2017 NMSDC Conference and BOE

Greg Hamel
Director Indirect Purchasing & Strategy
Ford Motor Company


Greg serves as Ford Motor Company’s Director of Global Business Strategy and Indirect Purchasing. In this role he leads Ford’s $23 billion acquisition of facilities, machinery and services as well as Ford strategies relating to Purchasing policies and procedures, information technology and supply chain development including sustainability and diversity development. Prior to this role he was Ford’s Global Director of Material Cost, Tooling and Scale Enablement. Greg has been with Ford since 1982 and has served in a number of roles including Product Engineering, Powertrain Engineering and Calibration, Program Management, Competitive and Market Analysis and Volume Planning and Product Cycle Planning and Strategy. Greg has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Oakland University and a MBA from the University of Detroit-Mercy. He lives in the Detroit area with his wife of 33 years, Connie, and has two daughters 25 and 22 who work outside of Michigan in the U.S.

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