VRT Functional Analyst

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As part of our Manufacturing team, you’ll help build the world-class, state-of-the-art smart vehicles we're known for. In our plants around the world, we’re constantly developing new technologies and processes to further increase our efficiency. You'll get the satisfaction of making great products people use and love.

**In this position... **

Each Assembly Plant contains Subsystem Variability Reduction Teams (VRTs) to support Plant Subsystem objectives by driving process quality improvements aligned with customer expectations.

The purpose of the VRT is to ensure that customer concerns are addressed quickly and permanently. The VRT Functional Analyst will:

• Lead the team in finding, containing, fixing, and preventing recurrence of these concerns.

• Create, enter, and oversee the entering of IRIS/SIMPSON concerns for emerging issues.

• Close concerns based on internal and external data.

• Daily binning of ECB Claims

• •Regular Analysis of claims; working meetings to focus on high priority items (e.g., SIMPSON, Customer Pareto, ECB Summary Report, ECB Paynter, SAR, etc.)

• •Rapid Implementation of ICA and PCA (Design, Supplier, Process) and documentation by means of IRIS/SIMPSON concerns.

• •Regular/weekly report-out meetings with Plant and PVT management to present “help required” items.

• •All data and standard reports to be displayed in the Digital PIC Room.

• •Assist the plant’s production team with quality issues that cannot be resolved through the regular production process.

What you'll do...

•Ensure that the VRT Organizational Chart is current and posted on their Subsystem Board in the Digital PIC room. These charts are to include the day, time and location of their weekly working meeting as well as the Management Review and Core VFG meetings.

•Attend and chair the team meetings, lead the team through the Variability Reduction process. Conduct meetings on a weekly basis to review concerns.

•Ensure that the team opens an IRIS/SIMPSON concern when the conditions meet the criteria referred to in FAP03-005.

•Ensure issues or concerns that are found internal to the plant, as well as any external issues or concerns, are entered into IRIS/SIMPSON so they can be tracked on the Top Concern Containment.

•If the following circumstances occur: all claims are classified as Dealer Goodwill or Customer damage, Design-related items which will not be changed due to senior management decision.

•Present and speak to Subsystem data during daily & monthly VQR reviews.

•Ensure that the team meets the requirements of the applicable Time & Data Mgmt. Procedures for weekly working meetings and bi-weekly and monthly report-outs.

•Ensure that all required current data and charts are posted in the Digital PIC room.

•Drive the team to timely Interim Containment Actions (ICA) and Permanent Corrective Actions (PCA) and highlight issues through the VQR process.

•Keep the Champion informed of any required skill level deficiencies in the makeup of the team; escalate roadblocks impeding the team's progress and keep them informed of the team's current status toward objectives.

•Ensure the ECB claims are being binned correctly. If warranty claims are binned incorrectly, it is the VRT Co-Lead's responsibility to make sure that they are re-binned to the appropriate VRT/VFG/CCC, functional area (Design, Process, Supplier Design, Supplier Process, or Powertrain Process)

•Re-binning the claims to the organization responsible for the resolution is done to ensure claims are owned by the subsystem best positioned to solve the root cause.

•Update the Quality Confirmation Map (QCM) on an ongoing basis according to VOPQUG-228 procedure and ensure that all containment points for open issues are identified.

•Provide the status of open issues in IRIS/SIMPSON and identify where help is required. Record actions taken to contain and permanently correct the concern. Actions taken to cut off the concern from going to the customer are documented under the ICA. Actions taken to eliminate the cause of the concern are documented in the PCA.

•Create and enter or oversee the entering of IRIS/SIMPSON concerns for process, Plant controllable, and manufacturing quality issues.

•Lead the team in finding, containing, fixing, and preventing recurrence of the plant-controllable and process-related concerns.

•Close concerns based on internal and external data for the above-mentioned concerns.

•Lead the review of and ensure that updates are made to the Plant Manufacturing Health Charts

•Ensure Plant Manufacturing Health Charts are maintained in the plant Digital PIC Room.

**You'll have... **

• High School Diploma or GED

• Min 5 years Manufacturing Experience

• Min 5 years Quality experience

• Previous union experience 

• Previous data experience 

• Microsoft Office (excel, PowerPoint, word)

• Excellent written and verbal skills.

Even better, you may have...

•Black Belt Trained

•Production or Manufacturing Experience

•Subsystem Experience

•Problem Solving Skill Set Practical Engineering Experience (Required)

•Engineering Degree

•Working knowledge of Quality Operating System (QOS)

•Experience using the IRIS/SIMPSON system

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 the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage

• Flexible family care, 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.

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This position is a range of salary grades 6, 7 and 8.  

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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