# Manufacturing L&D Manager

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $138,240-261,720
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

Ford is seeking a strategic Manufacturing Learning Operations leader to strengthen and scale how we build capability across our global manufacturing network. This role provides enterprise leadership for the systems, governance, and data-driven processes that ensure learning investments translate into measurable readiness, performance, and compliance across Global Ford Manufacturing.

In this position, you will set the enterprise strategy and multi-year roadmap for Manufacturing Learning Operations, aligning plant capability needs to business priorities while ensuring scalable, cost-effective execution. You will also own the Manufacturing Capabilities Framework, define and govern the Learning Data & Evaluation strategy, and lead Global Manufacturing Governance through a Manufacturing Learning Council.

Key responsibilities include:

- Setting the enterprise strategy and multi-year roadmap for Manufacturing Learning Operations

- Owning the Manufacturing Capabilities Framework

- Defining and governing the Learning Data & Evaluation strategy

- Leading Global Manufacturing Governance through a Manufacturing Learning Council

- Establishing and sustaining the operating model for Plant Training & Development Leads

You will have a Bachelor's degree in a related field, such as Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, or Engineering, or equivalent experience. You will also have demonstrated or direct experience creating learning and/or training programs, experience designing, implementing, and maintaining competency and/or skills frameworks, and manufacturing experience, including experience working in and leading learning teams within a plant/manufacturing environment.

As a Manufacturing L&D Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team of at least 5 employees and managing budgets and expenditures. You will also actively role model and advocate a culture of learning to enhance employee knowledge, skills, and behaviors, supporting business needs.

This position is leadership level 5 and ranges from $138,240-261,720.

## Skills

### Required
- Learning Management Systems
- Adult Learning Theory
- Manufacturing Operations
- Strategic Planning
- Leadership Development

### Nice to have
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Change Management
- Coaching and Mentoring