Implement commodity-specific business plans to ensure your suppliers exceed all corporate launch, quality, capacity, warranty metrics, and vehicle delivery
Lead cross-functional decisions with Ford & Supplier leadership to drive resolution of open issues
Implement actions to ensure zero vehicle losses from suppliers
Principal for on-site troubleshooting and corrective actions for emergency supplier situations
Growing our manufacturing expertise in electronics manufacturing
What you'll do:
Drive robust sourcing risk assessments on new or potential electronics suppliers and existing suppliers with new commodities
Industrialize new suppliers to Ford, suppliers implementing new technology and or complexity commodities
Conduct onsite evaluation visits for Priority commodities as per GPDS supplier engagement process for new programs.
Support Capacity Purchase team in capacity studies and Capacity uplifts studies, interfacing with suppliers and Ford cross-functional teams.
Drive new supplier site evaluations and Supplier Risk Assessment on new sourcing in support of new program Sourcing (GCST process), identifying Risk Mitigation.
Review supplier incremental tooling work plans compliance to the Ford Phased PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) process requirements.
Review and disposition Supplier’s electronic Capacity Analysis Reports (eCAR) for compliance to capacity requirements.
Drive robust Supplier Failure Mode Avoidance through PFMEA, SCCAF, CP reviews, Manufacturing feasibility reviews and Health chart deployment as applicable.
Drive suppliers for Special process compliance, particularly Ford Electronic Manufacturing Requirements (FEMR), with the support of STA Technical Specialists and Subject Matter Experts.
Drive continuous improvement in manufacturing excellence with the assigned sites through Q1-MSA deployment, Q1 attainment/ retention, Health Charts (HCs) compliance, provide Supplier training and guidance as required.
Drive deployment & improvement of Quality performance requirements (Q1, QR, TGW, R/1000, CPU), through Warranty Reduction, Benchmarking, Lean Manufacturing, G8D (Global 8 Disciplines) methodology, PFMEA, SPC, Gage R&R as required, including readouts to upper-level management.
Drive closure of supplier process quality issues related to Stop Ship/Build, BSAQ (Balanced Single Agenda for Quality) projects and Field Service Actions.
Drive compliance to all organizational and corporate training requirements and SIM process compliance.
