Ford Motor Company
Website:
ford.com
Job details:
Job Description
Process ownership:
- Program Balance Management for the upcoming Balance out programs for the Ford Plants in North America and ensure all key activities are completed before Job Lost
- Identify Potential Obsolescence Parts from the respective balance out plants and pro-actively work on salvaging the parts to reduce obsolescence risk
- Single point of contact for Supplier claim to ensure end to end process of supplier claims within policy
Responsibilities
Balance out Study:
- Aligned with CP, ensure that the Balance out study kicked-off 24/12 months prior to JL with all CFT to detect critical issues and steer through the team for resolution
- Lead the End-to-End process including all the significant activities to ensure the smooth phase out of the model
- Monitor the progress of the phase out activities through structured meetings till the Job Last
- Publish the Management report outs of the overall Balance Out status for a program
- Track all BO actions in the defined BO charter
In-Plant Obsolescence
- Ensure all Obsolete & potentially obsolete stocks arising out of Balance outs, PDLs & running Engineering changes are reviewed with Global commodity engineers (LVEA), PD/PVT, Suppliers, STA, Purchase, FCSD and Plant MP&L teams to identify opportunities of salvage by means of re-work/re-export/re-use in models across Ford in all regions.
- Identify all obsolete & potentially obsolete materials arising due to Engineering Changes & Model phase out. Review with CFT (Commodity Engineers, Suppliers, Service division ) to identify opportunities to salvage ( re-work, re-export, re-use, return )
- Proactively engage with
- Manufacturing plants ahead of implementation curve/Balance out dates to understand any potential opportunities to use stocks before implementation of change.
- Launch & New model program teams to arrive at opportunities to re-use obsolete stocks for upcoming prototype builds.
- Sales Planning & Plant material planning teams to arrive at right volume lock plan for all future balance out programs, ten months prior. Obtain approval in Sales & Production control forums.
- Engage with Plant Material Planning to arrive at potential obsolescence estimates arising due to various reasons & obtain approvals.
- In event of re-export, work together with Customs, Network logistics function, packaging & Finance teams to arrive at transfer price and for physical execution of shipment.
- As value-add, analyze the root cause of high value parts turning potentially obsolete & aim to fix the issues at the origin
- Drive physical disposition on timely basis and write off obsolete inventory as per Finance manual.
Supplier Obsolescence
- Derive Ford liability portion of Supplier obsolescence claims in line with Ford obsolescence policy guidelines & ensure payment within the agreed lead time
- All supplier claims need to be checked for salvaging & only the final liable qty is paid to suppliers.
- Train all suppliers in Obsolescence tool & the Supplier Obsolescence Policy
Metrics
- To ensure status “GREEN” for all key deliverable in BO studies
- To ensure the total year provisions + scrap do not exceed the budget approved for each of the markets
- Run daily / weekly reports from system tools to identify parts that are in Obsolete status & ensure compliance to guidelines
- Compliance to Scrap cost avoidance target for the region & individual plants
Qualifications
Education : B.E. or Equivallent. MBA preferred
Professional Exposure:
3 yrs + experience in any of the following: Supply Chain Management (Preferred), Pre-Production Management (PPM), Supplier Constraint Mgt., Capacity Planning or Purchasing in Manufacturing/Engineering industry.
Special Knowledge or skill required:
- Knowledge in ERP system, Program cycle management, Bill of Materials, Engineering Changes, Balance Out process are highly required.
- Supply chain & high-level Engineering change process knowledge is a must.
- Good Data Analytics & data crunching is a must.
- Working with Cross functional teams and under challenging situation to take lead
- Require to have digital tool knowledge like PowerBi, PowerApps, Power Query, RPA, AI/ML are preferred
- Automotive product knowledge is an added advantage
Position Grade: SG05 to SG06
Working shift timing: 12.30pm to 10pm
Working Pattern: Hybrid
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