Category Manager
Core
Own and lead global category strategy for critical automotive components, aligning sourcing decisions with business, engineering, and financial objectives to support Ford's electric and connected vehicle transformation.
Role type
Senior Category Manager (Strategic Sourcing)
Builds
Global supply base strategies and cost/commodity roadmaps for critical components
Domain
Automotive manufacturing / Electric Vehicles (BEV)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work -> supply chain strategy & execution
Required skills
Global supply chain management, strategic sourcing, complex supplier negotiations, cost and commodity strategy, market intelligence, cross-functional stakeholder influence, risk mitigation
Preferred skills
Semiconductor sourcing experience, long-term category strategy development (3-10 year horizon), team mentoring, cross-functional alignment across engineering and finance
Technologies
Market intelligence tools, capacity planning frameworks
Responsibilities
Lead global category strategy for critical components, drive end-to-end sourcing execution for new programs, manage strategic supplier relationships and performance, ensure supply continuity for serial production, develop multi-year cost and commodity strategies, build forward-looking supply base strategies
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership