Industrial Engineering Manager – Strategy & Advanced Planning
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • United States
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Salary
💰 $138,240 - $261,720 per year
About the role
- Lead the enterprise-wide roadmap to achieve "Best in World" labor standards.
- Use competitive intelligence and global benchmarking to identify next-generation efficiency levers.
- Synthesize data from benchmarking, labor studies, and financial reports into clear, persuasive stories.
- Drive the evolution of Lean maturity within Global Manufacturing Engineering focusing on Daily Management and continuous improvement.
- Embody and coach the Ford OS behaviors.
- Lead with a Servant Leadership mindset.
- Foster an inclusive environment of continuous learning.
- Serve as the global business owner for the Global Study Process Allocation System (GSPAS).
- Oversee the application of MODAPTS and process writing Standard Language to ensure global consistency in labor estimates.
- Ability to derive and represent labor estimation / forecasting of far future potential product programs and other strategic planning / what-if studies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Industrial, Mechanical, or related), and/or 10+ years of experience in Industrial Engineering or Manufacturing Engineering Leadership Experience.
- Proven track record of leading large-scale Lean transformations and driving VA/NVA labor reductions.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence through data-driven storytelling.
- Demonstrated experience in coaching, inspiring and developing teams, with a focus on empathy, active listening, and removing organizational barriers.
- Deep expertise in Lean Manufacturing Principles.
- Strong Project Management Skills and result-oriented mindset.
- Demonstrated experience in Failure Mode Avoidance principles to drive In-station process control with a continuous Plan, Do, Check, Adjust cycle.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Lean Manufacturing PrinciplesLabor EstimationForecastingProcess Writing Standard LanguageMODAPTSData SynthesisContinuous ImprovementProject ManagementVA/NVA Labor ReductionsFailure Mode Avoidance
Soft Skills
Servant LeadershipCoachingEmpathyActive ListeningInfluencingCommunicationTeam DevelopmentOrganizational Barrier RemovalData-Driven StorytellingInclusive Environment