Global Indirect Supply Chain Transformation Leader

Socket.dev; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Parental leave

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI is seeking a Global Indirect Supply Chain Business Office Leader to drive performance, standardization, and enterprise-wide transformation across the indirect organization. You will partner with regional teams, finance, operations, and technology to deliver measurable value and to unlock indirect savings.

The role focuses on establishing world-class processes, dashboards, and governance, with responsibilities spanning strategy, process excellence, and value

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or technical related field.
• 7+ years of experience with proven leadership experience in supply chain, procurement, business operations, or transformation.
• 7+ years of experience leading procurement or supply chain execution for complex industrial programs, including batteries, powertrains, vehicles, manufacturing facilities, or capital equipment.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Skills

Transformation Leadership

PMO & Governance

Industrial Program Management

KPI & Performance Management

Process Standardization

Change Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or technical related field

Job description

Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI is seeking a Global Indirect Supply Chain Business Office Leader to drive performance, standardization, and enterprise-wide transformation across the indirect organization. You will partner with regional teams, finance, operations, and technology to deliver measurable value and to unlock indirect savings.

The role focuses on establishing world-class processes, dashboards, and governance, with responsibilities spanning strategy, process excellence, and value