Supply Chain Resilience Lead

Ford • Dearborn, MI

11h • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Supply Chain Resilience Lead, you will lead high-priority, high-visibility strategic initiatives designed to protect Ford’s production from global supply chain vulnerabilities. You will be responsible for identifying risks related to geopolitical exposure, supplier concentration, and financial distress, and then developing and executing comprehensive mitigation plans. This role acts as a critical bridge between Purchasing, Engineering, Finance, and Manufacturing to ensure the long-term stability of Ford’s most profitable vehicle programs.

This role is about 3 things: Learning, Strategizing, Delivering. Each Supply Chain vulnerability has a unique business problem that requires thinking through “How do we best solve this to protect Ford?”. Each day is a new “case study” in Supply Chain continuity. Our team jointly works a strategy using modeling we’re creating through our internal feedback loops & learning. The result will be driving approval and launch of our resilience plans to protect Ford

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in supply chain, sourcing, procurement, or operations within automotive or complex manufacturing.
• 5+ years of experience of demonstrated experience identifying supply chain risks and executing mitigation strategies (e.g., dual sourcing, supplier transitions, localization).
• 5+ years of experience with strong program management skills, including leading cross-functional initiatives, governance forums, and KPI/scorecard tracking.
• Proven 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.
• Effective communication skills with 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.

Nice To Haves

• Automotive OEM or complex hardware experience.
• Familiarity with VSM and PPAP processes.
• Experience with global sourcing and geopolitical risk.
• Proficiency in Excel and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau)

Responsibilities

• Develop and present data-driven resilience strategies (e.g., dual sourcing, localization, 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/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, 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
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees