers, warranty and repair services, spare parts and consumables, service logistics, warehousing, technical support, training, digital service tools, decommissioning, recycling, and other customer-support requirements. ## Responsibilities ### Key Responsibilities - **Category Strategy & Sourcing Execution** - Develop and maintain sourcing strategies for after-sales categories such as field service, warranty administration and repair, spare parts, consumables, logistics, technical support, training, digital service tools, decommissioning, recycling, and specialized equipment. - Assess supplier markets, identify and qualify capable partners, and lead RFIs, RFPs, and RFQs from requirements definition through evaluation and award. - Partner with After-Sales Services, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Finance, Legal, and EHS to evaluate technical capability, service coverage, capacity, safety, quality, cost, and commercial risk. - Build scalable regional and national supply solutions that support installation, commissioning, preventive and corrective maintenance, warranty response, upgrades, and end-of-life requirements. - **Contract Negotiation & Commercial Management** - Lead negotiation and execution of Master Service Agreements, Statements of Work, Service Level Agreements, purchase agreements, rate cards, and other category-specific commercial documents in partnership with Legal and business stakeholders. - Negotiate pricing, warranty obligations, service levels, response times, liability, indemnification, intellectual property, data protection, business continuity, and other terms appropriate to each after-sales category. - Develop cost models and total-cost-of-ownership analyses; use competition, demand aggregation, should-cost insights, and structured pricing mechanisms to improve value. - Establish clear scopes, pricing controls, purchase-order requirements, invoice validation processes, and change-management mechanisms. - **Supplier Performance, Risk & Continuous Improvement** - Establish and monitor category-appropriate KPIs, which may include service response, mean time to repair, first-time fix rate, parts availability, fill rate, logistics performance, quality, cost, and SLA compliance. - Lead periodic business reviews, recovery plans, cost-improvement initiatives, capacity reviews, and continuous-improvement activities with strategic suppliers. - Act as the commercial escalation point for service failures, supply interruptions, warranty disputes, billing discrepancies, and contract-performance issues. - Identify single-source, capacity, geographic, financial, cybersecurity, and operational risks; develop mitigation and contingency plans with cross-functional partners. - **Cross-Functional Collaboration & Compliance** - Work with After-Sales Services, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Logistics, IT, and Product teams to translate customer and technical needs into clear sourcing requirements and supplier deliverables. - Ensure suppliers meet applicable environmental, health, safety, quality, cybersecurity, regulatory, and customer requirements. - Align sourcing milestones, supplier readiness, budgets, and contracts with product launches, customer commitments, warranty plans, and service-capacity requirements. - Maintain sourcing documentation, approvals, forecasts, savings and cost-avoidance tracking, supplier risk reporting, and executive updates. ## Qualifications ### Position Qualifications and Key Capabilities - Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related technical/commercial field. - Experience: 5+ years of procurement, category management, or strategic sourcing experience, preferably supporting energy storage, renewable energy, utilities, industrial services, logistics, aftermarket, or another technically complex industry. - Category Experience: Demonstrated ability to source one or more after-sales categories, including technical field services, maintenance and repair, warranty support, spare parts, logistics, training, software or data services, recycling, or industrial service contracts. ### Technical & Professional Skills - Contracting Expertise: Strong understanding of commercial and legal terms, with experience negotiating service, supply, logistics, warranty, software, or other technically complex agreements. - Industry Knowledge: Familiarity with energy storage products, after-sales operating models, warranty processes, service-parts planning, field operations, and related technology is highly desirable. - Analytical Skills: Proficient in financial analysis, cost modeling, and TCO evaluations. - Negotiation: Proven ability to influence stakeholders and negotiate win-win outcomes with sophisticated global and regional service providers. - Tools: Experience using enterprise procurement software (e.g., SAP, Ariba, Coupa) and advanced MS Excel. ### Leadership Attributes - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate technical needs into commercial agreements. - Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple sourcing initiatives concurrently. - High ethical standards and commitment to supplier diversity and sustainable sourcing practices. ## Location & Travel - Location: Dearborn, MI/Hybrid - Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year. ## Skills ### Required - procurement - category management - strategic sourcing - contract negotiation - supplier relationship management - cost modeling - financial analysis - TCO evaluations - enterprise procurement software - MS Excel ### Nice to have - energy storage - renewable energy - utilities - industrial services - logistics - aftermarket --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/69664?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)