Supply Chain Buyer – Cockpit

Socket.dev; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Parental leave

Tuition assistance

Employee discounts

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a dynamic Supply Chain Buyer for Cockpit to support sourcing strategies, risk management and supplier relations across vehicle programs. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Product Development, Finance and MP&L to ensure cost-effective, resilient supply solutions.

The position offers career growth toward Senior Buyer and Manager levels within Ford's global supply chain team, with a hybrid onsite work model and salary bands described

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Procurement or related field.
• 3+ years of progressive experience in procurement or strategic sourcing.
• Strong business acumen, collaboration, and communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills - understanding of cost drivers and cost modeling.
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills.

Responsibilities

• Strategic execution: develop and implement purchasing strategies for a Cockpit commodity.
• Lead sourcing for future vehicle programs, assess make-vs-buy and tech readiness.
• Manage supplier relationships and cross-functional collaboration using SRF principles.
• Identify and mitigate supply risks, monitor supplier performance and continuity.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product Development, Cost Estimating, Finance and MP&L.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Cost analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Procurement or related field

Job description

Supply Chain Buyer - Cockpit

We made history and now we work to transform the future - for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

In this position...

Ford is seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented professional to support sourcing efforts for a Cockpit commodity, contributing to sourcing strategy development, program sourcing activities, material cost reduction, risk and resilience management, supplier relationship management, market analysis, and cross-functional collaboration. This is a business-critical, high-visibility position with a direct impact on Ford's overall turnover and bottom-line performance.

In this role, you will support a Commodity within Cockpit sourcing strategy, partnering closely with cross-functional teams to help deliver innovative, cost-effective, and resilient supply solutions that support Ford's broader business objectives. This position offers substantial career growth potential, with a path to Senior Buyer and Manager Level roles as part of Ford's ongoing investment in developing top talent within this team.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...

• Strategic Execution: Support the development and execution of comprehensive purchasing strategies for a Cockpit Commodity, ensuring alignment with overall company objectives and financial targets. You will actively contribute to Pulse improvement initiatives and collaborate with the team to optimize delivering business results.
• Future Program Sourcing: Lead sourcing activities for future vehicle programs, partnering with Product Development early in the design phase to identify capable suppliers, assess make-vs-buy and technology readiness, and help build competitive, resilient sourcing strategies that position Ford for successful launches.
• Support supplier relationships: Cultivate and maintain robust relationships with key strategic suppliers, driving performance, innovation, and long-term partnerships. You will help establish and maintain strong cross-functional relationships using Supplier Relationship Framework (SRF) principles and manage positive relationships with the supply base by acting like a partner, being accountable, trusting and being trustworthy, communicating with consistency, being fact-based while driving for results, and thinking value not just price.
• Risk ManagementResiliency: Proactively identify and help mitigate supply chain risks, ensuring continuity of supply and supporting resilient supplier networks. This involves monitoring the financial health of the supply base, including follow-up on further development and establishment of a back-up plan in case of risk, and utilizing SRM (Supply Risk Management) tools to intervene proactively, avoiding potential supply disruption. You will also monitor quality and supply of the supply base, including follow-up on further development/improvement and establishment of a back-up plan in case of risk.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as an interface to Engineering as well as various internal skill teams, including Product Development, Cost Estimating, Finance, and MP&L, ensuring purchasing strategies support their objectives. You will represent Supply Chain at cross-functional program/project management and launch meetings.
• Market Analysis: Stay abreast of industry trends, market conditions, technological advancements, and evolving regulations to inform sourcing decisions. Engage with external partners such as regulatory bodies, brokers, industry experts, benchmarking companies, industry associations etc to build a knowledge base on all transport modes.
• Category Management: Support the team in developing strategies that deliver cost-effective, efficient, sustainable solutions. Support development of category strategy plans for Cockpit commodities, including robust Resiliency Planning in this highly volatile and complex area.
• Drive Purchasing discipline: Lean into dashboards, AI Technology, digital transformation and Purchasing Policy. Ensure appropriate sign-off on contracts, risk assessments, deviations in accordance with Delegations of Authority.

Qualifications

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain/Procurement or related field.
• 3+ years of progressive experience in procurement or strategic sourcing

Even better, you may have...

• Strong business acumen, collaboration, and communication skills – demonstrated ability to successfully work within cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical skills - understanding of cost drivers and cost modeling.
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills.

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 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

• 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.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

This position is a salary grade 6 and ranges from $74,300-$124,500.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $86,600-$144,900.

This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $99,100-$166,200.

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.

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.