Senior Supply Chain Manager - Seating

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In this position... 

The Opportunity

Ford is experiencing growth and transformation not seen since Henry Ford introduced the Model T. As the company undergoes significant change, the Supply Chain function is transforming to ensure the success and sustainability of the organization and the execution of the Ford + Plan. The Senior Manager, Seating will bring a growth mindset to the team, embrace developing our future leaders, nurture the supply base and support business objectives while developing and leading strategic change in a rapidly changing environment.

The Team

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.

Ford’s Supply Chain team works to ensure that parts and services sourced from around the globe are of the highest quality, at optimal cost, and delivered on-time. We aim to build strong relationships with the supply base so that Ford can produce vehicles that our customers want and value. Building and maintaining strong, mutually beneficial relationships with a diverse range of suppliers helps us lower costs, improve quality and make progress toward our sustainability goals. We recognize that a diverse supply base is an integral part of our overall success, providing fresh perspectives that lead to cutting-edge innovations and accelerated business development. We continue to foster productive relationships with entrepreneurs from a wide range of backgrounds to meet our customers’ needs and expectations.

The Position

This role will be instrumental in crafting and executing a sourcing strategy including resiliency measures, quality, cost and delivery objectives. We are seeking someone with a strong background in end-to-end Supply Chain operations and who is passionate about leading a global team. This role will be responsible to use data and expertise to quickly assess gaps in the supply chain team’s operations and create strategies to address them. The Senior Manager, Seating will also be responsible for developing resiliency strategies to drive the Supply Chain transformation.

The successful candidate will have proven success and experience in the areas of:

• Transformational leadership to drive impact to the business; relationship expertise both internally and externally and strong learning agility.
• Development and implementation of comprehensive global commodity strategies aligned with the company’s overall business goals and objectives. 
• Maintaining Sourcing and Material Costing roadmap, value map and opportunity funnel. 
• Sourcing with a specific focus on supplier management and contract manufacturing operations, including a deep understanding of supply chain.
• Resiliency planning and execution.

This role will be based in Dearborn, MI and will require approximately 20% in travel. Relocation assistance is available.

Responsibilities

What you’ll  do...

The Senior Manager, Seating will be responsible to set 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 successful candidate will be a “builder” with an innovative spirit. They will be required to focus on continuous improvement, failing fast, and being agile where necessary.

Qualifications

You'll have...

• 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

Even better, you may have...

• 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. Team player, adept at building relationships and adapting to a strong culture.

• Ability to break down complex issues and implement new and innovative strategies.

• Exhibit the Ford OS behaviors of Excellence, Focus and Collaboration and a high level of resilience to function in a complex environment.

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:

• 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. 

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5

This position is leadership level 5 (LL5)

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week.

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