Ford Motor Company

Area Manager, Front End Production, BlueOval Battery Park Michigan

Ford Motor Company$141K — $268K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of manufacturing, engineering, or operations experience in leadership roles.
  • Proven ability to communicate complex operational concepts at all levels of the organization.
  • Track record of attracting, developing, and retaining high-performing teams.
  • Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Lead development and delivery of Key Performance Indicators to align with business objectives.
  • Drive continuous improvement using Lean Manufacturing principles.
  • Motivate teams by utilizing advanced technology and best practices in manufacturing.
  • Act as a Subject Matter Expert for Key Unifying Processes, collaborating with Area Managers for plant-wide rollout.
  • Use real-time data to identify bottlenecks and implement effective solutions.
  • Support employee success by addressing obstacles to performance and fostering development.
  • Champion a culture aligned with the Vision, Mission, and Values to meet performance objectives.

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
  • Flexible family care options and paid parental leave.
  • Family building support including adoption and fertility assistance.
  • Employee vehicle discount and management lease options.
  • Tuition assistance for continuing education and development.
  • Active employee resource groups promoting community engagement.
  • Generous paid holidays and vacation time options.
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

What you'll do...
• Achieve business results by leading the development and delivery of Key Performance Indicator's to ensure department objectives support overall business objectives.
• Drive continuous improvement and Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Motivate teams by leveraging technology and best-in-class manufacturing systems.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert for Key Unifying Processes (KUP), partnering with other Area Managers to lead the standardized rollout and continuous evolution of these systems plant wide.
• Leverage manufacturing execution systems (MES) and real-time data to identify bottlenecks and implement sustainable solutions.
• Support employees by removing barriers to their success and developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Lead change efforts to construct and achieve manufacturing standards.
• Demonstrate empathy and embrace Gemba philosophy by engaging regularly with employees in production environments to listen and problem solve.
• Champion the formation of the culture required to achieve the Vision, Mission, and Values to deliver performance objectives.
• Enable a culture of learning through demonstration of effective communication skills.
• Develop 'leaders as teachers' at all levels by ensuring all employees receive necessary training, coaching, and support to optimize performance and advance both the overall organization as well as self.
• To lead and align diverse, multicultural teams to achieve a unified business strategy.

Capabilities Required:
• Emotionally intelligent leader who remains calm in ambiguous situations.
• Able to align team members from different backgrounds and cultures to achieve business strategy.
• Strong leadership skills and experience leading, attracting, and developing strong results-oriented teams.
• Experience managing high degrees of complexity in processes and communication with all levels of leadership.
• Strong business acumen and project management skills
• Collaborative leadership style is necessary to influence and build meaningful relationships with all cross functional teams.
• Good communicator with a proven ability to build trust, influence, and foster relationships.
• Strong project management skills and financial literacy (P&L understanding).

Candidates must possess full flexibility and a readiness to consistently work across all established standard, operating, and rotational shift schedules, encompassing day, night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

Qualifications

You'll have...

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of manufacturing, engineering, or operations experience in leadership roles.
• Proven ability to communicate complex operational concepts to all levels of leadership, from shop floor operators to executive stakeholders.
• Demonstrated track record of attracting, developing, and retaining high-performing, results-oriented teams.
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally as required.

Even better, you may have...
• Master's Degree.
• 5+ years of specific experience in Battery cell manufacturing or advanced Electromechanical assembly
• Experience succeeding in high levels of complexity, exposure, to multiple business issues, ambiguity, and conflict.

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.

This position is leadership level 5 and ranges from $141,700-$268,300.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5

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.

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About Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
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