# Quality Manager (LAP) **Company**: Ford Motor Company **Location**: Louisville, KY **Work arrangement**: onsite **Experience**: senior **Job type**: full-time **Category**: Manufacturing **Industry**: Automotive **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294 **Apply**: https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/66261?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_4d110555-1eb ## Description 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. ## Skills ### Required - Mechanical Engineering - Quality Operating Systems - Statistical Background - Cross-functional Teams ### Nice to have - Masters Degree in Engineering - Quality Engineering - Six Sigma Black Belt Certification - Lean Manufacturing Principles - 8D - 5Why - Three-Legged 5Why - Hoshin Kanri - Data Cubes/Common Metrics - AWS - BSAQ - ECB - GQRS - QLS - AVS - DPR --- Source: [Apply at efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com](https://efds.fa.em5.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/66261?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)