Director, Indirect Supply Chain Transformation

The Leader will directly lead a team and partner closely with global category leaders, regional teams (with an initial focus on North America), finance, operations, technology, and business stakeholders to deliver measurable value through improved transparency, standardization, automation, and execution discipline. The position will play a critical role in unlocking the next generation of indirect savings while improving organizational effectiveness and scalability.

The Leader will also direct Indirect Program Management for major industrial programs—including batteries, powertrains, and vehicles—ensuring required facilities, equipment, supplies, and services are sourced on time and at or below established cost targets.

You'll Have...

Ideal Candidate Profile

- Proven leadership experience in supply chain, procurement, business operations, or transformation.
- Experience leading Indirect procurement for categories such as IT, Marketing & Sales, Professional Services, Facilities, Transportation and / Equipment.
- Deep expertise in performance management, process excellence, and governance.
- Strong analytical and financial acumen with a track record of delivering measurable business results.
- Experience leading large-scale operational and digital transformations.
- Ability to influence senior executives and drive change across global organizations.
- Demonstrated capability building scalable systems, standard work, and operating models.
- Strong communication, executive presentation, and organizational leadership skills.

Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, finance, operations, or a related field.
- Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in supply chain, procurement, business operations, program management, or enterprise transformation.
- Experience across multiple indirect categories, such as IT, marketing and sales, professional services, facilities, transportation, manufacturing equipment, or maintenance, repair, and operations.
- Demonstrated experience leading teams and complex, cross-functional initiatives in a global or large-scale organization.
- Proven experience developing and managing performance metrics, governance processes, operating rhythms, and executive reporting.
- Track record of delivering measurable cost savings, productivity improvements, process standardization, or transformation outcomes.
- Experience influencing senior leaders and aligning stakeholders across functions, regions, and business units.
- Strong analytical, financial, communication, and executive presentation skills.

You May also have...
- Master’s degree in business administration, supply chain, engineering, finance, or a related field.
- 15 or more years of relevant experience, including leadership of global indirect procurement or supply chain transformation.
- Experience leading indirect sourcing and readiness for major industrial programs, including vehicle, powertrain, battery, facility, or manufacturing launches.
- Experience deploying digital procurement, analytics, automation, or artificial intelligence solutions at enterprise scale.
- Working knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methods; relevant certification is preferred.
- Experience operating across regions and cultures and leading organizational change in a matrixed environment.

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 childcare 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 leadership level 4.

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: LL4 Benefits

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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