Ford Motor Company

Ford Racing Manufacturing Manager

Ford Motor Company • $141K — $268K *
Allen Park, MI 48101In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field
  • Broad knowledge of total vehicle manufacturing processes
  • Significant experience in low volume manufacturing and quality processes
  • Proven leadership experience in developing technical teams
  • Strong understanding of product development processes
  • Track record of making strategic technology and investment decisions
  • Excellent communication skills for interactions with senior leaders and external partners
  • Self-starter with a competitive spirit and entrepreneurial mindset

Responsibilities

  • Set strategic direction for low volume vehicle and additive manufacturing
  • Build and lead a focused engineering team for low volume manufacturing excellence
  • Establish and measure key performance indicators for manufacturing efforts
  • Negotiate with external partners and suppliers for successful project outcomes
  • Drive integration of low volume manufacturing into program and architecture planning
  • Identify manufacturing capability requirements for high-potential vehicle programs
  • Design manufacturing floor layouts and establish guiding principles for manufacturability

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave options
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members
  • Tuition assistance for professional development
  • Established employee resource groups and community service time off
  • Generous paid holidays, including an extended break at year-end
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...
  • Ford Racing is looking for an experienced and driven Low Volume Manufacturing Manager to lead our niche manufacturing efforts across Motorsports and Road Car applications.
  • This leader will build and grow a center-of-excellence for advanced manufacturing technologies, shape investment and capability decisions, and lead a team that partners closely with Design and Release engineers to accelerate development timing, avoid unnecessary capital spend, and deliver innovative, race-proven solutions.
  • This is a high-visibility leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology strategy, team development, and hands-on manufacturing execution.


Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Set the strategic direction for low volume vehicle and (potentially) additive manufacturing at Ford Racing, identifying which technologies, equipment, and capabilities the organization should invest in or partner on
  • Build, lead, and develop a team of engineers serving as the center-of-excellence for low volume manufacturing, working closely with Design and Release engineers through design-for-manufacturing and product launch.
  • Establish and deliver against key performance indicators to measure the growth and impact of low volume manufacturing efforts across the business
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for external partners and suppliers, negotiating scope, timing, and financial commitments to ensure successful outcomes
  • Drive integration of low volume manufacturing capability into both near-term program needs and long-term vehicle architecture planning
  • Identify the manufacturing capability requirements to support all of the highest potential vehicle programs
  • Identify additional functions / capabilities that must be in-sourced to stand up the model, choices to make, and recommendations
  • Design manufacturing floor layouts, for motorsports & production vehicles
  • Establish manufacturing principles to guide a design for manufacturability, specific to low volume vehicles
  • Design robust manufacturing standards independent of Ford norms (i.e., a low volume Bill of Process integrated to Ford standards)
  • Integrate with heritage vehicle business development opportunities
  • Negotiate contracts with partners as needed
  • Travel - Limited to site visits for benchmarking or supplier or partner visits, etc.


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field
  • Broad knowledge of total vehicle manufacturing process including Body construction, Paint, Final Assembly, EOL, and Control Plan execution.
  • Broad knowledge of manufacturing technologies, to inform when, where, and how processes should be adjusted for low volume manufacturing situations.
  • Significant, demonstrated experience in low volume manufacturing, including specification and implementation of equipment, design for manufacturing, build execution, and quality confirmation processes
  • Proven experience leading and developing salaried technical teams
  • Strong understanding of the product development process and ability to work effectively and credibly with design and release engineers
  • Track record of leading strategic technology or capability decisions, including capital investment and supplier/partner relationships
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to represent the organization to senior leaders and external partners
  • Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset, able to make sound decisions based on overall value and business impact
  • A competitive spirit and passion for winning, with no tolerance for excuses

Even better, you may have...
  • Master's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, or Manufacturing Engineering
  • Experience with Additive Manufacturing technologies
  • Experience managing supplier and strategic partner relationships for equipment or outsourced manufacturing capability
  • Enthusiast background or passion for performance products and motorsports
  • Experience influencing capital equipment investment decisions at an organizational level

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

This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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Learn more about Ford Motor Company
Size
183,000 employees
Market Cap
$44.8 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
-$1.2 billion
Founded
1903
5 Year Trend
-2.1%
Revenue
$127.1 billion
NASDAQ
F
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