Team Leader MWG Bodyshop at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa

Job Description
ROLE SUMMARY

• To develop and motivate team members to deliver quality parts using Ford Production Systems.
• Administer Body Production & Process to Deliver on Objectives
• Monitor line stoppages, maintenance stops and report to root cause owner
• Drive FRC, FTT, JPH achievement and escalation of concerns

Responsibilities
POSITION DETAILS

Responsibilities / Accountabilities

General 

• Monitor Safety, Quality, and Delivery in line with objectives by following standardized work, with a primary focus on ensuring vehicles meet final quality and aesthetic standards on the bolt-on line.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the quality and final buy-off processes.
• Any reasonable task that may be assigned to you.

Safety 

• Monitor compliance with Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and correct any non-conformities within the inspection and buy-off areas.
• Monitor work areas adherence to 5S standards of workplace organization, ensuring workstations are free of debris and contamination.

Quality 

• Lead and execute comprehensive quality inspections and final buy-off audits of all vehicles on the bolt-on line to ensure adherence to design specifications, aesthetic standards, and functional requirements.
• Oversee detailed inspections of bolt-on components and completed assemblies at various phases of production on the bolt-on line.
• Understand, adhere to, and continuously improve the Quality Operating System (QOS) and utilize provided tools to enhance product and process quality.
• Identify, document, and categorize all quality defects, ensuring clear communication to relevant production and engineering teams for immediate corrective action.
• Lead root cause analysis for quality issues identified on the bolt-on line and implement effective containment and permanent corrective actions (PCAs).
• Ensure all quality gates and final buy-off criteria are met before vehicle progression to the next stage.
• Maintain accurate records of inspections, tests, and findings, generating detailed quality reports for management and relevant departments.
• Interpret schematics, assembly drawings, and data to confirm part conformance to product specifications.

Delivery 

• Conduct daily SQDCPME (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People, Maintenance, Environment) verifications / confirmations, heavily emphasizing Quality metrics.
• Complete daily Standardized Work observation for quality inspection tasks. Monitor compliance with Operating Instruction Sheets (OIS) and correct any non-conformities.
• React, Resolve, Track abnormalities (ANDON) related to quality concerns, and confirm closure of concerns.
• Work collaboratively with production to ensure quality issues do not impede production flow while maintaining stringent quality standards.

Cost 

• Adhere to Time & Data Management to promote and support continuous improvement activities in the team.
• Coordinate activities with Team Members to constructively utilize down time to continuously improve.

People  

• Communicate as required to perform job functions (such as safety, quality and productivity concerns that the Team cannot address).
• Respect and encourage respect of all team members by example. Responsible for ensuring required training is met within the team, including classroom and on the job.
• Learn all operations within area of responsibility and maintain all versatility training records within the team to verify each job has appropriate number of trained operators.

Maintenance 

• Reviewing FIS (Ford Information System) information and using it to improve quality line performance.
• Raising of issues on the GPA (Global Problem Alert) system to relevant personnel and track that they are completed and closed on time.
• Conduct inspections/certifications for critical, predictive, and preventive maintenance work that can be accomplished by the right person, focusing on quality equipment.
• Work with team members to use downtime to perform planned maintenance assigned by the maintenance department, to be completed in the specified time for quality-critical tools

Environment  

• Monitor work areas adherence to EOS requirements including complying with environmental regulations and conserving natural resources (energy, water, materials).

PERFORMANCE MEASURES/ SUCCESS CRITERIA

• Achieving Delivery / Quality to Order requirements.
• FPS Compliance
• SQDCP KPI’s achievements
• Motivated team
• Undertake root cause analysis and ensure Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA’s) are implemented.
• Plan and execute maintenance activities in line with Maintenance Operating System (MOS).

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES (KSA)

• Knowledge of applicable Statutory and Regulatory requirements.
• Sharing Information & Influencing Others
• Good Communication skills
• Be able to work in a team and with a team
• Ability to convey accurate, detailed information verbally or in written form in English.
• Accurately filling out daily reports e.g., Paynter charts, Corrective maintenance and so forth.
• Ability to work autonomously, think analytically and to make sound judgements.

Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE

• N3 with a Trade Qualification in Engineering Mechatronics, Millwright, Electrical ,Mechanical . 
• 3 Years’ experience in Automotive Manufacturing & Assembly.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Knowledge of constraint management principles.
• Microsoft Office knowledge (Word/Excel/Outlook).