Body Exterior Quality Supervisor

We're looking for a Body Exterior Quality Supervisor to join our team at Ford Motor Company. As a key member of our Product Development team, you will be responsible for delivering exterior quality objectives for HLM/Closures commodities on current production NA vehicles. This includes leading a team of Quality Engineers at PDC (Dearborn) and GTBC (Mexico City) to analyze quality data, problem-solve, contain, and resolve quality issues with cross-functional teams.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading for Body Exterior Quality - HLM/Closure Commodities
• Delivering Exterior Quality Objectives (3MIS R/1000, 1MIS R/1000, CPR Warranty, Supplier Recovery, Time to Contain, and Time to Resolve) for HLM/Closures commodities on current production NA vehicles
• Working with PVT/STA/Manufacturing/PD Functional teams to address plant/supplier issues before they leave assembly plants
• Evaluating chronic and emerging warranty issues to push for cut off and resolution ASAP
• Leading problem-solving, containment, and resolution for Exterior HLM/Closure Commodities
• Utilizing and driving cross-functional teams during problem solving using structured problem-solving techniques (8D A3, 3L5W, DMAIC, Six Sigma, etc)
• Overseeing VFG Quality Glidepaths for 3/2/1/0MIS for Corporate and FTR including driving cross-functionals to address systemic and emerging issues
• Proactively reviewing internal/external quality data and quickly communicating to appropriate cross-functional team leads to contain/resolve
• Driving cross-functional teams to complete on-site Gemba by going and seeing issues and collaborating to contain/resolve
• Leading forecasted 36MIS analysis/projections and driving teams to address High Time in Service issues for specific, detection, and systemic legs
• Communicating up and down organization and cross functional (PVT, STA, Manufacturing, Supplier) for systemic/emerging issues
• Working with E2E team and functional teams to improve IRIS/SIMSPN, PO Dashboard, and PO Throughput reporting/management efficiency
• Coaching, technical mentoring, and guiding engineers and rotating FCG's within section

If you have a strong background in quality engineering and leadership, with experience in product development, manufacturing, and quality roles, we'd love to hear from you!