Senior Global Supply Chain Manager

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Senior Global Supply Chain Manager

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?

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The Senior Global Supply Chain Manager is a strategic leader responsible for overseeing a significant and complex portfolio within Ford's global purchasing and supply chain operations. This role requires extensive experience, visionary leadership, and a proven ability to develop and implement innovative strategies that drive significant optimization, foster innovation, and catalyze transformative change across the supply chain. The successful candidate will be a primary catalyst for broader supply chain transformation, championing groundbreaking approaches and acting as a thought leader and trendsetter.

This requires exceptional resilience, deep business acumen, elite negotiation capabilities, and a relentless "play-to-win" attitude.

• Provide strategic oversight and direct leadership to a high-performing team of supply chain managers, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Develop, champion, and implement long-term, visionary global purchasing and sourcing strategies that are intricately aligned with Ford's overarching business objectives, including future product roadmaps and sustainability goals.
• Strategically manage a large, complex portfolio of critical categories/commodities, ensuring aggressive cost optimization, proactive risk mitigation, and building unparalleled supply chain resilience and agility through innovative approaches.
• Lead and orchestrate high-level cross-functional collaboration across numerous departments, global regions, and executive stakeholders to drive consensus and implement holistic sourcing solutions.
• Pioneer the development and implementation of cutting-edge cost models, negotiation strategies, and advanced forecasting techniques to drive significant financial advantages and market leadership.
• Cultivate and manage critical, strategic supplier relationships at an executive level, fostering deep collaboration, co-creation, and driving breakthrough innovation from the supply base.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate complex supply chain risks, including geopolitical shifts, environmental factors, technological disruptions, and market volatility, implementing innovative risk management solutions.
• Initiate, lead, and drive large-scale continuous improvement and transformative initiatives across the entire supply chain, challenging existing paradigms and implementing disruptive technologies and processes.
• Develop, manage, and strategically allocate significant budgets and resources to achieve aggressive purchasing and supply chain objectives.
• Mentor, coach, and develop future leaders within the team, fostering a culture of innovation, high performance, and strategic thinking.
• Articulate and present compelling strategic supply chain plans, negotiation outcomes, and innovative recommendations to executive leadership, influencing key business decisions.

• Exteriors – Fasteners, etc.
• Underbody – Suspension, brakes, transmission / driveline, etc.
• IPTS – Engine (ignition, valve train), Pumps, Exhaust, Radiator, Cooling, etc.
• Interiors – Driver Interface Area, Instrument Panel
• Digital Tech – Electronics Low Voltage Modules, Electronics High Voltage, Software, Etc.
• In the near future Ford could have needs in other commodity areas, including but not limited to new technologies (e.g., autonomous driving, connected services), strategic initiatives, raw materials, or evolving business needs

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management,…