Team Manager-Quality

Ford Motor Company; Cincinnati (AR); On-site; USD 113,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and prescription drug

Flexible family care and parentalleave

Vehicle discount program for employees

Tuition assistance

Paid time off for community service

Generous holidays and PTO purchase

Job summary

Lincoln Motor Company is seeking a leadership-level Quality/Operations professional to ensure every unit meets customer expectations. You will oversee pre-delivery, finished vehicle inspection, inventory, audits, and continuous improvement within the Ford Production System framework.

You will mentor staff, manage costs, and champion the Quality Policy Deployment Process while promoting teamwork across both hourly and salaried roles.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED.
• Strong analytical background.
• Language skills as required by the job.
• Demonstrated leadership in One FORD (leadership) behaviors with strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage all Pre-Delivery operations (CAL, MVL, Rough Road and Ship to Gate counts).
• Manage Finished Vehicle inspection processes and coordinate on-going review/update of measurement systems per customer feedback (GQRS/Warranty/Export Markets).
• Manage the Finished Vehicle Inventory within plant objectives.
• Manage department direct and indirect manning.
• Assure Government Regulations, Safety, and Inspection Audits are conducted and reported to prevent campaigns.
• Coordinate real time plant quality concern feedback to production departments.
• Work with plant personnel to initiate containment and corrective action.
• Oversee Pre-Delivery and Finished Vehicle Audits for all pre-build events.
• Manage department costs to meet objectives.
• Develop and mentor plant personnel on QOS and coach/train on standard Quality Tools.
• Champion and deliver the plant Policy Deployment Process for Quality.
• Promote teamwork in hourly and salary workforce.

Skills

Strong analytical background

Leadership in One FORD

Interpersonal skills

Teambuilding

Communication skills

Language skills as required by the job

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

In this position...

This position is key to ensuring every unit built and shipped to the customer meets or exceeds expectations, on a daily basis.

What you'll do...

• Manage all Pre-Delivery operations (CAL, MVL, Rough Road and Ship to Gate counts)
• Manage Finished Vehicle inspection processes and coordinate on-going review / update of the measurement systems and mandatory process requirements based on customer feedback (GQRS / Warranty / Export Markets)
• Manage the Finished Vehicle Inventory within plant objectives
• Manage department direct and indirect manning
• Assure Government Regulations, Safety, and Inspection Audits and critical function system reviews are conducted properly and reported to prevent campaigns
• Coordinate real time plant quality concern feedback to production departments
• Work with plant personnel to initiate appropriate containment and corrective action
• Oversee Pre-Delivery and Finished Vehicle Audits for all pre-build events
• Manage department costs to meet objectives
• Develop and Mentor plant personnel on the QOS, coach and train on the appropriate use of standard Quality Tools
• Champion and deliver the plant Policy Deployment Process for Quality
• Promote teamwork in hourly and salary workforce

You'll have...

• Education: High School Diploma or GED
• Strong analytical background
• Language skills as required by the job
• Successful candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership in One FORD (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills

Even better, you may have...

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree
• Strong knowledge of the Ford Production System/Quality Operating System

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 leadership level 6 and ranges from $112,680-$212,760.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow’s transportation.