Purchasing Manager – JIT Seats · Ford Motor Company

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:23:02 GMT
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Ford Motor Company · Dearborn · $115,500-$218,100 · hybrid

Job Description

As a Purchasing Manager – JIT Seats at Ford Motor Company, you will play a critical role in sourcing the highest quality parts and services from around the globe while ensuring optimal cost and on-time delivery. You will lead a team of buyers responsible for developing and executing comprehensive purchasing strategies for categories, ensuring alignment with overall company objectives and financial targets.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute comprehensive purchasing strategies for categories, ensuring alignment with overall company objectives and financial targets.

Actively manage supplier relationships, cultivating and maintaining robust relationships with key strategic suppliers, driving performance, innovation, and long-term partnerships.

Proactively identify and mitigate supply chain risks, ensuring continuity of supply and building resilient supplier networks.

Serve as a key interface and trusted advisor to MP&L as well as various internal skill teams, ensuring purchasing strategies support their objectives.

Stay abreast of industry trends, market conditions, technological advancements, and evolving regulations to inform strategic decisions.

Lead team to develop strategies that deliver cost-effective, efficient, sustainable solutions, including negotiating MSAs, with SOWs, Service-Level-Agreements, KPI metrics, and supplier governance processes to deliver consistently high-quality services.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Finance, Logistics or other related field of study.

5+ years of progressive experience in procurement or strategic sourcing.

Strong analytical skills – understanding of cost drivers and cost modeling.

Strong negotiation and contract management skills.

Proficiency in procurement software, and Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel).

Strong business acumen, team building, collaboration, and communication skills – demonstrated ability to successfully lead cross-functional teams.

Benefits

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.

Salary and Benefits

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

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.