Industrial Engineering Manager-Strategy & Advanced Planning

Ford • Dearborn, MI

6d • $138,240 - $261,720 • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

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.

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.

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
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees