Mngr LL6 MNF at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa

ROLE SUMMARY:

• Manage, lead, and guide team members involved in launch deliverable activities. Serve as the main interface between the launch program and manufacturing teams. Develop a comprehensive training and certification plan with the LPWR Leader to ensure all direct and indirect employees are trained and certified on their respective job elements.

POSITION DETAILS (Responsibilities / Accountabilities, Communication and working relationships) 

• Serve as the main interface between the launch team and maintenance supervisors.
• Provide direction, leadership, and prioritize the activities of the launch.
• Develop and manage a Plant Launch Timing Plan, including GPDS milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate all lessons learned from the Lead Plant, including AIM.
• Provide labor input for upcoming studies in collaboration with LPWR.
• Provide F&T requirements to VME for upcoming studies to support Training facilities.
• Support the LPWR Leader in reviewing new equipment documentation and technical training materials.
• Develop a comprehensive training and certification plan with the LPWR Leader for all direct and indirect employees.
• Identify and classify all base, difficult, and critical jobs with LPWR.
• Develop a recruitment plan with LPWR for incremental production and plant launch staffing.
• Maintain training and versatility charts for all maintenance employees.
• Identify and address high-hurt issues early in the process.
• Validate product/process compatibility, log all issues discovered, communicate findings to the launch team, and manage their resolution.
• Develop and execute the build plan in collaboration with NMP.
• Coordinate and track PSO and EQI activities.
• Coordinate and track OSM (VOW) tasks.
• Support PPAP processes and ensure manufacturing assessments are completed.
• Support control plan validation activities.
• Coordinate high-hurt issues following established processes.
• Lead the Whiteboard execution sessions.
• Review recommended process changes with staff engineers.
• Work with the launch team to ensure all representative tooling is in place and ready for pre-production builds.
• Assist production personnel during pre-production builds.
• Identify, track, and resolve tooling, process, and design concerns encountered during builds.
• Develop repair standards collaboratively with Staff Engineers, the Area Production Coordinator, and Product Specialists.
• Oversee the development of the Cycle Line Layout (CLL) drawings.
• Assist/support the Tooling & Facilities Engineer in coordinating plant participation in tooling vendor design reviews and equipment buyoffs.
• Deliver strategies for Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) and First Time Pass (FTPM).
• Lead Tooling & Equipment Specialists to establish maintenance schedules and spare parts requirements, incorporating input from the Area Maintenance Department.
• Validate work element allocations within the Allocation Planning Tool (APT) and assess workstation capability. 

Responsibilities
PERFORMANCE MEASURES/ SUCCESS CRITERIA:

• Budget control 
• Launch Capable Process 
• Zero Ergonomic Process 
• Delivery of Facility to Net JPH
• Improvement in External Quality Data/High Hurts
• Deliver program with FRC equal or better than current FRC
• Deliver program with EOL FRC equal or better than current

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES (KSA):

• Motivated self-starter with strong interpersonal skills, capable of eliciting cooperation from a variety of resources.
• Adept at working with diverse teams and adapting communication styles and content to suit different audiences.
•  Effective communicator with the ability to mediate disputes and uncover hidden objections or concerns.
• Proactive in anticipating and resolving problems before they arise.
• Demonstrates a strong customer orientation with a commitment to upholding plant processes through strict adherence to the Quality Operating System.
• Proven ability to execute and achieve results while organizing and managing multiple priorities.
• Capable of serving as a confident and effective technical mentor to both hourly and salaried production staff.
• Possesses strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Holds MODAPTS Certification.
• GSPAS knowledge 

Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in industrial/mechanical, electrical Engineering. 
• Minimum of +3 years production environmental experience 
• 2 years industry experience and / or strong exposure to large-scale manufacturing environments/ workforces & Launch
• 3 Years Management/Leadership experience