Buyer, Marketing & Sales

About the role

The Marketing Sales & Services Supply Chain Team is responsible for delivering marketing solutions on time, within budget and with compliance with our standards. This role involves managing supplier relationships, negotiating contracts, identifying cost-saving opportunities, and collaborating closely with various internal departments to meet their needs. The Marketing & Sales Buyer will be responsible for the creation and implementation of assigned Category Business Plans within marketing sales & services which includes advertising agency services, sales support, engagement marketing and public relations & communications. These category strategies will be leveraged to support the quality, timing, and cost deliverables of various marketing sales & services initiatives for immediate and future business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead global category implementation strategy
• Cordination with global purchasing partners to support Marketing Sales & Services reach
• Drive on-time sourcing of key initiatives for Ford Blue, Lincoln, FCSD, Ford Model e, IS & Pro
• Negotiate Terms for Contracts and Find solutions to meet compliance, mitigate risk while also enabling speed to market for new businesses.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships within internal business units and departments to further align on strategic category vision and savings opportunities
• Drive and support supply base optimization and strategic priorities through leverage of Enterprise spend
• Be a progressive thinker, seeking out ways to drive efficiencies, find cost savings, or spend reduction opportunities, with intelligence of what is best in class.
• Work with key stakeholders and stay abreast of current and future technologies or sources to maintain a consistent flow of up-to-date services and products

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 3+ years of supply chain/commodity/program management experience
• Strong communicator that can effectively transition from bottom-up details to concise, clear executive-level messaging
• Ability to build relationships and trust across organizations to drive decisions and alignment
• Strong data & analytics understanding for synthesis of complex data into clear, understandable format
• Proactive and resourceful; comfortable with navigating ambiguity
• Flexible and adaptable attitude to changing priorities
• Collaborative leader and team player
• Ability to creatively problem solve, adjust priorities, and manage workload with agility in the team, to deliver business critical objectives

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree preferred
• 5+ years of supply chain/program/commodity management experience in the Automotive industry
• Experience with Category Management and/or Category Implementation
• Strong understanding of Marketing Sales & Services offerings e.g., Advertising, Meetings & Events, Sales Support, etc.
• Strong process competency and knowledge across complex sourcing processes (i-ERP, S2C, P2P)

Skills

• Strategic thinker with strong negotiation skills
• Deep understanding of marketing & sales
• Proven experience at developing and implementing robust category strategies

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.

Pay

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.

Schedule

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.