Battery Assembly Production Process Coach at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa

POSITION DETAILS

• Lead by example, ensuring a safe and efficient workplace is always maintained. 
• Achieve the required company quality standards ensuring both internal and external customer satisfaction. 
• Ensuring that Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) are monitored, and targets achieved
• Liaise and coordinate with support functions to progress issues concerning production planning and resource/skill allocation to ensure delivery of products to schedule within all relevant quality specifications 
• Communicate with the teams by utilizing the visual management, delivering shift briefs with focus on quality, cost and delivery, and gathering ideas for improvement 
• Drive performance of team members, giving direction and feedback to aid good performance 
• Ensure safe working practices are maintained and ‘Standard Operations’ adhered to and all HV Safety Level are completed by all Teams.
• Ensure that non-conformance is challenged and counter-measures are agreed and implemented. 
• Motivate the team to create a high-performance culture where improvement suggestions are embraced 
• Through the utilization of lean manufacturing techniques, strive to exceed the Company targets in productivity, efficiency, and quality on a continuous basis 
• Support the implementation of engineering changes, production trials, model change and pilot build 
• Report and act upon plant or machinery breakdowns to maintenance technicians. 
• Promote Total Productive Maintenance procedures to further improve the availability of the line. 
• Contribute to the improvement of working procedures by constantly looking for solutions to ensure the best productivity results of her/his machinery group and ensuring compliance with procedures, operating instructions and work instructions
• Deal with personnel issues on shift including interaction with the Trade Union, in line with Company Policy and Agreements 
• Responsible for training of operators for products and processes within the local team to L3-4 WITH Versatility tracked.
• Conduct incident, accident and non-conformity investigations and associated reporting and action closure
• Monitor the completion of tasks and ensure good performance and record on appropriate systems 
• Consistently promote high standards through personal example and roll out through the team so that each member of the team understands the standards and behaviors expected of them

PERFORMANCE MEASURES/ SUCCESS CRITERIA

• Effectively manage day to day running of his/her teams
• Drive delivery, quality and cost standards to meet business objectives
• Drive process improvements on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by appropriate data analysis
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES (KSA)

• Good understanding of the Ford Production Systems and the application thereof. 
• Sound knowledge of quality procedures and the application thereof (QLS-CM/FIS/WMA)
•  Well-developed written and verbal communication skills to effectively discharge job duties. 
• Ability to sustain and develop team working and team-based problem solving. 
• High level of numerical and analytical ability 
• Possess the ability to lead and motivate a team of people to succeed by utilizing appropriate interpersonal styles including leading by example, setting objectives and defining responsibilities to give a clear sense of direction 
• Ability to build effective relationships with work colleagues
• Ability to sustain and develop team working and team-based problem solving 
• Able to achieve results by setting high standards and committing to clear objectives
• Adaptable to change and varying situations 
• Ability to show resilience and a flexible approach
• Excellent communication skills 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and able to establish logical practical solutions 
• Strong people and performance management skills 
• Computer literate with good numeric skills 
• Full understanding of customer expectations and deliverables with an awareness of the impact of failure/cost of poor quality
• Verify tolerance/engineering specifications
• Define and conduct machine process capability analyses
• Six Sigma driven mindset and methodical approach to be applied to all investigations. 
• Leadership capability to adopt and drive implementation of global best practices
• Ability to interface with senior management and cross functional teams

QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE

• National Diploma or degree: In Electrical Engineering 
• 5 -10 Years Manufacturing Assembly Experience (Electrical component assembly)
• Understanding of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Kaizen, lean manufacturing 
• Experienced with a number of systems, expert in at least one area and working knowledge of a number of other areas of specialization 
• Full understanding of design and production costs to include waste, downtime, scrap and re-work
• Maintenance and Automated Equipment Experience