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In this position…

The IPTS Purchasing team is responsible for delivery of sourcing for Powertrain components The IPTS/Engine Components Purchasing Manager will lead a team of buyers in developing and executing our strategy in sourcing components such as fuel tanks, fuel delivery modules, fuel filler pipes, carbon canisters etc. This role is one of five key leadership positions on this team.

Responsibilities

What you'll do…

• Trusting and being trustworthy
• Lead your team in negotiating Best Job 1 pricing, year-over-year cost reductions, multi-year pricing agreements, and annual TVM (Total Value Management) targets
• Lead and manage a team of buyers to optimize delivering business results, including people development plan, career coaching and mentorship
• Lead your team in development and execution of commodity sourcing strategies including commodity segmentation, ESF, etc.
• Acting like a partner
• Manage regionally driven diversity sourcing efforts (e.g. Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), Women Business Enterprise (WBE), Veteran Business Enterprise (VBE) principles, etc.) supplier relationships (where required)
• Support the development of program targets and subsequent sourcing plans
• Monitor financial health of supply base and addresses risks represents where necessary
• Build positive relationships with cross-functional business partners
• Communicating with consistency
• Thinking value not just price
• Lead development and implementation of supply base management strategies with a global view
• Build positive relationships with the supply base (utilize the Supplier Relationship Framework) by:
• Being fact based
• Lead your team in executing E2E Cost Attack teams across your responsible supply base.
• Support continued implementation of Category Management/Integration
• Monitor quality of supply base and supports corrective actions where necessary

Qualifications

You'll have…

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years of supply chain/commodity/program management experience

Even better, you may have…

• Ability to build relationships and trust across organizations to drive decisions and alignment
• Master’s degree
• Strong knowledge across complex sourcing processes
• Strategic and analytical thinking to support development of effective and organized sourcing rationales and commodity strategies
• Flexible and adaptable attitude to changing priorities
• Strong communicator that can effectively transition from bottom-up details to concise, clear executive-level messaging
• Strong data & analytics understanding for synthesis of complex data into clear, understandable format
• 8+ years of supply chain/program/commodity management experience in the Automotive industry
• Ability to interpret and translate organization needs into specific purchasing actions
• Proactive and resourceful; comfortable with navigating ambiguity

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• 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

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