North America FPS Director
North America FPS Director
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As the Lean Transformation Leader for North American Manufacturing you will be at the forefront of driving strategic change and operational excellence across all regional plants. This role demands a visionary leader who can define and evolve the Ford Production System (FPS) strategy aligning it with global standards while tailoring it to regional needs. You will lead the deployment of Lean methodologies such as Value Stream Mapping and Kaizen establish governance frameworks and implement the Lean Maturity Model to ensure consistent measurable progress. Your leadership will be instrumental in building a high-performance culture mentoring Regional Lean Leaders Lean Coaches and Plant Lean Six Sigma Managers to embed FPS principles and servant leadership behaviors throughout the organization.
Beyond methodology this role is about transformationintegrating advanced manufacturing technologies and digital analytics to accelerate lean adoption and enhance operational intelligence. Youll collaborate closely with senior manufacturing leaders to remove systemic barriers foster cross-functional alignment and embed continuous improvement into the fabric of daily operations. By championing a culture of learning celebrating wins and sharing best practices you will inspire teams to embrace change and achieve world-class manufacturing performance. This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of Fords North American manufacturing footprint through bold leadership and relentless pursuit of excellence.
Responsibilities
What youll do
- Strategic Vision: Define evolve and champion the North American Ford Production System (FPS) strategy ensuring its seamless integration with global FPS standards and best practices. Set the long-term vision objectives and comprehensive roadmap for continuous improvement and operational excellence across all NA manufacturing plants.
- Lean Methodologies and Standards: Establish robust governance frameworks and metrics for Value Stream Mapping initiatives and Kaizen workshops ensuring consistent application impactful results and alignment with Manufacturings operational excellence goals across the entire North American manufacturing footprint.
- Organizational Leadership & Capability Building: Lead mentor and develop a high-performing team that includes two Regional Lean Leaders and their direct reports six Lean Coaches. Develop Plant Lean Six Sigma Managers to ensure the consistent application and approaches of FPS and lean principles across all North American plants.
- Technology & Digital Integration: Drive the strategic integration of advanced manufacturing technologies digital tools and analytics platforms to accelerate lean transformation enhance operational intelligence and advance the Lean Maturity Model across all NA plants.
- Collaboration & Influence: Build and nurture strategic partnerships with senior leadership across Manufacturing. Shape organizational-wide strategies by embedding FPS principles removing systemic barriers and fostering a culture of cross-functional collaboration to achieve holistic operational excellence.
- Drive Lean Transformation: Lead the cultural shift needed for successful Lean Transformation across all North American plants. This means embedding FPS core values into daily work encouraging leaders to model lean and servant leadership behaviors sharing best practices and celebrating team wins to build a strong continuously improving environment.
Qualifications
Youll have
- Associates degree or equivalent experience in an engineering or technical field
- 7 years of progressive responsibilities and experience in operations leadership
- Deep understanding of reliability engineering principles tools and methodologies (FMEA RCFA RCM PMO) Lean Manufacturing principles (VSM Kaizen 5S) and Six Sigma methodologies (DMAIC). Experience with predictive maintenance technologies and strong analytical skills for data analysis and interpretation. Proficiency with IBM Maximo is necessary as all maintenance activities are to be documented there.
- Extensive experience in high-volume complex manufacturing environments
- Experience successfully leading kaizen workshop in complex manufacturing systems
- Demonstrated track record of building trust and rapport with employees and creating positive and healthy cultures
- Excellent leadership skills with demonstrated ability to resolve diverse problems
- Strong problem solver who can lead effectively under pressure and crisis manage when necessary
- Aspiration for continued career growth and new challenges
Even better you may have...
- Bachelors degree in an engineering or technical field
- Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification.
- 7 years of proven ability to lead and mentor teams manage multiple complex projects and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization. Experience in a unionized environment is a significant advantage.
- Operational experience leading manufacturing processes across multiple areas (body paint final assembly etc.)
- Experience working in a fast-paced unionized manufacturing environment
What youll receive in return
AspartoftheFordfamilyyoullenjoyexcellentcompensationandacomprehensive benefits package that includes generous PTO retirement savingsandstockinvestmentplansincentivecompensationandmuchmore. Youll also experience exciting opportunities for professional and personal growth and recognition. Our benefits summary can be found here.
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 of the above No matter what you choose we offer a work life that works for you including:
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 Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
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