Ford Pro Upfitter Specialist

The Ford Pro Upfitter Specialist (FPU Specialist) leads Ford Pro's relationship with and evaluation of upfitters in the Ford Pro Upfitter Qualification Program.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate eligible upfitters on Ford Pro Upfitter Program requirements focused on operations and engineering quality processes and qualify/deny upfitters into the program.
• Travel to customer locations for face-to-face meetings to evaluate facilities on Ford Pro Upfitter program requirements and strengthen relationships with Ford Pro and the Ford Pro Upfit Team.
• Achieve objectives and key results with qualified FPU upfitters, including milestone completion and adherence to FPU program requirements.
• Refine and execute the FPU go-to-market strategy to enroll and certify new upfitters.
• Provide counsel to fleet customers on new product offerings, production and distribution timing.
• Represent Ford Pro at fleet conventions, industry associations, and other local and national fleet events.
• Support national coverage across assigned customers and partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 5+ years of automotive or manufacturing experience
• Strong knowledge of operations and engineering quality processes.
• Strong communication skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 70% or as needed to support customer and partner engagement.

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 and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, 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.