Cost Estimating Supervisor

1 week ago

Dearborn, Michigan, United States Ford Motor Company Full time
Job Description

We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better worldtogether. At Ford, we're all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Responsibilities

What you'll do...
  • Actively engage & participate in Matched Pair & vehicle program teams, fostering effective and collaborative relationships to ensure value-added Cost Estimating support is provided.
  • Continuously develop team to maintain expertise on pace with technological advancement, further their own career advancement, and maximize their contributions to the company.
  • Ensure reasonable, physicals-based, Best-In-Class assumptions for part manufacturing of their VHM's commodities, and convincingly convey principles to stakeholders & partners.
  • Demonstrate strong understanding of differences between Activity Based Costing, volume-based costing, and "Should Cost". Provide technical guidance and variance explanations between ABC, suppliers' costing methodologies, and "Should Cost" estimates.
  • Perform fixed cost analyses on volume fluctuations at the commodity level.
  • Facilitate and participate on supplier plant visits, preferably with Supply Chain and STA, to support benchmarking, data gathering, training, negotiations, or other activities as needed to ensure physicals-based cost estimates, quantifiable gap analyses, and viable cost reductions.
  • Provide negotiation support to Supply Chain as they engage senior supplier representatives to achieve material cost reductions.
  • Ensure alignment of cost estimating methodology, process, and data across all regions and among all Estimators within their Regional VHM team.
  • Deliver robust cost estimates and analyses in support of Program Lifecycle, TVM, Benchmarking, etc., as required to drive design and commercial cost reductions.
  • Ensure VHM / Regional team develops expertise in new technologies, applications, and manufacturing processes through benchmarking and training.
  • Create an employee environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion; and attracts, develops, and retains competent, empowered, engaged, and motivated people.
  • Adhere to Human Resources policies and processes including Performance+, quarterly check-ins, compensation planning, etc. Support personnel development through coaching, counselling and CDAT representation and advocacy.
Qualifications

You'll have...
  • Bachelor of Science in Business, Engineering or academic equivalent.
  • Significant (5+years) manufacturing experience in Injection Molding, Stamping and Final Assembly processes
  • 5 years prior Cost Estimating experience within Ford and/or the supply base
  • Process oriented leader with analytical skills and a high degree of business acumen ability to understand complex problems and designs and provide manufacturing point of view for best-in-class approach operational and strategic business issues.
  • Ability to construct and analyze manufacturing costs of components by reviewing drawings, engineering specifications, and functional requirements.
  • Demonstrate a proven grasp of business concepts as well as quantitative and critical thinking skills.
  • Ability to assess cost benefit analysis of different supplier manufacturing methods.
  • Ability to maintain data integrity and accuracy and use data to identify and solve problems.
  • Ability to evaluate design and provide cost coaching related to best practices and most efficient manufacturing process
  • Ability to evaluate suppliers quotes compared to Cost Estimating and provide our POV
  • Knowledge of Cost Estimating systems and applications (FACTON, aPriori , GRIMM, Ready Reckoner, TVM-ER, etc)
  • Operational experience in OEM or supplier component manufacturing processes
  • Strong experience collaborating with Supply Chain, Product Development, program teams, Finance, and the supply base
  • Strong experience working with partners in different countries and of different cultures
  • Strong experience developing and delivering executive level presentations
  • Willingness to travel locally
  • Ability to speak and write in the English language fluently to effectively communicate with global teams
Even better, you may have...
  • MBA / MS degree or equivalent preferred
  • Possess Ford+ behavior and have continuous improvement attitude
  • Six Sigma Greenbelt and Lean certifications preferred
  • Knowledge of people management skills
  • Knowledge of GPDS timeline and Cost Estimating support provided at key milestones
  • Knowledge of Global Material Cost Strategies
  • Knowledge of Lean principles (value stream maps, takt time, etc.) preferred
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 all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
•Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
•Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care 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.

For a detailed look at our benefits, click here:

This position is a leadership level 6.

This position is a range of salary grades LL6 .

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call

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