Senior Group Manager, Direct Procurement, Ford Energy

Ford Motor Company Senior Group Manager, Direct Procurement, Ford Energy An Hour AgoSaved Hybrid Dearborn, MI, USA 142K-268K Annually Senior level 142K-268K Annually Senior levelAutomotiveLeads Ford Energy’s direct procurement department for battery energy storage systems. Responsibilities include setting sourcing strategies, managing procurement teams and budgets, negotiating complex supplier agreements, reducing costs, mitigating supply risks, overseeing supplier industrialization, and partnering with engineering, manufacturing, finance, legal, and logistics. The role owns commercial performance across major BESS components and represents the company in senior supplier engagements.Top Skills: Battery Energy Storage Systems (Bess)High-Voltage Electrical DistributionInvertersLithium-Ion Battery Cells And ModulesPower ElectronicsThermal Management Systems