Strategy Benchmarking/Innovation Supervisor

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles the world expects from us. Within our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. That means we’re continually seeking diligent, determined performers who think outside the box to help us find better and more efficient ways to manufacture our vehicles.

What you'll do:

• Lead/Manage benchmarking future Ford vehicles to competitor vehicles by quickly measuring with data Ford vehicles manufacturing Key Performance indicators to competitors in Body and Final Assembly.
• Lead/Manage manufacturing innovations including working with our Manufacturing Technology Development Team to validate manufacturing efficient innovations including physical trials for future Ford Vehicles. 
• Work with Flexible Architecture team to provide and help drive product and manufacturing efficiencies including  into the future Ford vehicle program between Technical Kick-off and (TKO) and Technology Management Review (TMR).
• Lead a team that will work with multiple Benchmarking teams across the Enterprise to provide a measurable efficiency rating of our vehicles relative to our competitors.
• Work with our team to develop a user-friendly dashboard that Engineers can easily identify efficient product and processes for future Ford vehicles.
• Drive product development to incorporate the more efficient benchmarked product and innovation processes.
• Focus on providing efficient product and processes identified through benchmarking and innovative projects not currently in the future model program scope.  
• Create new and innovative processes based on benchmarked vehicles and innovative manufacturing processes that improve labor efficiency, complexity reduction, and end item parts to the main line where possible for Body and Final Assembly. 
• Drive labor efficiency, complexity reduction, and end item parts to the main line where possible during new model program planning and development.
• Coordinate efforts to review program-based manufacturing issues, align on corrective actions, and cascade to affected areas.
• Work with counterparts in Vehicle Architecture, Body Construction, and Final Assembly Engineering to quickly align on product design and manufacturing issues.
• Support resolution of Major Architecture and High Investment Plant High Hurts to help mitigate Launch risks in Forward Model Development.
• Work hours, Monday – Friday, day shift.  Travel ~5% (site visits and global workshops).

Minimum Qualifications:

• BSC, Engineering
• 5+ years experience in Final Assembly Process & Tooling Development or equivalent manufacturing experience
• Working knowledge of DPA5 tools (GSPAS/VPS, APT, Easy Plan, Teamcenter, PFMEA, SCCAFs, Error proofing, etc)

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS, Engineering
• Supervisory Experience
• Extensive knowledge of Final Assembly DPA5 (Digital Pre-Assembly) process
• Working knowledge of DPA5 tools (GSPAS/VPS, APT, Teamcenter, PFMEA, SCCAFs, Error proofing, etc)
• One major program Launch (UP / UN > 4) or discipline equivalent
• Extensive knowledge of GMRs (Global Manufacturing Requirements)

 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 childcare 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 leadership level 6.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6NonHTHD

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

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