F150 Body Exterior PVT Supervisor

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In this position...

Lead for Body Exterior Plant Vehicle Team (PVT):

• Own functional warranty quality objectives for the base function (Repairs/1000 time to contain time to resolve)
• Respond to plant/supplier issues before they leave assembly plants. Evaluate chronic and new warranty issues to push for cut off and resolution ASAP
• Co-chair Variability Reduction Team (VRT) meetings and report-outs at the plant
• Lead problem-solving containment and resolution of Exterior 0-3 MIS warranty
• Lead Balanced Single Agenda Quality (BSAQ) and problem resolution for warranty communication and coordination with functional engineering/plants/others author projects manage implementation calculate impact and handle warranty glidepath forecasting
• Approve current-production changes for Exterior systems

Position is located at Dearborn Truck Plant and will require occasional travel to Kansas City Assembly Plant.

What youll do...

Support Roles

• Support supplier and Product Development requests for component changes; run requested trials
• Support major/minor launches starting at Launch Readiness milestone with focus on quality (Launch team leads)
• Support Stop Ship and prevention - identify issues coordinate subject matter experts advise severity and next steps/containment; interface with Critical Concern group
• Support cost reduction objectives including maintaining quality and completing assembly plant trials
• Support weekly Vehicle Function Group (VFG) subsystem Quality Meetings weekly Functional Quality Reviews (FQR) with the Functional Chief Engineer daily plant quality meeting & monthly Vehicle Quality Reviews (VQR)
• Support plant FTT Incoming Quality and High Hurts when design element is involved

Youll have...

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering
• 5 years of experience in product development manufacturing and/or quality roles
• Proficient in structured problem-solving techniques (8D 5-Why Six Sigma etc)
• Highly motivated and capable of leading cross-functional resolution of quality issues

• Capable of succinctly communicating issues/resolution to all levels of leadership

Even better you may have...

• Masters Degree in Engineering
• 7 years of experience in product development manufacturing and/or quality roles
• Six Sigma greenbelt or blackbelt certified