Supplier Launch Readiness Specialist

Ford • Dearborn, MI

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About The Position

Serve as a specialist responsible for evaluating supplier readiness and industrialization processes for engineered parts, ensuring successful integration into new vehicle models." Provide support for suppliers to implement Job1 mandatory engineering changes on parts to drive best quality vehicles and deliver flawless launch. Perform risk analysis and act on findings within the Technical Teams and Forums for new, critical, or greenfield/brownfield suppliers Collaborate with STA / Purchasing to ensure supplier noncompliance issues pertaining to launch readiness are escalated on time & resolved Provide engineering support, training and education to distressed suppliers. Collaborate with STA and Purchasing on distressed suppliers' performance improvement Establish work and process standards and expectations for the assigned suppliers Collaborate with Purchasing on Sourcing/Resourcing Actions Collaborate with PD and purchasing to optimize the best manufacturing value stream to deliver the best cost at job #1. 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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including: Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or Business with 3+ years of automotive manufacturing experience or Masters Degree with 1+ years of automotive experience
• 1+ years in managing the complete supply chain lifecycle, with a proven track record in forecasting, scheduling, and ensuring the timely availability of materials based on the Bill of Materials.
• 1+ years of experience with data analytics leveraging analytical tools like Power BI, Tableau or Alteryx for data driven story telling.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree

Responsibilities

• Evaluate supplier readiness and industrialization processes for engineered parts
• Support suppliers to implement Job1 mandatory engineering changes on parts
• Perform risk analysis
• Escalate supplier noncompliance issues
• Provide engineering support, training and education to distressed suppliers
• Establish work and process standards and expectations for the assigned suppliers
• Collaborate with Purchasing on Sourcing/Resourcing Actions
• Collaborate with PD and purchasing to optimize the best manufacturing value stream

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees