# MP&L Supervisor

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Kansas City
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

At Ford Motor Company, we are dedicated to designing, manufacturing and selling high quality vehicles that meet the diverse needs of our customers. We believe our employees and the different perspectives that they bring to the business are the driving force behind our success.

The MP&L Supervisor will be responsible for coaching Safety, Quality and Productivity to ensure objectives are met through following standardized work. They will monitor andon occurrences, be the first responder as secondary support, and verify that the line is running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts through Process Confirmation.

Key responsibilities include:

- Coaching Safety, Quality and Productivity to ensure objectives are met through following standardized work

- Monitoring andon occurrences and being the first responder as secondary support

- Verifying that the line is running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts through Process Confirmation

- Supporting Continuous Improvement and coaching problem resolution to the lowest level

- Communication and recognition

- Building Team Leader and Team Member capability

- Creating a conducive work environment for the team(s) to complete their assigned responsibilities/tasks

- Basic administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents

- Ensuring proper material flow from receiving dock, to warehouse storage location, to the production line feed location, to the delivery of finished product to customers

- Providing direction and support in the allocation of resources in order to appropriately cover material handling responsibilities

- Supporting Ford Production System and synchronous material flow through lean manufacturing practices

- Leading and managing unionized hourly personnel

- Ensuring flawless introduction of new parts to production through proactive planning and cross-functional communication

- Effectively implementing the Engineering Change Process

- Identifying data gaps in CMMS (missed production counts, etc.) and taking corrective actions

The ideal candidate will have a High School Diploma and relevant experience in body shop/stamping/subassembly, or manufacturing assembly and machining. A Bachelor's degree in Industrial Operations, Transportation & Logistics, Supply Chain Management & Information Systems, Applied Engineering Science, Packaging Engineering, or Business Mgmt. is preferred. Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles, Safety and MP&L experience, and Constraint Management principles are also desired.

## Skills

### Required
- Lean Manufacturing
- Safety
- Quality
- Productivity
- Process Confirmation
- Continuous Improvement
- Communication
- Team Leadership
- Material Flow
- Ford Production System
- Engineering Change Process

### Nice to have
- Industrial Operations
- Transportation & Logistics
- Supply Chain Management & Information Systems
- Applied Engineering Science
- Packaging Engineering
- Business Mgmt.
- Constraint Management

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