<p>As a Stamping Production Team Manager at Ford Kentucky Truck, you will do all that and more. At Kentucky Truck we build the legendary F-Series Super Duty pickup truck, Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator. We also stamp parts for the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair. Make the next chapter of your career a long and legendary one: build the Trucks and SUVs that keep the world working and moving.</p> <p>In this position...</p> <p>You will lead a team of Production Process Coaches, the Quality/Dimensional Engineers, and production team members to drive a culture of excellence, focus, and collaboration. You will foster a positive culture through Servant Leadership and lead through example for all those you work with. Your success will depend on your ability to ensure production schedules and quality targets are achieved across the department. You will deliver all department scorecard objectives, own processes, and ensure standardization across the department. Continuous improvement, inventory management, interdepartmental communication, and driving the Ford Production System as a change agent will also be core functions in this role.</p> <p>Imagine seeing your work on highways and job sites everywhere you go in the finest trucks ever made. Imagine the opportunity to use your leadership and technical skills to build a winning team. Imagine deploying state-of-the-art technology within a center of excellence. Imagine the career journey of a lifetime.</p> <p>What you'll do...</p> <ul> <li>Maximize department effectiveness to improve productivity and quality. </li><li>Ensure constant improvement in product quality, plant competitiveness and total cost structure. </li><li>Develop production schedule and manage inventory levels. </li><li>Champion constraint analysis and coordinate activities to eliminate production bottlenecks. </li><li>Promote improved department safety metrics and provide resources. </li><li>Address department Health and Safety concerns. Enforce compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards. </li><li>Develop and implement a training strategy for all team members. </li><li>Teach and provide professional guidance to ensure departmental goals are achieved. </li><li>Coordinate resources and activities of organization to meet the production schedule within budgetary limitations and time constraints. </li><li>Lead FPS implementation. </li><li>Evaluate and analyze finished parts output, quality, and dimensional results; assign resources to improve as required. </li><li>Drive root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions through the established methodology. </li><li>Drive the creation and coordination of work plans (downtime, shutdown, manage the change), and ensure the team is meeting objectives. </li><li>Provide necessary resources to maintain production flow and confirm critical inputs are being performed to the standards. </li><li>Plan quality tasks, monitor completion and effectiveness, and drive improvement and coaching opportunities. </li><li>Plan standardized proactive and disciplined activities to improve area performance and quality processes. </li><li>Drive Global Operating System Management processes. </li><li>Achieve labor and operating budget targets. </li><li>Recognize and celebrate accomplishments. </li></ul> <p>What you'll do...</p> <ul> <li>Maximize department effectiveness to improve productivity and quality. </li><li>Ensure constant improvement in product quality, plant competitiveness and total cost structure. </li><li>Develop production schedule and manage inventory levels. </li><li>Champion constraint analysis and coordinate activities to eliminate production bottlenecks. </li><li>Promote improved department safety metrics and provide resources. </li><li>Address department Health and Safety concerns. Enforce compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards. </li><li>Develop and implement a training strategy for all team members. </li><li>Teach and provide professional guidance to ensure departmental goals are achieved. </li><li>Coordinate resources and activities of organization to meet the production schedule within budgetary limitations and time constraints. </li><li>Lead FPS implementation. </li><li>Evaluate and analyze finished parts output, quality, and dimensional results; assign resources to improve as required. </li><li>Drive root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions through the established methodology. </li><li>Drive the creation and coordination of work plans (downtime, shutdown, manage the change), and ensure the team is meeting objectives. </li><li>Provide necessary resources to maintain production flow and confirm critical inputs are being performed to the standards. </li><li>Plan quality tasks, monitor completion and effectiveness, and drive improvement and coaching opportunities. </li><li>Plan standardized proactive and disciplined activities to improve area performance and quality processes. </li><li>Drive Global Operating System Management processes. </li><li>Achieve labor and operating budget targets. </li><li>Recognize and celebrate accomplishments. </li></ul>