If good is just never good enough for you, Ford Quality shares your passion for striving for perfection. We’re responsible for driving the continuous improvement efforts that enable Ford to deliver the highest quality products and services. Help us drive operational excellence through such innovative, proprietary initiatives as our Global Product Development System, Quality Operating System and New Model Launch. Work cross-functionally and closely with integrated teams in Manufacturing, Product Development, Purchasing, Marketing, Sales and Service.
In this position...
Program Quality opportunity to partner with Dearborn Truck Plant (DTP) team driving segment-leading quality for F-150, collaborating with a broad spectrum of skill teams and the F-150 program team to drive reliability commensurate with the resilience of this product. Work closely with both current production and forward model workstreams to drive continuous improvement to deliver segment leading quality for F-150.
At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow’s transportation.
What you'll do...
Lead and coordinate current model program delivery of:
Drive local plant delivery and adherence to every-claim-every-day process. Accelerate containment of top issues and escalate repeat recurrence concerns
Support Plant Variability Reduction Team (VRT) in concern prioritization and problem-solving resolution for Find & Fix concerns.
Analyze current model quality data to identify opportunities to achieve vehicle quality targets
Work with the Plant Vehicle Team (PVT) at the plant and functional quality teams to obtain approval for current model and in-cycle actions required to achieve quality targets
Work with the Plant Vehicle Team (PVT) at the plant to ensure vehicle line quality glidepaths accurately depict current status
Support customer inspection clinics
Support Super Duty Program quality updates for all review forums
Lead and coordinate forward model program (interaction with Dearborn) delivery of:
Cascade vehicle line quality targets from the Quality Business Plan team to achieve vehicle quality leadership
Support Vehicle line quality lifecycle plans – from launch of new product through always on lifecycle
Provide Quality Assessments to support the Quality Launch Scorecard (including “Meets Program Intent” assessments) during launch milestones.
You'll have...
High School Diploma or GED
Launch experience
Problem Solving Quality Tool knowledge
Familiarity with quality forecasting and creation of waterfall charts
Intermediate user of Excel, PowerPoint, Pivot Table knowledge preferred
Project coordination / collaborating cross-functional teams
Presentation skills to management in team atmosphere
Even better, you may have...
B.S. Engineering preferred
Prior quality experience, Find and Fix problem solvers, product development or manufacturing experience preferred
Automotive experience preferred
Statistics knowledge and experience preferred. Demonstrated capability managing large data sets – extracting insights and making data driven decisions
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.
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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Requisition ID : 23193