Global Manufacturing L&D Operations Lead (Hybrid)

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (LA); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Manufacturing Learning and Development Operations Supervisor to translate enterprise learning strategy into practical plans and tools for plants and partners.

The role drives the Manufacturing Capabilities Framework, Learning Needs Assessments, data reporting, and council operations with a focus on consistent deployment, readiness, and continuous improvement across global Ford manufacturing.

Qualifications

• : Bachelor’s degree in related fields such as Learning/Instructional design in Manufacturing, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• : Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in Learning and Development, manufacturing operations, HR, organizational development, project management, or related field.
• : Experience supporting learning, training, capability building, competency frameworks, skills matrices, or workforce development programs.
• : Experience managing cross-functional projects, workplans, meetings, deliverables, documentation, and stakeholder follow-up in a matrix environment.
• : Strong analytical skills with experience gathering, organizing, interpreting, and presenting data to support decisions, reporting, and continuous improvement.
• : Strong written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to create clear materials for plant, HR, and business audiences.
• : Demonstrated ability to build relationships, influence without direct authority, manage priorities, and deliver results with multiple stakeholders.
• : Proficiency with learning systems, collaboration tools, spreadsheets, dashboards, presentation tools, and standard office technology.
• : Ability to work with confidential employees, learning, and business information in accordance with company policies.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the enterprise Manufacturing Learning Operations roadmap by coordinating inputs, tracking actions, preparing materials, and helping translate priorities into executable workplans.
• Provide leadership in maintaining and continuously improving the Manufacturing Capabilities Framework, including content updates, stakeholder feedback tracking, version control, documentation, and alignment with evolving manufacturing technologies, processes, and skills requirements.
• Deliver the enterprise Learning Needs Assessment process across plants by preparing templates, calendars, data collection tools, interviews or workshop materials, and summary outputs that highlight capability gaps and recommended learning priorities.
• Coordinate the Learning Data and Evaluation activities by gathering, validating, analyzing, and reporting metrics related to workforce skills gaps, training needs, completion, adoption, program effectiveness, readiness, and learning impact.
• Develop dashboards, reporting templates, standard work, and recurring updates that enable the LL5 leader, HR partners, Manufacturing leaders, and Plant Training and Development Leads to make data-informed decisions.
• Support the Manufacturing Learning Council operations, including agenda planning, pre-read preparation, meeting logistics, action tracking, decision documentation, and follow-up communications.
• Partner with plant, regional, HR, Learning and Development, Ford Production System, and business stakeholders to support consistent deployment of learning processes, standards, and solutions across the manufacturing network.
• Drive the development of the Ford Production System team monthly newsletter and website updates by collecting content, organizing learning resources, preparing drafts, maintaining publishing calendars, and ensuring communications are clear and timely.
• Identify process improvement opportunities in learning operations, governance routines, reporting practices, and plant support processes, then recommend and help implement practical solutions.
• Role model a learner-first mindset and a culture of collaboration, inclusion, continuous improvement, and learning across Manufacturing Learning and Development activities.

Skills

Learning & Development

Cross-functional

Analytical skills

Presentation skills

Stakeholder mgmt

Data analysis

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Power BI

LMS

LXP

SharePoint

Dashboards

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking a Manufacturing Learning and Development Operations Supervisor to translate enterprise learning strategy into practical plans and tools for plants and partners.

The role drives the Manufacturing Capabilities Framework, Learning Needs Assessments, data reporting, and council operations with a focus on consistent deployment, readiness, and continuous improvement across global Ford manufacturing.