Purchasing Manager, Supply Chain - Lighting

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid parental leave

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Lighting Sourcing Manager to lead a Buyers team and shape long‑term commodity strategies, driving cost, quality and on‑time delivery across programs. You will partner with cross‑functional teams to assess supply base, monitor market trends, and secure resilient, sustainable supply for Ford’s lighting initiatives while developing high‑performing teams.

This leadership role emphasizes governance, strategic thinking, and measurable results in a hybrid work model with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, or related discipline.
• 7+ years of strategic buying or sourcing, including 2+ years of team leadership.
• Leadership with ability to develop high-performing teams.
• Process-oriented governance and operational rigor to drive results.
• Strategic thinking with big-picture planning and market awareness.
• Experience with purchasing systems, sourcing tools, and standard procedures.
• Advanced negotiation capabilities with leverage in multiple scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Buyers to hit program targets.
• Own supplier relationship strategy for Lighting and mitigate risks.
• Define and execute long-term commodity strategies for Lighting.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to assess supply base and market trends.

Skills

Team leadership

Strategic sourcing

Negotiation

Supplier management

Cross-functional collab

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain/Business

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

ERP systems

Procurement software

Purchasing tools

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.

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,

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.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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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