Supply Chain Resilience Lead

Ford • Dearborn, MI

8h • $86,600 - $166,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Supply Chain Resilience Lead develops and delivers strategies to protect Ford from supply chain vulnerabilities. The role combines learning, strategizing, and execution: assessing each supply chain risk as a distinct business problem, using internal feedback and modeling to develop solutions, and securing approval and launch of resilience plans. The position regularly engages with senior leadership and requires presenting complex information concisely and with data-driven support.

The role leads global supply chain risk identification and mitigation, including sub-tier dependencies, single-source exposure, and geopolitical constraints. It also drives value stream mapping to improve visibility, manages resilience governance and prioritization, evaluates the financial trade-offs of mitigation plans, and partners with Engineering, Finance, and Supplier Technical teams to execute plans while meeting quality and validation requirements. Supplier engagement includes capacity planning, safety stock, and transition strategies.

This is a hybrid position requiring onsite work four or more days per week. Salary is listed at salary grade 7 ($86,600–$144,900) or grade 8 ($99,100–$166,200); final grade and salary depend on the candidate's skills and experience, job scope, responsibility, and market value. Visa sponsorship is unavailable, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• At least 5 years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, procurement, or operations within automotive or complex manufacturing.
• At least 5 years of demonstrated experience identifying supply chain risks and executing mitigation strategies, such as dual sourcing, supplier transitions, and localization, to ensure supply chain continuity and resilience.
• At least 5 years of experience with strong program management skills, including leading cross-functional initiatives, governance forums, and KPI/scorecard tracking.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to build and present business cases, including financial analysis of CapEx, tooling, and risk trade-offs.
• Experience collaborating with Engineering, Finance, and Supplier Quality/Technical teams to deliver sourcing outcomes.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills, including applying data analytics to complex supply chain challenges.
• Experience leveraging AI tools or advanced analytics to enhance forecasting, risk identification, and operational efficiency.
• Demonstrated complex problem-solving skills in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Effective communication skills and experience influencing senior leadership.
• Experience managing supplier relationships, including negotiations, capacity planning, and delivery risk mitigation.
• Ability to prioritize competing initiatives based on business impact, lead times, and production risk.
• Experience working in fast-paced, global environments with shifting supply and demand dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and present data-driven resilience strategies, such as dual sourcing, localization, and capacity expansion, to executive leadership.
• Lead identification and mitigation of global supply chain risks, including Tier 1/Tier 2 dependencies, single-source exposure, and geopolitical constraints.
• Drive value stream mapping (VSM) to improve sub-tier visibility and uncover systemic risks.
• Manage resilience governance, including cross-functional forums, KPI scorecards, and prioritization of critical supply risks.
• Evaluate financial trade-offs of mitigation strategies, including CapEx, tooling, and cost-of-inaction analyses.
• Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Finance, and Supplier Technical teams to execute de-risking plans and ensure quality and validation compliance.
• Lead supplier engagement on capacity, safety stock (“banking”), and transition strategies.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up 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: Senior