Director, Indirect Supply Chain Transformation

Ford, Inc; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Parental leave & family support

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

Ford seeks a strategic Leader to guide the Indirect Supply Chain globally, partnering with cross-functional teams to unlock savings and drive standardization, automation, and scalable processes. You will oversee major industrial programs and ensure timely sourcing of facilities, equipment, and services.

The role emphasizes governance, performance management, and change leadership across regions, with a focus on IT, facilities, and professional services categories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance, operations, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, procurement, operations, program management, or enterprise transformation.
• Experience across multiple indirect categories (IT, marketing & sales, facilities, transportation, equipment).
• Experience leading teams and cross-functional initiatives in global/large-scale organizations.
• Proven experience developing performance metrics, governance processes, and executive reporting.
• Track record of delivering measurable cost savings, productivity improvements, or transformation outcomes.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and aligning stakeholders across functions, regions, and business units.

Responsibilities

• Lead global indirect performance management system and own KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Translate business objectives into measurable initiatives and annual operating plans.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews with executive leadership.
• Develop and institutionalize global standard work across indirect supply chain.
• Establish governance frameworks, playbooks, operating procedures, and controls.
• Lead deployment of AI, analytics, and digital sourcing solutions.
• Build and execute the Indirect Supply Chain transformation roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to simplify work, automate activities, and digitize workflows.
• Deliver program requirements on time and at or below cost targets.
• Establish mechanisms to quantify value realization and business impact.

Skills

Leadership

Indirect procurement

Performance management

Analytics & finance

Digital transformation

Executive influence

Scalable systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain/related field

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

The Leader will directly lead a team and partner closely with global category leaders, regional teams (with an initial focus on North America), finance, operations, technology, and business stakeholders to deliver measurable value through improved transparency, standardization, automation, and execution discipline. The position will play a critical role in unlocking the next generation of indirect savings while improving organizational effectiveness and scalability.

The Leader will also direct Indirect Program Management for major industrial programs—including batteries, powertrains, and vehicles—ensuring required facilities, equipment, supplies, and services are sourced on time and at or below established cost targets.

You Will...

Strategy & Business Performance

• Lead the global indirect performance management system.
• Own enterprise KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, and executive reporting.
• Establish leading and lagging indicators to measure savings, sourcing excellence, operational efficiency, resilience, and people performance.
• Translate business objectives into measurable initiatives and annual operating plans.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews with executive leadership.
• Drive accountability for target attainment across all indirect teams.

Process Excellence & Standardization

• Develop and institutionalize global standard work across indirect supply chain.
• Establish governance frameworks, playbooks, operating procedures, and controls.
• Eliminate process variation across regions and categories.
• Create scalable operating models that improve consistency, quality, and speed.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean and process optimization methods.
• Develop service level agreements and performance standards for critical processes.

Transformation & Value Creation

• Build and execute the Indirect Supply Chain transformation roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to simplify work, automate activities, and digitize workflows.
• Lead deployment of AI, analytics, and digital sourcing solutions.
• Implement enterprise-wide programs that improve savings capture, sourcing effectiveness, and operational productivity.
• Establish mechanisms to quantify value realization and business impact.
• Drive organizational change management and capability adoption

Savings & Productivity Leadership

• Partner with category teams to identify and unlock incremental savings opportunities.
• Create transparency to sourcing pipelines, market testing, control towers, compliance, and spend management activities.
• Benchmark internal and external performance to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop productivity frameworks and resource utilization metrics.
• Ensure savings reporting and value capture methodologies are consistent globally.

Industrial Program Management

• Lead Indirect Program Management for major industrial programs, including batteries, powertrains, and vehicles.
• Integrate Indirect Supply Chain requirements into program timing, sourcing strategies, budgets, and launch plans.
• Ensure facilities, equipment, supplies, and services are sourced and available to support program milestones and production readiness.
• Drive cross-functional issue resolution, supplier readiness, and execution against timing, cost, quality, and risk targets.
• Maintain visibility to program sourcing status, cost performance, risks, owners, and recovery actions.
• Deliver program requirements on time and at or below established cost targets.

Organizational Effectiveness

• Establish a global operating rhythm for indirect supply chain leadership.
• Coordinate priorities and resources across regions and categories.
• Lead governance forums, executive reviews, and strategic planning processes.
• Drive capability development, training, and knowledge management.
• Create a culture of accountability, transparency, and data-driven decision making.
• Build future-state organizational capabilities required for a world-class indirect supply chain organization.

You'll Have...

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Proven leadership experience in supply chain, procurement, business operations, or transformation.
• Experience leading Indirect procurement for categories such as IT, Marketing & Sales, Professional Services, Facilities, Transportation and / Equipment.
• Deep expertise in performance management, process excellence, and governance.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen with a track record of delivering measurable business results.
• Experience leading large-scale operational and digital transformations.
• Ability to influence senior executives and drive change across global organizations.
• Demonstrated capability building scalable systems, standard work, and operating models.

Strong communication, executive presentation, and organizational leadership skills.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance, operations, or a related field.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in supply chain, procurement, business operations, program management, or enterprise transformation.
• Experience across multiple indirect categories, such as IT, marketing and sales, professional services, facilities, transportation, manufacturing equipment, or maintenance, repair, and operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and complex, cross-functional initiatives in a global or large-scale organization.
• Proven experience developing and managing performance metrics, governance processes, operating rhythms, and executive reporting.
• Track record of delivering measurable cost savings, productivity improvements, process standardization, or transformation outcomes.
• Experience influencing senior leaders and aligning stakeholders across functions, regions, and business units.

Strong analytical, financial, communication, and executive presentation skills.

You May also have...

• Master’s degree in business administration, supply chain, engineering, finance, or a related field.
• 15 or more years of relevant experience, including leadership of global indirect procurement or supply chain transformation.
• Experience leading indirect sourcing and readiness for major industrial programs, including vehicle, powertrain, battery, facility, or manufacturing launches.
• Experience deploying digital procurement, analytics, automation, or artificial intelligence solutions at enterprise scale.
• Working knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methods; relevant certification is preferred.
• Experience operating across regions and cultures and leading organizational change in a matrixed environment.

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
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.

This position is a leadership level 4.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

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