Minimum Requirements:

Education: High School Diploma

Experience:

Ability to work any shift as well as rotating shifts and weekends

Ability to work independently with limited supervision

Capable of assigning work to unionized hourly workforce and holding employees accountable for following processes pertaining to daily work assignments in terms safety, quality, and throughput

Strong organizational and administrative skills

Ability to multi-task

Strong problem-solving and conflict management skills

Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership in One FORD (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills

Preferred Requirements: 

Education: Bachelor’s Degree

Experience:

Body shop/stamping/paint/subassembly experience preferred

Safety and Quality experience preferred

Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles

Knowledge of constraint management principles

Microsoft Office knowledge (Word/Excel/Outlook)

Prior experience managing a unionized work force

Position Duties:

Coach and support manufacturing work groups (MWG)

Understand and consistently apply standard manufacturing operating systems

Support Work Groups for short and long term countermeasures of all abnormalities

Validate and bridge operational needs as required to ensure the line is running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts

Strategic planning and coordination of Kaizen (Continuous Improvement) activities to achieve Safety, Quality, and Productivity objectives

Communication and Recognition

Build Team Leader and Team Member capability

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

Basic Administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents

Coordinate maintenance activities prioritising resources to ensure safety and quality

Stand in for the PTM whenever necessary, escalate issues from Team Leaders and Process Coaches to PTM

Plans and executes the daily production to maximize output while keeping safety and quality standards. Takes decisions on lot size and mix.

Ensure adherence and compliance to the FPS Key Unifying Processes (KUP)