Ford Motor Company

Quality Manager

Ford Motor Company • $138K — $261K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
  • Strong statistical background
  • Language skills as required by the job
  • Demonstrated Servant Leadership behaviors combined with Ford+ OS behaviors of Excellence
  • Quality engineering background preferred
  • Engineering degree preferred
  • Six Sigma Black Belt Certification preferred
  • Strong knowledge of the Ford Production System/Quality Operating System

Responsibilities

  • Serve on the Plant Operating Committee, updating on Quality issues
  • Develop and mentor plant personnel on QOS and Quality Tools
  • Lead the plant Policy Deployment Process for Quality
  • Facilitate the Quality cadence including daily, weekly, and monthly reviews
  • Manage department staffing levels and resources
  • Act as the primary point of contact for customer quality concerns
  • Coordinate and co-chair monthly Local Joint Quality Meetings
  • Drive corrective actions for quality issues using various quality methodologies
  • Oversee the stability of the base QOS
  • Identify and manage sources of variation in production
  • Ensure compliance with measurement systems and data analysis
  • Determine inspection equipment needs and layout of parts
  • Champion Incoming Quality activities
  • Provide feedback to departments on quality-related dealer/customer concerns
  • Manage warranty issues and coordinate supplier quality reviews

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care and parental leave programs
  • Employee and family vehicle discount programs
  • Tuition assistance for continued education
  • Active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for community service activities
  • Generous holiday schedule including additional time off during the holiday season
  • Paid time off with options to purchase extra vacation time
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

You will champion the Quality Operating System (QOS).

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Member of the Plant Operating Committee and responsible for keeping OCM informed of status on Quality issues.
  • Develop and mentor plant personnel on the QOS, coach and train on the appropriate use of standard Quality Tools
  • Champion and Deliver the plant Policy Deployment Process for Quality.
  • Champion the daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly Quality cadence for the plant (Daily Quality Reviews, PIC, VRT, PQR's, SAR reviews)
  • Manage department direct and indirect manning
  • Single point of contact for customers
  • Coordinate and co-chair monthly Local Joint Quality Meetings
  • Drive to implementation of corrective actions to resolve quality issues using 8D tool, 6 panel, etc.
  • Resolve quality issues using 6-sigma tools
  • Manage stability of the base QOS
  • Identify sources of variation within the production environment effectively and efficiently
  • Knowledge of and ability to execute measurement systems analysis & variable data analysis
  • Determine inspection equipment and facility requirements
  • Oversee the layout of parts as required
  • Champion the Incoming Quality activity
  • Provide feedback concerns to appropriate departments identified by dealers and customers related to quality
  • Pass through management for Warranty and Ford Plant Concerns
  • Review internal/external suppliers for critical characteristics process compatibility
  • Review incoming quality concerns; must have experience with initiating containment, determining root cause and implementing corrective actions
  • Coordinate real time supplier quality concern feedback to production departments
  • Provide IQ support to contain suspect component concerns until certified stock arrives
  • Oversee the review of supplier 8D's and the acceptance or rejection based on content
  • Provide updates on suppliers to Purchasing, STA, and plant management
  • Manage the reimbursement of plant expenses due to supplier quality concerns
  • Plant lead for Quality in all New Model Launch activities


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field
  • Strong statistical background
  • Language skills as required by the job
  • Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate Servant Leadership behaviors combined with outstanding Ford+ OS behaviors of Excellence


Even better, you may have...
  • Quality engineering background preferred
  • Engineering degree preferred
  • Six Sigma Black Belt Certification preferred
  • Strong knowledge of the Ford Production System/Quality Operating System
  • Working Knowledge of the following systems:
    • Data Cubes/Common Metrics
    • AWS
    • BSAQ
    • ECB
    • GQRS
    • QLS

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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.
  • For a detailed look at our benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSRnon-HTHD
  • This position is an LL5 grade, ranging from $138,240-$261,720
  • Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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

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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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