Purchasing Manager, Supply Chain - Lighting

Overview At Ford, you’ll work on ideas that matter, alongside passionate people who want to make a global impact. Together, we’re shaping the next era of transportation—grounded in purpose, driven by progress. Make your move. Job Type: Full time Work Type: Hybrid 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 a related discipline. 7+ years of strategic buying or sourcing experience, including 2+ years of team leadership experience. An energetic leadership style with a strong commitment to building, developing, and leading a high-performing team. A disciplined, process-oriented approach to establishing sustainable governance and operational rigor to drive measurable results. The ability to think and plan strategically at the big-picture level, applying strong organizational acumen and market awareness to identify, prioritize, and maintain focus on the organization’s key objectives. Demonstrated expertise in purchasing systems, sourcing tools, and standard procurement procedures. Advanced negotiation capabilities, with a proven track record of creating leverage in both offensive and defensive scenarios. Excellent persuasive written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop proposals, reports, and plans that secure commitment from business leaders. Even better, you may have... Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, or a related discipline. 10+ years of strategic buying, sourcing, or procurement experience, preferably in a complex organizational environment. Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-performing teams, driving strategic procurement initiatives, and delivering measurable business results. You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply! As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including: • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage • 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 • Es…

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