Purchasing Manager, Supply Chain - Lighting
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Key details
- Location
- Dearborn, MI, United States
- Work style
- Hybrid
- Level
- Senior
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 7–10 yrs
- Function
- Finance & Accounting
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 3d ago
Skills
About the role
In this position...
The Ford Supply Chain team is central to our ability to build great vehicles. As the manager for Lighting, your team will be responsible for the sourcing of high‑quality components while driving cost, quality, and on‑time delivery. You’ll help shape a resilient supply chain so Ford can consistently deliver the vehicles our customers want.
What you'll do...
Lead, coach, and develop a team of Buyers to achieve program-level cost, quality, and material efficiency targets across the full program lifecycle.
Own the supplier relationship strategy for Lighting, implementing a proactive engagement model to enhance supplier performance, capture innovation, and mitigate commercial and operational risks.
Define and execute long-term commodity strategies for Lighting that align with corporate objectives, secure sustainable supply, and maintain market competitiveness, including the development of sourcing plans for future programs.
Partner with cross-functional strategic teams to assess supply base footprint, evaluate supplier financial health, monitor emerging technologies and market trends, develop commodity resilience strategies and translate insights into actionable sourcing and risk mitigation plans.
You'll have...
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, or