End-to-End Synergy Launch Business Process Manager

Ford • Dearborn, MI

1d • $141,700 - $268,300 • Hybrid

About The Position

In this role, you will define the roadmap for enterprise transformation initiatives, develop plans for onboarding vehicle programs, partner with IT and functional leaders to drive transformative change, and establish the business processes. This leader will perform integrated launch planning, digital risk assessment, value stream mapping, and develop future state business processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 10+ years of experience and expertise with cross-functional automotive industrialization processes (PD, Supply Chain, Manufacturing)
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in value stream mapping and process design
• 5+ years of experience in key tools used across the value chain (CAD, PLM, ERP, MES, etc.) and leading large groups of process and IT architects.
• Track record of delivering at least 1 end-to-end complex enterprise and cross-functional transformation

Nice To Haves

• MBA
• Ability to assertively facilitate groups of professionals and influence outcomes for the best enterprise outcomes
• Ability to get into details and be hands on with the team, while having an enterprise level view
• Ability to communicate across, down and up to senior leadership

Responsibilities

• Develop integrated roadmap for enterprise capability deployment and program onboarding
• Integrate and track weekly launch plan, status, and risk management
• Partner with the functional and IT leaders to deploy capabilities to the enterprise
• Develop the future state of the end-to-end business process and operational flow for program industrialization across product definition, engineering, procurement, material planning and manufacturing
• Provide guidelines and standards to individual teams for faster decision making and hold them accountable for the timeline
• Dive deep into business processes, data, governance, and interconnected IT systems across value stream to identify issues and develop solutions
• Identify cross-functional process incompatibility and gaps across Marketing, PD, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Sales, etc.
• Manage cross functional workshops to develop consensus, resolve conflicts, and drive alignment
• Communicate, help prioritize, and resolve cross-functional issues and drive accountability within individual skill teams
• Make difficult cross-functional compromise recommendations and build consensus through clear articulation of the business value
• Drive organizational change management
• Leadership report outs to ensure transparent communication on the progress and risks
• Report to End-to-End Business Process Transformation Director
• Manage a small team including external consultants to integrate various cross functional transformational teams

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