Job Description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

The Leader of the Fulfillment Delivery Team is responsible for directing a rapid-response team that deploys to supplier locations when near-term supply stability is at risk. This leadership role owns the operating rhythm, prioritization, escalation, and execution discipline required to restore reliable material flow to meet Ford production requirements. The leader ensures team members are prepared to travel on short notice, conduct effective supplier assessments, identify gating issues, coordinate cross-functional support, and communicate supplier recovery status with clarity and urgency.

This leadership role requires significant travel to supplier locations based on business needs and supply risk. The leader should be prepared to deploy personally or direct team deployment on short notice, often within 24 to 48 hours, and should expect the team to operate within a high-travel model of approximately 80%. Work may require extended hours during critical supplier recovery events, including daily issue reviews, after-hours status reporting, escalation support, and leadership briefings.

• Lead the Fulfillment Delivery Team in rapid deployment to supplier locations when near-term delivery, production, or material flow stability is at risk.
• Establish and manage the team’s deployment model, ensuring team members are prepared to travel on short notice, typically within 24 to 48 hours.
• Prioritize supplier assignments based on production risk, customer impact, constrained part availability, timing exposure, and escalation severity.
• Direct a high-travel operating model, with anticipated team travel up to 80% based on business need and supplier risk.
• Set expectations for supplier Gemba reviews to ensure the team observes actual conditions, validates constraints, and understands the problem at the source.
• Ensure value stream maps are developed for supplier material flow and production processes to identify bottlenecks, waste, handoff issues, and process gaps.
• Lead the definition of gating issues preventing stable production or delivery, including root cause, risk exposure, affected part numbers, quantity at risk, and timing impact.
• Drive execution of interim corrective actions required to achieve short-term stability and protect Ford production volume.
• Ensure supplier production is aligned with Ford priorities so constrained output is directed to the highest-priority vehicle and plant builds.
• Partner with Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Logistics, Suppliers, and Customer Operations to resolve material risks.
• Develop dashboards and KPI reporting to enable fact-based decision-making and operational transparency.
• Lead daily operational recovery reviews focused on deep problem solving for critical parts, production impacts, and customer priorities.
• Maintain leadership oversight of the action registry to ensure issues, owners, countermeasures, due dates, and completion status are accurate and actively managed.
• Own recurring leadership communications, including night letters, that clearly define the problem statement, root cause, risk, interim corrective actions, permanent corrective actions, timing, and directly responsible individuals.

You'll have...

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree- in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related degree; or a combination of equivalent experience and education.
• 7 years of experience or more in a Manufacturing environment. Running Gemba or Kaizen projects.
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing Principles
• Ability to travel and be at off-site locations for extended periods of time. Greater that 50% of the time.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in supplier delivery performance, material flow, production operations, manufacturing constraint management, or supply chain recovery.
• Strong ability to lead teams in high-urgency, ambiguous, and fast-changing supply disruption environments.
• Strong knowledge of structured problem solving, root cause analysis, interim corrective actions, permanent corrective actions, OEE concepts, and Lean Mgt. principles.
• Ability to influence and coordinate cross-functional teams, including manufacturing, supplier technical assistance, product development, purchasing, logistics, operations leadership, and supplier leadership.

Even better, you may have...

• Education: Master’s degree
• Experience directing shop-floor assessments, supplier Gemba reviews, value stream mapping, and production flow analysis.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to provide concise, timely, fact-based, and actionable updates to senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Ability to establish operating rhythms, manage action registries, drive accountability, and close gaps through disciplined follow-up.
• High sense of urgency, ownership, judgment, and adaptability with the ability to make timely decisions that protect production continuity.
• Coaching mindset with the ability to develop team capability in supplier assessment, problem solving, escalation, and communication discipline.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare 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.

This position is leadership level 5 and ranges from $141,700-$268,300.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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