Ford
Buyer - Front Seat Structures
Dearborn, MI, United States
No sponsorship$74k-$125kDetected 2 days ago
NegotiationSupply ChainCommunication
About the role
- You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams.
- The Ford Purchasing team adds critical value to the entire organization.
- You'll help us source the highest quality parts and services from around the globe while ensuring optimal cost and on-time delivery.
Responsibilities
- At Ford, you can build more than vehicles.
- Come build what matters.
- Manage cost, quality, and material efficiencies (Total Value Management) over program lifetime.
- Conduct regular design reviews with Ford Engineering and Quality.
- Sourcing execution lead (RFx event, tactical sourcing, spot buy, contract admin, etc.).
- Implement sourcing strategy for category, delivering a balanced portfolio of material that meets Ford's capacity, cost, timing, and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) needs.
- Manage relationships with existing and future seat structure suppliers.
- Understand industry and asset specific costs and develop "should cost" Work with suppliers to define integration opportunities within the supply chain.
- Develop material cost roadmaps that deliver corporate objectives and ensure long-term viability.
- Ability to influence senior executives to drive decision-making.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree Minimum 3 years of automotive purchasing experience.
- Proficiency in Purchasing systems and procedures.
Compensation
- Understand and set cost savings goals annually to identify pure commercial leverage versus design efficiencies and end-to-end supply chain improvements.
Benefits
- Work with the strategic Category Manager and Product Development to understand latest supply base footprint, financial health ratings, technologies, and trends.
- Extremely high energy with a relentless pursuit of learning and development to drive commodity expertise.
Company info
- We made history and now we work to transform the future - for our customers, our communities and our families.
- You'll also contribute to establishing a robust supply chain so that we can continually produce the vehicles our customers want.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa sponsorship is not available for this position
This listing is sourced directly from Ford's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.