Supply Chain Manager, Business Operations
About The Position
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... Reporting to the Senior Manager, Global Business Operations, the Manager serves as the primary architect for the organization's governance forums and operating model. This role requires deep organizational navigation and knowledge to curate and manage leadership digital command centers, strategic lookaheads, business partner and supplier engagement management, and key initiatives such as Ford Horizon. The Manager ensures that the "connective tissue" of the global supply chain is robust, documented, digital, and modernized to support the Ford+ transformation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field
- 3+ years of experience in supply chain, business operations, or program management in a complex global organization
- Advanced proficiency in SharePoint administration, such as management of sensitive/confidential data, permissions management, and new site designs
- Strong proficiency in executive-level communication, strategic storytelling, and the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (SharePoint, PowerPoint, Teams)
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree or MBA in a relevant field
- 5+ years of experience in supply chain, business operations, or program management in a complex global organization
- 3+ years of experience within Ford Supply Chain (e.g., Purchasing, STA, SOT, or Program Control) with deep knowledge of internal processes
- Proven ability to manage the "connective tissue" of a large organization, ensuring that information reaches the right stakeholders at the right time
- Experience in business office, program management, or chief of staff roles
- Proven experience running and facilitating high-stakes executive meetings
- Experience coordinating complex information flows and maintaining executive-level confidentiality across a global matrix, including knowledge repositories and historical business records
- Familiarity with digital transformation and the application of automation/AI to business office workflows
- Experience managing digital dashboards or command centers for executive-level decision support
Responsibilities
- Orchestrate and facilitate global executive governance forums, such as sourcing package approvals
- Lead the design and management of leadership digital command centers to provide real-time visibility into pending approvals, upcoming priorities, and business partner/supplier engagement
- Curate and maintain the Global Supply Chain "source of truth," including the management of forum filings, historical event logs, and centralized communications repositories
- Architect and manage high-security SharePoint environments to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and controlled access of sensitive executive-level information
- Execute the end-to-end logistics and content orchestration for executive leadership meetings, including agenda setting, material preparation, and action-item tracking
- Operationalize key strategic initiatives, such as the Ford Horizon initiative with suppliers, by translating high-level concepts into the recurring daily operating rhythm of the global supply chain
- Serve as the primary operational liaison between the global business office and regional/functional business offices to ensure global alignment and process consistency
- Partner with the broader global business operations team to identify opportunities to modernize manual governance processes and transition them into automated, data-driven workflows
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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
