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Ford’s Model E team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. Model e is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

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Ford Motor Company Model E Supply Chain organization is looking for an experienced Electronics/Semiconductor professional to join our Semiconductor Purchasing team. The team is composed of Purchasing/Technical Experts who, along with our Engineering, Supplier Technical Assistance and Manufacturing teams will help ensure world class delivery by our supply base. The candidate will interact with Suppliers and Ford Sites globally.

What you'll do…

• Work in a high performing Semiconductor Purchasing team to ensure Security of Supply of Optimal Costed Semiconductor Components for our next generation Electronic Modules.

• Establish/strengthen Semiconductor supplier relationships, enabling Ford to better align with and influence supplier technology roadmaps.

• Develop purchasing strategies for Bluetooth and radio frequency technologies to ensure security of supply at best cost.

• Lead issuing RFQ’s to source Semiconductors for next generation electronic modules.

• Collaborate with Product Development to source Semiconductors meeting technical and quality requirements to allow delivery of state of the art Smart connected vehicles

• Engage Semiconductor supplier partners at the executive and corporate level to develop strong partnerships. Hold regular Business reviews with suppliers.

• Manage Supplier emerging significant issues (supply issues, Quality, Cost etc.) and drive internal risk mitigation. Champion continuous improvement activities within the Semiconductor Purchasing team (including bureaucracy/efficiency improvement).

You'll have...

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Supply Chain or Electrical Engineering or similar degree.

4+ years of experience with Automotive Semiconductors.

5+ years of experience in Purchasing, Engineering or Sales.

Even better, you may have...

Master's degree in Business/Supply Chain or Electrical Engineering or similar degree.

Prior specialized focus on in vehicle networks (Deserializers, Ethernet, Serializers,Transceivers), Bluetooth and RF Technology/industry experience.

Strong leadership and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated ability to build strong and effective relationships across technical and business teams globally.

Advanced knowledge direct semiconductor experience valued.

Experience in process planning, implementation, and launch in electronics manufacturing systems.

Possess excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills; those needed to interact with external and internal stakeholders.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. 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 builder…or 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.

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This position is a range of salary grades LL6 .

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.

Onsite work of up to three days per week may be required for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.

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