Description
In this position, you will lead transformation on the forefront as a Senior Production Supervisor. This isn't just a supervisory role; it's a critical leadership position where you'll have the power to shape culture, drive performance, and directly impact the quality and efficiency of our operations.
As a Senior Production Supervisor, you are the vital link between strategic goals and daily execution. You'll be leading a dedicated hourly team, fostering an environment where they can do their best work and feel empowered.
Responsibilities:
- Act as a champion of workplace safety, proactively enforcing regulations and fostering a culture of vigilance
- Lead and direct a team of employees that consistently makes high-quality products and meets or exceeds production targets
- Prioritize critical tasks and effectively allocate human resources to maximize efficiency
- Apply for a 'Bias for Action,' promptly and decisively addressing safety and quality issues to prevent larger problems
- Identify and analyze problems, develop and implement effective solutions, make timely and well-informed decisions, and adapt to changing circumstances
- Embrace a servant leadership style, focusing on building high-performing, winning teams and investing in their growth
- Foster a positive and collaborative work environment, motivating your team to achieve shared goals
- Utilize data and insights to strike down downtime and quality defects, driving quantifiable improvements in efficiency and quality
- Maintain a relentless focus on identifying and eliminating inefficiencies, improving processes, and driving innovation to enhance productivity, quality, and safety
- Champion accountability, managing both your own performance and that of the hourly workforce regarding processes and standards
- Actively listen to and value the perspectives of all team members and other department stakeholders
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent 7+ years of supervisory, manufacturing, military, or other relevant experience
- Proven track record of leading large-scale process improvements or cultural shifts
- Ability to work rotating shifts/hours, including nights and weekends specifically 3rd shift
Even better, you may have:
- Experience with Lean / Six Sigma methodology
- Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP) Experience or equivalent
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
- 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.
This position is a salary grade 8 and ranges from $96,720-$162,120.