We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

Advanced Industrial Technology Platforms (ATP)

Vision: Build Once, Scale Everywhere.
Mission: We build and scale industrial platforms, technologies, and capabilities that unlock Ford Firsts to drive sustained competitive advantage in manufacturing.
Mantra: Scale what matters. Win what’s next.

• This team is leading customer interface as ATP delivers thousands of instances of internally developed and managed ATP products that are designed to change how adopt new technology in Manufacturing Operations. ATP Launch

• Internal go-to-market strategies that create demand and drive deployment, this position will be at the foundation of the transformational deployments.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

• 1+ years in a Launch environment for new process equipment and/or New Model Vehicle Programs

• 1+ years in Manufacturing Engineering working to develop and understand the challenges of process changes and process efficiency

• 2+ years of progressive responsibilities in manufacturing operations leadership.

• Proven success leading large-scale transformations on multi-site manufacturing environments using the Ford Production System (FPS) or any similar operational excellence framework.

• Demonstrated record of building trust with employees and creating positive and healthy cultures through excellent servant leadership skills.

• Deep expertise in executing Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, and Policy deployment events. Experience in managing lean maturity assessment models.

• Aspiration for continued career growth and new challenges.

• A willingness to learn, the flexibility and agility to adapt as products grow from concepts into common place pillars of Manufacturing Operations.

• A willingness to travel (50-75%) between our sites, respond quickly, create connections across multiple teams, and nurture relationships to promote reliable partners at each manufacturing location.

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 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 range of salary grades 5-8 and ranges from $63,480-162,120.

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/GSR

Visa sponsorship is available for this position.

Domestic relocation is available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

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.

Product Awareness - Working with each ATP Product Vertical to understand the problems being targeted with available products and products in development

Product Expertise - Hands-on experience to become the SME on available products as they roll out to customers, working in partnership with ATP Product Teams to deploy flawlessly and support for the life of the product

Customer Engagement - Collect Feedback on opportunities, concerns, and requests to create a 2-way sustainable communication channel between implementation and product development activities

Leadership Alignment Strategy - Support the communication of roadmap activities from the plant floor through the Directors of Manufacturing