# Senior Supply Chain Manager - Seating

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $141,700-$268,300
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Senior Supply Chain Manager - Seating to lead the supply chain category management and execution vision and strategy in alignment with the Ford+ plan.

The successful candidate will be responsible for setting the Supply Chain Category Management and Execution vision and strategy in alignment with the Ford+ plan. They will be responsible for the creation and implementation of the strategic plan and objectives which will lower costs, maintain a successful supplier base, and ensure the materials needed to drive Ford’s production goals and the Ford + plan.

The Senior Manager, Seating will be a part of the Supply Chain leadership team and report to the Director, Seating + Safety. This leadership role will lead a team of managers and individual contributors.

Responsibilities:

- Set Supply Chain Category Management and Execution vision and strategy in alignment with the Ford+ plan

- Create and implement the strategic plan and objectives to lower costs, maintain a successful supplier base, and ensure materials needed to drive Ford’s production goals

- Lead a team of managers and individual contributors

- Develop and implement comprehensive global commodity strategies aligned with the company’s overall business goals and objectives

- Maintain Sourcing and Material Costing roadmap, value map, and opportunity funnel

- Focus on supplier management and contract manufacturing operations, including a deep understanding of supply chain

- Develop resiliency strategies to drive the Supply Chain transformation

Qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree with a focus in Business, Engineering, Finance, Supply Chain or similar

- Minimum of 15 years of experience in Supply Chain or similar discipline

- 10+ years leadership experience

- Functional supply chain management experience gained through previous leadership in one or more areas of the function

- Strong financial and business acumen

- Ability to lead complex negotiations and excellent knowledge of contractual terms and conditions

- Ability to analyze and synthesize data to inform areas of opportunity

- Ability to influence change across all layers of an organization

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to present in both forms with confidence at an executive level

- Skilled at navigating a large, matrixed environment

- Ability to break down complex issues and implement new and innovative strategies

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 Management
- Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Supplier Management
- Contract Manufacturing Operations

### Nice to have
- Financial Analysis
- Negotiation
- Data Analysis
- Communication
- Project Management

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