Labels Supervisor

Labels Application & Core Supervisor

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.

At Ford, the Vehicle Hardware Engineering teams are using Design Thinking & User Experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that will delight our customers. Our employees are laser-focused on bringing innovative, exciting, and sustainable ideas to life. From autonomy and electrification to smart mobility technologies, our teams around the world are working together with excitement to make smart vehicles for a smart world.

As a Labels Application & Core Supervisor, your passion is to be part of movements much bigger than yourself. You will be the pivotal liaison between Product Development, Manufacturing Engineering, Corporate Quality, IT, and our supplier network, working together to ensure global regulatory compliance and flawless vehicle production. You will lead a dynamic, large-scale team of approximately 20 regional and international engineers dedicated to the design, release, and application of vehicle labels, as well as the critical execution of part traceability.

Your leadership will empower our engineering teams to deliver compliant, high-quality labeling solutions and robust data tracking that our manufacturing plants and customers rely on.

You will champion a proactive approach to managing complex matrices, resolving daily production roadblocks, and implementing advanced traceability methodologies. Your strategic oversight will directly impact Ford Motor Company's ability to meet stringent government regulations, ensure accurate Variable Data Label System (VDLS) execution, and flawlessly track components from the supplier to the vehicle. As the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for the VIN Traceability workstream, you will guide Ford's cross-functional digital and physical data flow, ensuring systems like FEDEBOM, WERS, and TRACE DB are perfectly synchronized.

This role demands a flexible, adaptable, and inspiring leader capable of balancing multiple global work streams and guiding a diverse team within a rapidly evolving, highly critical environment.

In this position...

As the Labels Application & Core Supervisor, you will:

• Lead a Global Team: Manage and mentor a large team of ~20 regional and international engineers, fostering continuous growth, expertise, and seamless cross-border collaboration.
• Oversee Label Design & Release: Direct the end-to-end work streams for label design and release in WERS, ensuring all labels comply with government regulations and critical Ford requirements across all global markets.
• Manage Proprietary Label Matrices: Oversee the maintenance of the Global Generic Label Matrix (GGLM) and ensure the accurate drafting and maintenance of Program Specific Label Matrices (PSLM) in accordance with LQOS 570.
• Drive Variable Data Label Systems (VDLS): Act as the Business Owner of VDLS. Monitor system signoffs for on-time delivery (TT and beyond), resolve daily issues to support North American production, and continually develop system enhancements for matrix-based variable data labels globally.
• Act as DRI for VIN Traceability: Lead the VIN Traceability workstream across the enterprise. Drive the process flow from Trace Requirements and Product Development through Manufacturing Engineering, Corporate Quality, and Data Storage.
• Cross-Functional System Integration: Ensure seamless integration of traceability data across proprietary Ford systems, including FEDEWB, VSEM, FEDEBOM, Teamcenter, WERS, GSPAS, and TRACE DB.
• Supplier & Manufacturing Alignment: Collaborate with suppliers to ensure part serialization specs are met. Oversee in-plant label audits (TT, PP, MP1) and ensure error-proofing stations and plant IT infrastructure (CDCII, IQT) are configured for accurate component and VIN association.
• Ensure Launch & Compliance: Provide the Annual Label Letter, support Program VI Sign Off, and support ASO/OGC-led meetings pertaining to…