Body Interior Process Subject Matter Expert

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If good is just never good enough for you, Ford Quality shares your passion for striving for perfection. We're responsible for driving the continuous improvement efforts that enable Ford to deliver the highest quality products and services. Help us drive operational excellence through such innovative, proprietary initiatives as our Global Product Development System, Quality Operating System and New Model Launch. Work cross-functionally and closely with integrated teams in Manufacturing, Product Development, Purchasing, Marketing, Sales and Service.

In this position...

GPDS Operations sets the process and direction for how our programs move forward. As the Body Interior SME you will work across the organization to ensure alignment between hardware execution and program execution timing. As the GPDS Process SME, you will coach and guide all levels of the organization in understanding GPDS process, critical path elements, and opportunities for improvement. You will play an important role in advising the teams developing future generations of GPDS.

This role requires a blend of technical and process expertise, strategic transformation leadership, and the ability to work in ambiguity while creating a vision that can be operationalized.

Body Interior and Process Subject Matter Expert

What you'll do...:

* As the GPDS Body Interiors Process SME, you will:

* Ensure Body Interiors process, deliverables and timing requirements are properly represented in each GPDS release

* Work with the appropriate PMTs and Programs in the implementation of GPDS and corresponding process updates

* Ensure solutions are properly integrated to the overall GPDS process and support the enterprise-wide product development process and strategy

* Create and update GPDS process sheets for deliverables to support key corporate initiatives and process changes supporting both platform and top hat work streams

* Develop and update success criteria for key milestones and deliverables in current GPDS processes

* AI and

Innovation: Support development of AI projects to improve efficiency and accuracy of timing plans and program scale, as well as usability of key GPDS tools.

* Work with Studio to improve Theme & Engineering Surface Feasibility processes for current and future GPDS releases

* Apply knowledge of commodity tooling critical path to develop GPDS & program timing to deliver production-tooled parts on time to DCV, TCB1, TT, PP, and MP1 builds

* Review new Program timing VPP's with Body Engineering Team (Interior & Exterior) to ensure that engineering can deliver the new Programs on time via the LL4 Timing Approval meetings.

* As the GPDS Process SME:

* Lead Strategic Initiatives: work cross functionally to implement continuous (kaizen) efforts as well as "big bet" updates to development processes

* Support Program Timing Development:
Guide program teams in development of specific timing plans for new products and product updates

* AI & Innovation Efficiency:
Develop and implement AI-driven solutions (e.g., GPDS AI App) to improve process efficiencies. Collaborate on the integration of critical deliverables into the Platform / Concept Brief and modernize GPDS "Pocket Card" formats for digital accessibility.

* Benchmarking & Continuous Improvement:
Leverage benchmarking (e.g., GM and Mazda) to identify competitive gaps. Apply Kaizen principles to improve GPDS time-to-market and reduce waste through initiatives like virtual validation.

* Stakeholder

Coaching:

Provide high-level training to program teams, core engineering, and Innovation Strategy teams. Lead "Lunch & Learn" sessions to drive organizational competency in new integration processes.

What you'll do...:

* As the GPDS Body Interiors Process SME, you will:

* Ensure Body Interiors process, deliverables and timing requirements are properly represented in each GPDS release

* Work with the appropriate PMTs and Programs in the implementation of GPDS and corresponding process updates

* Ensure solutions are properly integrated to the overall GPDS process and support the enterprise-wide product development process and strategy

* Create and update GPDS process sheets for deliverables to support key corporate initiatives and process changes supporting both platform and top hat work streams

* Develop and update success criteria for key milestones and deliverables in current GPDS processes

* AI and

Innovation: Support development of AI projects to improve efficiency and accuracy of timing plans and program scale, as well as usability of key GPDS tools.

* Work with Studio to improve Theme & Engineering Surface Feasibility processes for current and future GPDS releases

* Apply knowledge of commodity tooling critical path to develop GPDS & program timing to…