Senior Production Supervisor - MP&L Night Shift

The Senior Production Supervisor position is a supervisory leadership role that oversees the Material Planning & Logistics (MP&L) team at Ford Motor Company.

The MP&L team works to provide a synchronous flow of materials to customers at an affordable cost.

Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor frontline salary/hourly team members to build capability and drive performance
• Manage skills matrix, including certifications and license renewals (forklift, crane, hazmat)
• Ensure consistent shift handoff communication across all shifts and crews
• Resolve conflicts and manage team morale within a union/UAW environment
• Set clear expectations and KPIs for attendance, quality, cost, and safety
• Recognize and reinforce good performance, not just correct poor performance
• Demonstrate One Ford leadership behaviors through strong interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills
• Manage labor costs, including overtime scheduling and control, headcount-to-volume ratios
• Control inventory/WIP, monitor dock-to-dock time, and reduce reliance on premium freight
• Apply lean tools including 5S, standardized work, value stream mapping, and waste elimination
• Optimize equipment manpower utilization in running lean and opportunities to reduce RTO
• Apply Ford Production System (FPS) or equivalent lean production system principles
• Apply OSHA/Ford safety standards, including forklift safety, pedestrian/vehicle separation
• Lead incident investigations and root cause corrective action (RCCA)
• Proactively identify hazards through near-miss reporting, safety audits, and Gemba Walks
• Lead safety talks and reinforce PPE and all Vehicle Safety Procedure compliance
• Apply root cause problem-solving methods (5-Why, fishbone/Ishikawa)
• Use data-driven decision making, including metrics tracking, trend analysis, and dashboards

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• 2–3 years of experience as a MP&L supervisor
• Ability to work the night shift, as well as weekends and rotating shifts as needed
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Capable of assigning work to a unionized hourly workforce and holding employees accountable for following processes related to daily work assignments in terms of safety, quality, and throughput
• Strong organizational and administrative skills
• Ability to multi-task effectively
• Strong problem-solving and conflict management skills
• Demonstrated ability to exhibit One Ford leadership behaviors, combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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