Technical Hotline Commodity Supervisor

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In this position...

The Technical Hotline Commodity Supervisor reports to the Technical Hotline Manager. This position is responsible for leading all aspects of their commodity team, delivering target (Service Level Agreements) SLAs in assisting technicians seeking assistance to quickly achieve technical concern resolutions, engaging and escalating to engineering as necessary, and ongoing individual employee development/training.

You'll have...

• Bachelor's degree
• 3+ years of experience in cross collaboration with multidiscipline teams
• 2+ years of experience as a people leader
• 2+ years of experience in leveraging data driven decision making
• 2+ years of experience communicating objectives and goals in person as well as in a remote setting

Even better, you may have...

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business Administration, Automotive Technology or equivalent field
• Well-developed problem-solving skills
• Creative thinking skills
• Detail oriented mindset
• Development mindset for team growth
• Experience as a technician or working in a shop environment

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

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 of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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 $115,500-$218,100.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.

What you'll do...

• Lead team to excellent executions of:
• Initial Response Time SLA
• Case Management Open-to-Close SLA
• Defining team’s individual training plans
• Technician Satisfaction (for given commodity)
• Continuous improvement focus on:
• SLAs
• Processes
• Quality
• Team culture/cohesion
• Technical and Professional development
• Provide support to achieve Technical Hotline objectives and Metrics
• Coordinate teamwork schedules to ensure dealer operating time coverage (all US time zones) and resource management
• Engage next level support teams (L2 Diagnostics, and L3 PD Engineering) when forward progress is needed on hard to resolve concerns.
• Collaborate with TFO Leadership, ensuring a partnership approach in achieving Technician Support Operations team goals.
• Facilitate culture of customer care and focus through role modeling of Ford Behaviors
• Create an environment that highly encourages teamwork, diversity of thought, and promotes open, direct communication with and from employees.
• Lead the personnel process that includes timely performance reviews, coaching/ counseling, career development and performance tracking.
• Ensure that each employee understands their role in achieving their quality / performance objectives. Support the team members throughout their performance review and action plan processes.