Advanced Sourcing Buyer

Advanced Sourcing Buyer

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

In this position...

The Advanced Sourcing Team is an exciting, up and coming group to join – filled with the latest advances in technology and critical thinking in tackling how we source best-in-class suppliers.

We are supporting the UEV/CE1 programs that require a creative approach and are looking for team members who are passionate about what we do.

The Advanced Sourcing Buyer will be responsible for developing and executing global sourcing strategies, lead negotiations, and manage the end-to-end supply chain activities for multiple commodities within EV programs.

With a focus on best cost and quality, you will utilize various tools, processes, analytics, and systems to lead your commodities through sourcing and development. You will interface with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that the commodity strategy represents the full potential value for the company and maintain key supplier relationships.

What you'll do...

• Lead sourcing initiatives for your commodities including sending RFQs, cost analytics, supplier negotiations, and contract execution.

• Manage the cost, quality, and delivery of commodity over program lifetime

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand their requirements and provide sourcing solutions that align with business goals.

• Conduct supplier evaluations and develop should-cost tools, together with engineering, to drive fact-based negotiations.

• Manage supplier relationships to ensure timely delivery of products and resolve any issues that may arise.

• Monitor market trends, industry developments, and relevant material indices to identify opportunities for cost savings and product improvements.

• Work directly with Engineering counterparts to understand development timelines with suppliers in great detail to enable the creation of creative commercial agreements that will help meet Ford’s commercial and cost requirements for the project.

• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and ethical standards in all sourcing activities.

• Onboard new suppliers to Ford processes including evaluation of end-to-end supply chain readiness.

• Promote transparency and management of entire supply chain value stream with suppliers.

• Drive full ownership of your commodities, end to end.

• Promote efficiency and simplicity in operations and processes.

• Bring a proactive mindset and approach challenges as opportunities, not roadblocks.

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Engineering, Business or related field.

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in procurement, preferably within the Automotive industry.

Even better, you may have...

• 5+ years of experience in procurement, preferably within the Automotive industry.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to lead key cross-functional relationships.

• Effective negotiation and ability to build and maintain relationships with suppliers.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with a focus on thinking creatively and out-of-the-box.

• High learning agility.

• Proficiency in procurement systems.

• Knowledge of sourcing best practices and industry trends.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to deliver creative solutions in a 'white space', where there is not an established procedure.

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…