Warranty Manager
Job Location:
Dearborn, MI - USA
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Job Summary
In this position...
As a leader in our Purchasing / Supplier Technical Assistance Team (STA) your primary responsibility is to lead your team and supplier partners in the robust industrialization of the manufacturing process deliver improved quality capacity and reduce warranty on current model production and new model launches utilizing standard tools and processes.You will also be responsible for the development of your employees and the development of a business plan for your specific suppliers that will achieve best-in-class launch quality capacity and warranty performance.
Guide your team to lead efforts in warranty improvements with cross functional teams and suppliers.
Ensure alignment with Supplier Technical Assistants Product Development and other Ford functions as appropriate to address technical and systemic opportunities.
Guide your team in identifying systemic lessons learned from project work and ensure they are implementing systemic improvements.
Responsibilities
What you will do ....
- Coach and lead your team of five warranty engineers in completing warranty analysis and driving improvements
- Utilize Fords warranty system to track top issues and drive teams to solve problems.
- Lead effort to have cross functional reviews with suppliers to review their top warranty issues complete systemic analysis and drive both warranty and systemic improvements.
- Complete business projects to drive improvements in the systems that are used to understand and solve warranty issues.
- Lead Gembas at Ford and supplier plants to understand and fix top warranty issues.
- Train suppliers and Supplier Technical Assistants in warranty systems and problem-solving techniques.
- Utilize process engineering skills to understand the physics used to create parts and trouble shoot problems.
- Learn and drive your teams knowledge and application of
- Strategic Problem Solving to use strategies to determine the physics chemistry electricity etc. causing the failures and drive to resolution.
- Use 6-Sigma skills including Measurement Systems Analysis process capability hypothesis tests pairwise comparisons Design of Experiments Multi-vary analysis multiple regression reliability analysis etc. to complete tests and analyze data.
- Utilize the 3x5 why process to drive to systemic root cause and systemic improvements.
Qualifications
Youll have ...
- Leadership training and skills
- Data analysis skills
- Bachelor of Science/ Engineering or equivalent technical/manufacturing aptitude
- 2 years of Plant Manufacturing experience
- Experience leading multiple complex assignments with demanding timelines
- Problem Solving Skills (e.g. Shainin Green Belt 8D Strategic Problem Solving Black Belt or Master Black Belt.
- Ability to develop and present materials to senior leadership with short timelines
- Strong communication and team building
- Knowledge of vehicle or powertrain component commodities functions and related features.
- Ability to speak and write in English language fluently to effectively communicate with the global team
Even better you may have ...
Experience reporting out to VPs and CEOs
Experience leading multiple complex assignments with demanding timelines
Experience developing and executing complex strategies
- Six Sigma Black Belt Certification: Demonstrated ability to lead quality improvements initiatives apply Six Sigma philosophies and principles (including the DMAIC Model)
You may not check every box or your experience may look a little different from what weve outlined but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company we encourage you to apply!
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 builderor 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
- 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 Years Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $60.
For more information on salary and benefits click here: sponsorship is not available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color age sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability status or protected veteran the United States if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability please call 1-. This position is hybrid with a requirement to be onsite four or more days per week
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