Senior Production Supervisor

Ford • Livonia, MI

1d • $72,480 - $141,360 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Production Supervisor is a supervisory leadership role at Ford Motor Company, supported by on-the-job training, development, and opportunities for career progression. The role leads production teams, manages processes and department objectives, and supports stable operations and continuous improvement. The supervisor works with frontline salary and hourly employees in a union/UAW environment and helps deliver results across safety, quality, cost, attendance, and throughput. The position may involve night shifts, weekends, and rotating shifts as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• 2–3 years of experience as a lead or senior supervisor.
• Ability to work night shifts, weekends, and rotating shifts as needed.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
• Ability to assign work to a unionized hourly workforce and hold employees accountable for processes related to safety, quality, and throughput.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills.
• Ability to multitask effectively.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict-management skills.
• Demonstrated One Ford leadership behaviors and strong interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills.
• Ability to maintain professionalism in difficult and stressful situations.
• Two-way communication skills, including actively listening to hourly team members, leaders, business partners, and customers.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and innovative solutions with a customer-first mindset.
• Ability to value differing opinions and remain open to ideas and perspectives from others.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Safety and quality experience.
• Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt certification.
• Knowledge of constraint management principles.
• Prior experience managing a unionized workforce.

Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor frontline salary and hourly team members to build capability and improve performance.
• Manage skills matrices, certifications, and license renewals, including forklift, crane, and hazardous-materials credentials.
• Ensure consistent shift-handoff communication across shifts and crews.
• Resolve conflicts and manage team morale in a union/UAW environment.
• Set clear expectations and KPIs for attendance, quality, cost, and safety.
• Recognize and reinforce strong performance.
• Demonstrate One Ford leadership behaviors through interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills.
• Manage labor costs, including overtime scheduling and control, and headcount-to-volume ratios.
• Control inventory and work in progress, monitor dock-to-dock time, and reduce reliance on premium freight.
• Apply lean tools such as 5S, standardized work, value stream mapping, and waste elimination.
• Optimize equipment and manpower utilization, identify opportunities to run lean, and reduce RTO.
• Apply Ford Production System or equivalent lean production system principles.
• Apply OSHA and Ford safety standards, including forklift safety and pedestrian/vehicle separation.
• Lead incident investigations and root-cause corrective action.
• Identify hazards through near-miss reporting, safety audits, and Gemba Walks.
• Lead safety talks and reinforce PPE and Vehicle Safety Procedure compliance.
• Apply root-cause problem-solving methods such as 5-Why and fishbone/Ishikawa.
• Use data-driven decision-making, including metric tracking, trend analysis, and dashboards.
• Assign work to unionized hourly employees and hold them accountable for following safety, quality, and throughput processes.
• Administer the collective bargaining agreement consistently and effectively.
• Create a culture of safety and implement workplace policies.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new-parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• 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: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED