Ford Motor Company

Buyer, Console Switches

Ford Motor Company • $86K — $166K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or related field
  • 3+ years of experience in purchasing, sourcing, procurement, or supply chain
  • Demonstrated experience in supplier negotiations and cost analysis
  • Strong analytical skills to evaluate market conditions
  • Excellent communication and influencing abilities
  • Familiarity with purchasing processes and vehicle program lifecycles, ability to manage competing priorities

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute global sourcing strategies for Console Switch commodity
  • Manage sourcing activities from concept through launch
  • Identify productivity opportunities and conduct cost analysis
  • Lead Tier 1 supplier relationships and performance metrics
  • Develop negotiation strategies balancing supplier and company objectives
  • Identify and mitigate supply and financial risks
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align sourcing decisions
  • Implement improvements to strengthen sourcing processes

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave
  • Family building benefits including adoption and fertility treatments
  • Employee vehicle discount program
  • Tuition assistance available
  • Active employee resource groups for support
  • Paid time off for community service and generous holiday schedule
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

Ford is seeking a strategic, results-oriented Buyer, Console Switch to lead sourcing strategy and commercial execution for the Console Switch commodity. This role will drive global competitiveness, supply resilience, cost optimization, supplier performance, and launch success across vehicle programs.

You'll work closely with Engineering, Product Development, Manufacturing, Finance, Supply Chain, Quality, and Program teams while managing key supplier relationships and influencing sourcing decisions with senior leadership visibility.

What you'll do...
  • Develop Commodity Strategy: Create and execute global sourcing strategies that improve cost, quality, supply resilience, technology, and program performance.
  • Lead Program Sourcing: Manage sourcing activities from concept through launch, ensuring alignment with program timing, cost, quality, and capacity requirements
  • Drive Cost and Value: Develop cost roadmaps, identify productivity opportunities, conduct cost and market analysis, and deliver savings through negotiation, benchmarking, and design optimization
  • Manage Supplier Performance: Lead Tier 1 and directed Tier 2 supplier relationships, driving performance across cost, quality, delivery, capacity, and commercial objectives
  • Lead Commercial Negotiations: Develop and execute negotiation strategies that balance Ford requirements, supplier economics, market conditions, and long-term business objectives
  • Manage Risk and Claims: Identify supply, capacity, financial, and commercial risks; develop mitigation plans; and lead supplier claims and issue resolution
  • Influence Cross-Functional Decisions: Partner across Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program teams to align sourcing decisions with business objectives
  • Drive Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement improvements that strengthen purchasing effectiveness, sourcing processes, and commercial outcomes
  • Engage Senior Leadership: Present sourcing strategies, business cases, supplier recommendations, and risk assessments to senior leaders.
    You'll have...
  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, Finance, or a related field
  • 3+ years of experience in purchasing, sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or a related commercial function
  • Demonstrated experience with supplier negotiations, commercial management, and cost analysis
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate market conditions and make data-driven sourcing decisions
  • Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build relationships and align cross-functional stakeholders
  • Understanding of purchasing processes, systems, policies, and vehicle program lifecycles.
    Ability to manage competing priorities and work independently in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
    Even better, you may have..
  • 5+ years of experience in purchasing, sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or a related commercial function.
    Experience sourcing console switches, electronic components, electromechanical systems, or related automotive commodities
  • Experience with global sourcing, cost modeling, benchmarking, value engineering, or should-cost analysis
    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, 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 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.

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.

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

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid #LI-RR2

About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Learn more about Ford Motor Company
Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
F
* Ladders Estimates

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