Global Supply Manager, Ford Energy

About the role

Ford Energy is a newly formed, wholly-owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company dedicated to accelerating U.S. energy independence. Leveraging Ford’s century of manufacturing excellence and world-class battery energy storage systems (BESS) technology, Ford Energy designs, manufactures, and services grid-scale and commercial DC battery energy storage systems. The Battery Cell Raw Materials Team is seeking highly motivated candidates to lead data consolidation, strategy formation, modeling business scenarios, generating internal supplier briefings, and proactively obtaining industry insights on raw materials and components.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Sourcing & RFx Management: Assist with cost roll-up and reporting on Cell Raw Material and Component costs, including tariff change impacts and material cost changes across multiple projects.
• Compliance & Governance: Track NDAs, ensuring teams maintain up-to-date NDAs and protect confidential information.
• Sourcing Support: Assist cross-functional teams with due diligence and sustainability assessments for future Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) sourcing.
• Tariff & Trade Tracking: Update and maintain the team's HTS code tracker and tariff percentages to gain proactive perspective on tariff implications and affected costs.
• Category Leadership: Serve as sourcing lead for Carbon Black BESS sourcing.
• Data & Process Improvement: Assist the Raw Material Manager for Lithium with data automation and streamlining for end-of-life (EOL) recycling projects and other bespoke data analysis to identify cost and efficiency improvements.
• Market Intelligence: Analyze market trends, industry dynamics, and technology announcements to translate findings into actionable insights.
• Industry Engagement: Attend industry events, supplier presentations, trade shows, and technology forums.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Management, or a related field.
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing work assignments and business priorities.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to ingest and analyze large data sets.
• Strong storytelling and presentation skills.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Creative thinker, problem solver, and ability to consider multiple points of view while working with cross-functional teams.
• Aptitude to analyze industry trends and competitor actions.
• Resourcefulness and attention to detail, converting ambiguity into clarity.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized back-up child care.
• Family-building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, including management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Established and active employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• 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 8 and ranges from $99,100 to $166,200. Final determination of salary will be based on the 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 with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week in Dearborn, MI.

Company: As Ford establishes a wholly owned subsidiary focused on Battery Energy Storage Systems, this role will initially be employed by Ford and is expected to transition to the subsidiary within one year. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.