Ford Motor Company announced this week that former Whirlpool Corporation executive Liz Door is joining to lead their Global Supply Chain Management team. In making the announcement, Ford representatives shared that Jonathan Jennings is retiring from his position as vice president, Supply Chain, effective Aug. 1.
The announcement from Ford Motor Company:
Liz Door, leader of global strategic sourcing for home-appliance maker Whirlpool Corp. for the past six years, is coming to Ford. Starting this month, Door will be the company’s chief supply chain officer, taking on responsibilities that since September have been held on an interim basis by CFO John Lawler, to whom she’ll report.
Liz Door
Door comes to Ford at a time when improving quality and reducing costs, including through the supply chain, are high priorities and vital to realizing the full potential of the Ford+ plan.
Before becoming Whirlpool’s executive vice president of global strategic sourcing and a member of the appliance maker’s executive committee in 2017, she headed North America procurement for the Benton Harbor, Mich.-based company for more than six years.
