MPL Team Manager

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, ISO
  14001, 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

• 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 : 56991