Tire Buyer

Tire Buyer

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In this position

The Ford Supply Chain team is central to our ability to build great vehicles. As a Tire Buyer youll source highquality tires globally while driving cost quality and ontime delivery. Youll help shape a resilient supply chain so Ford can consistently deliver the vehicles our customers want.

The Tire Buyer owns sourcing supplier engagement and daytoday purchasing activities for a defined portion of the Tire category. You will support future model sourcing deliver productivity through Total Value Management (TVM) and manage operational execution to meet program cost quality and delivery targets. Youll partner closely with Product Development (PD) Supplier Technical Assistance (STA) and Manufacturing Planning & Logistics (MP&L).

What youll do

• Manage cost quality and material efficiencies across the program lifecycle.
• Lead supplier relationship management and a proactive supplier engagement model.
• Develop strategies that support longterm commodity viability and corporate objectives.
• Own program sourcing decisions and be the pointofview (POV) lead for assigned programs securing capacity cost timing and ESG alignment.
• Deliver annual costsavings and distinguish opportunities from pure commercial leverage design changes and supplychain improvements.
• Analyze market supply/demand dynamics and identify supplyrisk mitigation strategies.
• Partner with crossfunctional strategic teams to assess supplybase footprint supplier financial health emerging technologies and market trends.
• Monitor industry trends new tire technologies and supplier financial/footprint changes to inform strategy.

Youll have...

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Business or related discipline.
• Minimum of 5-years of strategic buying or sourcing experience.
• Proficiency with purchasing systems sourcing tools and standard procurement procedures.
• Proven negotiation skills able to create leverage in both offensive and defensive scenarios.
• Excellent persuasive written and verbal communication skills - capable of producing proposals reports and plans that secure businessleader commitment.

Even better you may have

• 7 years experience in strategic buying or sourcing within automotive or tire/rawmaterials categories.
• MBA or Masters degree in Supply Chain Management or a closely related field.
• Ability to translate organizational needs and priorities into input for global category strategies.
• High energy and a strong commitment to continuous learning to develop commodity expertise.
• Selfstarter who is motivated and effective working independently or as part of a crossfunctional team.
• Advanced dataanalytics capability to drive sourcing decisions and model scenarios (e.g. Excel Power BI/Tableau).
• Knowledge or previous experience in tire industry.

You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!

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 builderor 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 Years Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

For more information on salary and benefits click here: position is a range of salary grades 7-8 .

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.

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