Senior Global Supply Chain Manager

Ford • Dearborn, MI

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, or a related field
• 8+ years of extensive experience in global purchasing, strategic supply chain management, or commodity management, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership role demonstrating significant impact on negotiations, innovation, and change management.
• Deep and nuanced understanding of complex global supply chain dynamics, including advanced manufacturing processes, cutting-edge materials, emerging technologies, and geopolitical/macroeconomic factors.
• Proven track record of successfully building, leading, and developing high-performing, innovative teams that drive strategic outcomes.
• Expertise in advanced strategic sourcing methodologies, complex negotiation strategies, supply chain digitalization, and emerging procurement technologies (e.g., AI, blockchain).

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree in a relevant discipline highly preferred.
• Exceptional strategic planning, advanced analytical, and complex problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to envision and implement transformative solutions.
• Superior communication, executive-level presentation, and influential leadership skills, with extensive experience presenting to and influencing senior leadership and external partners.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of 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: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees