Buyer, Marketing & Sales

Marketing Sales & Services Buyer

In this position, 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. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with strong negotiation skills, a deep understanding of marketing & sales, and proven experience at developing and implementing robust category strategies.

What you'll do...

• Develop and lead global category implementation strategy
• Coordination 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
• You'll have...
• 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
• Even better, you may have...
• 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)

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 builderor 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.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

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.