Ice Propulsion Thermal System Buyer

Ford • Dearborn, MI

6d • $63,480 - $166,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Buyer at Ford Motor Company, you will lead commercial negotiations, manage supplier relationships, and optimize costs across commodities and services as part of Ford's global Supply Chain organization. You will work with cross-functional teams to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality products and services. The role focuses on supplier relationships and sourcing for engine valves, valve seats, and valve guides; supporting program launches and cost targets; leading design competitions and market tests; managing supplier issues and internal risk mitigation; and developing commodity strategies, including the transition from ICE to BEV.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering.
• Strong business and commercial acumen, with excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Strong leadership skills and ability to work in teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including relationship building and cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong analytical skills, including sourcing evaluations and business case studies.
• Strong negotiation skills, including creating leverage in offensive and defensive situations.
• Cost analytics skills, including understanding commodity cost drivers, part cost breakdowns, and Gap-to-OCE.
• Strategic mindset and ability to understand current challenges facing the automotive industry.
• Strong working knowledge of Purchasing policies, procedures, and systems.
• Full competence with Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to travel on company business as required.

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish and strengthen global supplier relationships, helping Ford align with and influence supplier technology roadmaps for engine valves, valve seats, and valve guides.
• Understand upcoming program sourcing and key milestones in support of launch.
• Lead sourcing processes on time and meet program targets, working with Product Development (PD) to develop forward-model cost targets.
• Lead Best Cost at J1 through initial sourcing and design changes.
• Lead design competitions and market tests.
• Provide supply partners with feedback on cost position relative to the market to support productive long-term relationships.
• Support future Program Workshops and identify opportunities to achieve competitive vehicle pricing.
• Manage significant emerging supplier issues, including supply, quality, and cost issues, and drive internal risk mitigation.
• Co-lead commodity strategies with PD and support deployment of the strategy for ICE-to-BEV migration.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new-parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup child care.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level