Quality Manager (LAP)

As part of our Manufacturing team at Ford Motor Company, you'll help build state-of-the-art smart vehicles.

Responsibilities

This role is responsible for comprehensive quality management within a plant, encompassing leadership on quality initiatives, oversight of pre-delivery and finished vehicle operations, and robust supplier quality assurance.

What you'll do...

• Participate in the Plant Operating Committee and keep them informed about quality issues.
• Develop and mentor plant personnel on the Quality Operating System (QOS), coaching and training on the use of standard quality tools.
• Champion and deliver the plant Policy Deployment Process for Quality.
• Manage all pre-delivery operations.
• Manage finished vehicle inspection processes and coordinate ongoing review and updates of measurement systems and mandatory process requirements based on customer feedback.
• Manage the finished vehicle inventory within plant objectives.
• Champion the daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly quality cadence for the plant.
• Manage department direct and indirect manning.
• Develop and maintain an effective quality communication process.
• Ensure government regulations, safety, and inspection audits are conducted and reported.
• Champion incoming quality activities and QR2 system utilization.
• Support VRTs with supplier quality concerns and IQ support.
• Coordinate real-time supplier quality concern feedback to production departments.
• Coordinate supplier quality requirements for on-site modifications.
• Coordinate IQ concerns found in V.O. and Plant FCPA audits.
• Co-chair monthly incoming quality meetings.
• Oversee the layout of parts for production personnel, PVT engineers, and VRT members.
• Provide IQ support to contain suspect component concerns.
• Coordinate all processing of defective materials with the plant MP&L organization.
• Work with plant personnel to initiate containment and corrective actions.
• Oversee the review of supplier 8D's and the acceptance or rejection based on content.
• Develop and maintain the supplier sign-in reporting system.
• Publish incoming quality data.
• Provide feedback to appropriate departments on supplier quality concerns.
• Provide weekly updates on delinquent suppliers to purchasing, STA, and plant management.
• Manage the reimbursement of plant expenses due to supplier quality concerns.
• Lead quality activities for new model launches.
• Manage the stability of the base QOS during periods of launch and change.
• Manage campaign prevention process results and ensure containments are in place.
• Oversee pre-delivery and finished vehicle audits.

Qualifications

You'll have...

• A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience managing quality operating systems.
• 8+ years of experience managing and supervising teams.
• Experience working in a high-volume manufacturing facility.
• Strong statistical background.
• Strong background in collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Even better, you may have...

• A master's degree in Engineering.
• Quality engineering background.
• Engineering degree.
• Six Sigma Black Belt Certification.
• Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing Principles.
• Experience with 8D, 5Why, Three-Legged 5Why, and other lean manufacturing principles.
• Experience working in Hoshin Kanri, strategic planning, and near-term and future planning.
• Working knowledge of Data Cubes/Common Metrics, AWS, BSAQ, ECB, GQRS, QLS, AVS, and DPR.

Benefits

• 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.
• Family building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments.
• 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.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.