Team Manager - Production, Blueoval Battery Plant Michigan

At BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, you will…

• Use your entrepreneurial skills and team mindset to come up with data-driven solutions

• Build and lead an agile team to deliver the advanced technology that drives the future

• Create a culture of trust, encourage diversity of thought, and foster leadership in others

• Be part of the historic transformation of the automotive industry

Make history and make the future at BlueOval Battery Park Michigan If you're ready to change the way the world moves, join us at BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, a new state-of-the-art facility in Marshall, Michigan. You'll be a key part of the launch team that will help bring the electrification revolution to driveways, job sites, and highways everywhere. BlueOval Battery Park Michigan will produce the lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells to power the next-generation Ford EV passenger vehicles and trucks under development. This new wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company will create more than 1,700 jobs when production begins in 2026.

You'll also…

• Ensure manufacturing operating system standards are applied and standardized throughout the area.

• Create and coordinate work plans to ensure the team is maintaining production flow.

• Promote, support, and coach a continuous improvement mindset and activities in the team.

• Achieve business results by delivery of key performance indicator's to ensure objectives are met.

• Drive continuous improvement and lean manufacturing principles.

• Motivate teams by leveraging technology and best-in-class manufacturing systems.

• Mentor, nurture, and develop teams to own working together, modeling the values and expected behaviors.

• Support teams by removing barriers to their success and developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities.

• Lead change efforts to construct and achieve manufacturing standards.

• Demonstrate empathy and embrace Gemba philosophy by engaging regularly with employees in production environments to listen and problem solve.

• Champion the formation of the culture required to achieve the Vision, Mission, and Values to deliver performance objectives.

• Enable a culture of learning through demonstration of effective communication skills.

• Develop 'leaders as teachers' at all levels by ensuring all employees receive necessary training, coaching, and support to optimize performance and advance both the overall organization as well as self.

You'll also…

• Ensure manufacturing operating system standards are applied and standardized throughout the area.

• Create and coordinate work plans to ensure the team is maintaining production flow.

• Promote, support, and coach a continuous improvement mindset and activities in the team.

• Achieve business results by delivery of key performance indicator's to ensure objectives are met.

• Drive continuous improvement and lean manufacturing principles.

• Motivate teams by leveraging technology and best-in-class manufacturing systems.

• Mentor, nurture, and develop teams to own working together, modeling the values and expected behaviors.

• Support teams by removing barriers to their success and developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities.

• Lead change efforts to construct and achieve manufacturing standards.

• Demonstrate empathy and embrace Gemba philosophy by engaging regularly with employees in production environments to listen and problem solve.

• Champion the formation of the culture required to achieve the Vision, Mission, and Values to deliver performance objectives.

• Enable a culture of learning through demonstration of effective communication skills.

• Develop 'leaders as teachers' at all levels by ensuring all employees receive necessary training, coaching, and support to optimize performance and advance both the overall organization as well as self.