Director, Digital Technology Sourcing

The Director, Tier 2 Components Supply Chain leads the worldwide sourcing, commercial, and supply strategy for Ford’s entire Tier2 component ecosystem of electronics, electromechanical, and mechanical component portfolio – the semiconductor, passive, electromechanical, PCBs and interconnects, power components, machined, stamped, molded parts, casting, fasteners other mechanical component building blocks that underpin every electronic control unit, module, and system across Ford’s vehicle lineup.

This role manages deep, upstream supply chain relationships that sit beneath Ford’s Tier1 electronics Module and suppliers, giving Ford direct visibility, leverage, and resilience across the electronic value chain.

This is a director-level leadership role accountable for a multi-billion-dollar commodity portfolio and an organization of approximately 20 professionals, operating in North America. The Director sets category strategy, owns commercial and supply outcomes for all current and future programs in scope, and serves as Supply Chain’s senior partner to Product Development, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance leadership.

The role demands strategic thinking, exceptional business acumen, elite negotiation capability, and the resilience to lead through a rapidly evolving technology and geopolitical landscape. The successful candidate will be a catalyst for supply chain transformation — championing innovation, building and diversifying the supply base, developing the next generation of leaders, and acting as a role model for Ford’s leadership behaviors and operating system.

You'll have...Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related field.
12+ years of progressive experience in purchasing, supply chain, or commodity management, including 5+ years leading teams, with demonstrated success leading global, geographically distributed organizations.

Significant Tier2 supplier experience, including managing the suppliers behind direct/contract manufacturers and understanding sub-tier capacity, lead times, constraints and risk.

Supply continuity and risk management experience – multi-sourcing, capacity reservations, allocation management, geographic concentration, obsolescence, EOL/PN management and contingency planning.

Proven track record leading high-value, high-complexity negotiations and delivering significant year-over-year cost performance.

Deep understanding of automotive electronics supply chains — electronic modules, sensors, and/or electronic components — including cost structure, manufacturing processes, and sub-tier dynamics.

Experience owning sourcing execution across a full vehicle program lifecycle, from target setting through launch and running production.

Strong cross-functional influence at the executive level, with a record of partnering effectively with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Finance.

Fluency with cost analytics, should-cost modeling, strategic sourcing systems, and enterprise planning tools.

Even better, you may have...Master’s degree (MBA or MS in Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field).Build-to-print/ make-to-spec experience with products designed internally by engineering.

Contract manufacturer/ EMS/ OEM experience, particularly understanding how Tier 2 suppliers feed into the company’s manufacturing ecosystem.

Experience developing sub-tier or Tier-2 supply chains and managing component allocation during constraint.

International work experience, and comfort operating across Asian, European, and North American supply bases.

Experience building supply resilience programs — inventory strategies, long-term supply agreements, dual sourcing, or critical material risk mitigation.

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