Purchasing Manager, Supply Chain - Lighting

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Parental leave

Tuition assistance

Employee discounts

Generous vacation

Job summary

Ford Motor Company's Supply Chain team is seeking a Lighting Sourcing and Procurement Manager to lead a Buyers team, driving cost, quality, and on-time delivery. You will shape a resilient supply chain for lighting programs and own supplier relationships to ensure performance and innovation.

You will define long-term commodity strategies for Lighting and partner with cross-functional teams to translate insights into actionable sourcing plans and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related discipline.
• 7+ years of strategic buying or sourcing experience, including 2+ years of team leadership.
• Advanced negotiation capabilities with a proven track record.
• Master's degree preferred with 10+ years experience.
• Experience leading high‑performing procurement teams.

Responsibilities

• 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 risks.
• Define and execute long-term commodity strategies for Lighting that align with corporate objectives and maintain market competitiveness.
• Partner with cross-functional strategic teams to assess supply base footprint, evaluate supplier financial health, monitor technologies and market trends, and translate insights into sourcing and risk plans.

Skills

People leadership

Negotiation

Strategic thinking

Communication

Procurement expertise

Sourcing tools

Purchasing systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business

Master's degree in Supply Chain, Business

Tools

Purchasing systems

Sourcing tools

Procurement procedures

Job description

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.

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
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $115,500-$218,100.

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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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid #LI-RR2