Senior Purchasing Manager - Powertrain Installation

Senior Purchasing Manager, Powertrain Installation

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The Ford Purchasing team adds critical value to the entire organization. You’ll help us source the highest quality parts and services from around the globe while ensuring optimal cost and on-time delivery. You’ll also contribute to establishing a robust supply chain so that we can continually produce the vehicles our customers want.

In this position...

The Sr. Purchasing Manager for Powertrain Installation is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic purchasing organization in a leadership capacity.  IN this role you will lead and manage an effective team that optimizes delivering business results with employee development and fulfillment; including people development plan and career coaching. 

What you'll do...

Manage the Following Purchasing Activities:

• Develop supply base/commodity strategies and take lead in implementing those strategies

• Actively lead Pulse improvement initiatives.

• Coordinate GPDS (Global Product Development System) Purchasing Deliverables

• Develop analytical tools and strategy to deliver BIC (Best in Class) pricing (Cost Models, Benchmarking,
  Market Intelligence, targets, competitive bids, Low Cost Country sourcing, etc.)

• Source programs/requirements and manage needs of the business regarding the sourcing

• Manage ABF (Aligned Business Framework), MBE (Minority Business Enterprises)/WBE (Women Business Enterprises)/VBE (Veterans Business Enterprises) & LCC (Low Cost Country sourcing) with the sourcing of the business

• Purchasing representative at cross-functional program/project management and launch meetings

• Single point of contact and co-ordination regarding Purchasing issues for suppliers and engineering (Global Programs)

• Facilitate best Job 1 pricing and achieve Year-Over-Year cost reductions in contracts and rates.  Purchasing lead in TVM (Total Value Management) /CCAT (Commodity Cost Attack Team) /Indirect Cost Task activities/RMCAT (Raw Material Cost Attack Teams)

• Establish and maintain strong cross-functional relationships using Supplier Relationship Framework (SRF) principles

• Manage positive relationships with the supply base and/or plant personnel by:

  • acting like a partner

  • being accountable

  • trusting and being trustworthy

  • communicating with consistency

  • being fact based while driving for results

  • thinking value not just price

• Establish tone of ethical business operations to avoid any fraud, bribery or corruption in order to maximize the relationship value

• Monitor financial health of supply base including follow-up on further development and establishment of back-up plan in case of risk

• Utilize SRM (Supply Risk Management) tool to intervene proactively avoiding potential supply disruption o Monitor quality and supply of supply base including follow-up on further development/improvement and establishment of back-up plan in case of risk

You'll have...

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering or Business Administration or similar 

• 8-10+ years of experience in supply chain with a focus on Purchasing / Procurement
  Previous people management (internal or external to Ford) is expected

• Proficiency to speak and write English as a number of senior management reports will be delivered by this function. Proficiency to speak and write English in order to create and read global senior management reports.

• Buying experience and corporate business acumen

Even better, you may have...

Master’s degree preferred

Expected Skills for a Senior Purchasing Manager:

• Effective Negotiations
• Data Analytics – capacity/spend/efficiency/cost drivers
• Contract Management
• Risk Mitigation
• Problem Solving
• Program/Project Management
• Global Commodity Strategy Development 
• Global Relationship Leadership
• Forecasting
• Deep Industry/Market knowledge
• Commodity Subject Matter Expertise (SME)
• Strategic Sourcing
• Supplier & Facility Assessments
• Supply Chain Management
• Cross-functional Leadership

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