eDrive Units Industrialization Supervisor

Ford • Livonia, MI

4d • $115,500 - $218,100 • Hybrid

About The Position

Product Development uses design thinking & user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight our customers. We bring innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. We have opportunities around the world for you to contribute to advancements in autonomy, electrification, smart mobility technologies, and more! In this position, join the dynamic UNSE (Under Body Systems Engineering) eDrive Unit Department. We are the Systems Engineering and Industrialization team for Externally Purchased Power Units, eBeam Axles, and Generators at Ford. We're at the forefront of developing Ford’s future model FHEV/PHEV vehicles in collaboration with selected suppliers. Our team strives for product excellence and efficiency from development, launch and into production. We are searching for a new Industrialization leader who is qualified and will be a contributor to Ford’s success in this critical new area.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering (preferred), Business Administration (considered), or a related field
• 6+ years of Automotive experience, working cross functionally to develop products/vehicles
• Ability to motivate both internal teams and external partners to deliver products on time, with best cost, with high quality and meeting all function specs
• Strong communication skills, program control skills which can drive the deliverables hardly and effectively
• Motivated individual who can lead and manage products and industrialization team to success.
• Proven problem-solving skills to address commodity issues and effectively communicate solutions and status to upper management
• Knowledge of eDrive Unit, Trans or other PT components function
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Excel, OneNote, etc.).

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated understanding of the Ford PD GPDS process or comparable development process
• Familiarity with Ford-specific applications like WERS, Integrator, and FEDE.

Responsibilities

• Lead Design Competitions to optimize costs and ensure program profitability
• Lead milestone delivery within GPDS parameters on time with high quality at best cost
• Lead milestone assessments, communication documents and reporting up to Director levels
• Collect and enter Integrator assessments
• Lead TPMT (Transmission Product Management Team) for your commodity
• Lead and manage DCR (Design Chang Request) to limit the DCR quantity and drive for the best cost on each
• Oversee commodity timing to align with program schedules
• Develop actionable work plans to address commodity issues, escalating as needed up thru director level
• Acting as the primary point of contact for eDrive Unit matters in Program PMT meetings
• Manage the commodity financials
• Coordinate with Purchasing, Systems Engineering, Finance
• Manage BOM/FEDE-BOM and support WERS release activities

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager