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Ford Motor Company

MPL Team Manager

Ford Motor Company, Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64101

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Position Duties:

Manage department forward model, engineering change control, scheduling, supply chain, inventory, distribution, stock piling, balance outs, and FCSD functions

Participate in supplier capacity constraint management and resolution

Support providing data and input utilized for manning, sourcing and operating plans decisions.

Manage the plant's Ford Customer Service and customer releases, production schedules, inventory, obsolescence, and supply chain management in order to ensure just in time material flow with no production disruptions.

Respond to customer changes, react to quality containments, shipping adjustments, and schedule changes as required.

Recommend the most economical production work schedules

Communicate Critical MP&L issues to Plant, and Division Supply Chain and Scheduling Management

Identify data gaps in CMMS and take corrective actions.

Provide coordination when needed with external Logistics providers

Review premium freight expedites for improvement opportunities

Attend the morning start-up meetings, communicating schedule updates, part availability, supply issues, and production inventory count verifications.

Assure MP&L representation during quality campaign meetings.

Assure SQDCPME scorecards, policy deployment, Plant Operating Review reports, etc. as required.

Support the plant's Time and Data Management and Policy Deployment objectives.

Develop inventory and cost reduction roadmap improvements for MP&L tasks.

Assure attendance and planning at monthly inventory meeting.

Prioritize work on key issues and allocate resources

Submit Plant Production performance to Plant/Division Management

Support VCA, FPS, QS9000, SHARP, ISO14001, SOX, Hazmat internal & external audits as required.

Represent and coordinate the department GSR's career planning with the PDC 5 team.

Coach and council employees as required on operational issues, career development, performance issues, gaining MP&L knowledge, training, etc.

Prepare Production Control team meeting information

Create and review individual performance reviews twice a year with departmental salaried direct reports.

Ensure all departmental employees participate in required training.

Manage gatekeeper approval for CMMS access to other users.

Review Plant Procedures to align with the departmental procedures.

Support/oversee the cycle verification program

Perform Monthly Plant Audits assigned to MP&L Mgmt.

Identify data gaps in CMMS (missed advanced ship notices, missed production counts, receiving/shipping discrepancies, class 1 bailee transactions, etc.) and take corrective actions.

Continuously drive for improved record accuracy and integrity and/or process improvements

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Operations, Transportation & Logistics, Supply Chain Management & Information Systems, Applied Engineering Science, or Business Mgmt. preferred.

Former CMMS and production control experience required

Former experience in scheduling, distribution, supply chain, inventory planning, bill of material, change control, new model launch, logistics, and/or FCSD

Basic understanding or Ford material management systems (Common Manufacturing Management System (CMMS), CPARs, SMF, OBL, etc.) and support systems desired

Strong ability to interface with plant hourly, salaried personnel, plant management, logistic carriers, and production suppliers

Strong analytical skills and quick decision making capability

Need to work well under pressure and to be able to work under crisis management when necessary

Proficient in computer applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc...)

Having an interest in long term Material Planning and Logistics career desired

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Requisition ID

: 56991

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