Supply Chain Resilience Lead

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Supply Chain Resilience Lead focuses on learning, strategizing, and delivering solutions to protect Ford from supply chain vulnerabilities. The role evaluates each vulnerability as a distinct business problem and develops resilience strategies through internal feedback, modeling, and cross-functional collaboration. It is responsible for securing approval and launching plans that protect supply continuity, with regular exposure to Ford senior leadership. Candidates should be comfortable presenting complex material concisely and using data to support recommendations.

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 continuity and resilience.
• At least 5 years of experience with strong program management skills, including leading cross-functional initiatives, governance forums, and KPI or scorecard tracking.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States; employment eligibility verification is required at hire.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to build and present business cases, including financial analysis of capital expenditure, tooling, and risk trade-offs.
• Experience collaborating with Engineering, Finance, and Supplier Quality or 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 improve forecasting, risk identification, and operational efficiency.
• 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 and Tier 2 dependencies, single-source exposure, and geopolitical constraints.
• Drive value stream mapping to improve sub-tier visibility and uncover systemic risks.
• Manage resilience governance through cross-functional forums, KPI scorecards, and prioritization of critical supply risks.
• Evaluate financial trade-offs of mitigation strategies, including capital expenditure, tooling, and cost-of-inaction analyses.
• Partner 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: Mid Level