Senior Buyer, Ford Customer Service Division

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world , together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

As a Senior Buyer, you will develop and execute sourcing strategies and lead end-to-end procurement for new parts, ensuring alignment to cost, quality, and program timing. You will also drive cost reduction initiatives and lead supplier negotiations using commodity insights, benchmarking, and total cost analysis to mitigate inflation and market impacts.

Key responsibilities include:

• Strategic Sourcing & Execution: Develop and execute sourcing strategies and lead end-to-end procurement for new parts, ensuring alignment to cost, quality, and program timing.
• Cost Management & Negotiation: Drive cost reduction initiatives and lead supplier negotiations using commodity insights, benchmarking, and total cost analysis to mitigate inflation and market impacts.
• Supplier & Market Management: Build strong supplier relationships while maintaining awareness of supply base health, market trends, and emerging technologies to inform sourcing decisions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, supply chain, and category teams to improve service supply, resolve constraints, and drive performance.
• Performance & Issue Management: Lead supplier performance reviews (QBRs) and drive rapid resolution of quality, cost, and delivery issues.
• Communication & Continuous Improvement: Deliver clear, data-driven insights to leadership and participate in cross-functional initiatives to improve processes and outcomes.

Requirements include:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of purchasing or supply chain experience, including sourcing processes, policies, and procedures
• 5+ years of experience in supplier negotiations, cost analysis, and commercial strategy development
• 5+ years of experience working cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, and suppliers to resolve issues and drive performance
• Proven track record managing complex commodities and delivering cost-effective sourcing solutions
• Strong commercial acumen with advanced cost analysis skills (commodity drivers, should-costing, benchmarking)
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive closure on complex issues in a fast-paced environment

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.