Global Supply Chain Manager

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. As Global Supply Manager, you’ll own the end-to-end sourcing strategy for critical vehicle spend.

Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end sourcing strategy for critical spend areas across the UEV platform and follow-on advanced EV programs from sourcing strategy development through SOP, including supplier selection, contracting, and ongoing cost, quality, and delivery performance.
• Partner with engineering from concept through launch to align sourcing strategy with technical roadmaps, design freeze milestones, and prototype-to-production transitions.
• Build first-principles should-cost models with cross-functional teams to drive a ground-up, physics-based part and system cost perspective.
• Lead make-vs-buy analysis to ensure we have a best-in-class supply chain that delivers optimal value.
• Develop the supply base for resilience.
• Drive automation across the supply chain to deliver best-in-class supply chain efficiency.
• Shape the tools and processes the ADVEV supply chain runs on.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, Operations Management or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience in supply chain management or commodity management.
• Experience bringing creative negotiation skills and out-of-the-box strategy.
• Strong relationship management skills with internal and external stakeholders.

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.