Industrial Engineering Manager-Strategy & Advanced Planning

The Industrial Engineering (IE) Manager is a high-impact leadership role responsible for architecting the future of Ford’s manufacturing competitiveness. You will lead the Core IE team in a dual-mission mandate: executing a high-stakes strategic breakthrough to improve labor competitiveness while championing a culture of Servant Leadership, Lean Maturity, World-class efficiency and a "Ready for Anything" mindset.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the enterprise-wide roadmap to achieve "Best in World" labor standards.

• Use competitive intelligence and global benchmarking to identify next-generation efficiency levers.

• Synthesize data from benchmarking, labor studies, and financial reports into clear, persuasive stories.

• Drive the evolution of Lean maturity within Global Manufacturing Engineering focusing on Daily Management and continuous improvement.

• Embody and coach the Ford OS behaviors.

• Lead with a Servant Leadership mindset. 

• Foster an inclusive environment of continuous learning. 

• Serve as the global business owner for the Global Study Process Allocation System (GSPAS).

• Oversee the application of MODAPTS and process writing Standard Language to ensure global consistency in labor estimates.

• Ability to derive and represent labor estimation / forecasting of far future potential product programs and other strategic planning / what-if studies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, or related), and/or 10+ years of experience in Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering Leadership Experience.

• Proven track record of leading large-scale Lean transformations and driving VA/NVA labor reductions.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence through data-driven storytelling.

• Demonstrated experience in coaching, inspiring and developing teams, with a focus on empathy, active listening, and removing organizational barriers.

• Deep expertise in Lean Manufacturing Principles.

• Strong Project Management Skills and result-oriented mindset.

• Demonstrated experience in Failure Mode Avoidance principles to drive In-station process control with a continuous Plan, Do, Check, Adjust cycle.

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 5 and ranges from $138,240-261,720.     
 

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/LL5

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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