Ford Motor Company

Senior STA Manager - Launch

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

  • Bachelor of Science / Engineering or equivalent in a relevant field
  • Proficient in English for global collaboration
  • Knowledgeable in problem-solving tools
  • Experienced with quality tools and project management
  • Strong communication and team-building skills
  • Willing to travel approximately 75% in the US, Canada, and Mexico

Responsibilities

  • Manage the Supplier Technical Assistance group and supporting teams
  • Drive program readiness through APQP and issue resolution
  • Ensure adherence to processes by Ford skill teams and suppliers
  • Communicate status and resource needs to management
  • Support problem resolution with Product Vehicle Team and Manufacturing
  • Oversee containment of quality issues and manage PPAP status
  • Lead employee development in alignment with HR policies

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care and parental leave options
  • Family building benefits including financial support for adoption and fertility treatments
  • Employee vehicle discount program
  • Tuition assistance for further education
  • Active employee resource groups and community service opportunities
  • Generous schedule of paid holidays and additional vacation options
Full Job Description
Job Description

In this position...

This position provides an exciting opportunity to lead Supplier Quality improvement across multiple vehicle plants in North America. You will engage with Ford plant and supplier leadership to drive upfront Launch Planning and Industrialization as well as downstream R/1000, QR and delivery improvement with some of Ford's highest leverage suppliers. Weekly travel to Ford and supplier plants should be expected.

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Manage Supplier Technical Assistance group consisting of Launch and Resident Managers & supporting teams.
  • Manage program readiness through APQP, aligning with cross functional leaders, driving issue resolution in order to deliver programs on time with Quality.
  • Ensure Process adherence by both internal Ford skill teams as well as Supplier Engagement on Major and Moderate Programs
  • Monitor Schedule B, Industrialization Readiness and PPAP on each Program and communicate status and help needed from cross functional leaders including Site Supplier Technical Assistance
  • Communicate to management to assure adequate resources are in place. Prioritize and allocate resources to achieve Launch and Resident team objectives.
  • Support the facilitation of help needed with PVT (Product Vehicle Team) and/or Manufacturing for issue resolution where suppliers need help from Ford.
  • Ensure direct interface with supplier manufacturing sites for containment and closure of zero Month In Service special cause supplier process (SP) current model quality projects.
  • Manage and review Phased PPAP status and timing plans to deliver on time Phase PPAP approvals
  • Ensure participation as needed in VRT (Variability Reduction Team) and forums and Vehicle Quality Reviews (VQR's).
  • Support pre-production builds and drive resolution of supplier quality concerns
  • Ensure timely containment of stop shipments and release of vehicles on hold for quality concerns
  • Ensure communication of Best Practice/Lessons Learned to STA activities
  • Drive adherence to all organizational and corporate policy and procedures
  • Lead employee development consistent with Human Resources policy and procedures


Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor of Science / Engineering or Equivalent in a relevant field
  • Be proficient in English when working with global teams
  • Knowledge of Problem Solving Tools.
  • Experience in the use of Quality Tools and Project Management
  • Strong communication, inter-personal and team building skills
  • Ability to travel in the US, Canada, and Mexico approximately 75% of the time


Even better, you may have...
  • Plant Manufacturing or Quality Experience
  • Supply/Crisis Management Experience
  • Manager Role Experience
  • Site and/or Program experience

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


  • 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 $138,240-261,720.

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

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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

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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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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
* Ladders Estimates

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