Job Description
At BlueOval SK, we will lead the transformation of the electric vehicle (EV) battery business through partnership (Joint Venture formed by Ford and SK On) to provide products and processes to increase our customers’ experience. As the future of BlueOval SK, you will help lead the battery revolution by working alongside our teams as we build the batteries required for electric vehicle business excellence.
Ford and SK On are investing billions in Kentucky and Tennessee including building three state-of-the art battery manufacturing facilities between the two campuses at BlueOval City in Tennessee and BlueOval SK Battery Park in Kentucky. These brand-new advanced manufacturing facilities will use Ford’s 100-years of automobile manufacturing expertise and SK On’s 30+ years of electric vehicle battery expertise to become the world’s best battery manufacturer.
Responsibilities
The Production Area Manager positions at BlueOval SK Battery Park in Stanton, Tennessee will have a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a key member of the start-up team, launching the facility from ground up.
The BlueOval SK Area Managers will lead the planning and development of their respective areas within the Battery site in Stanton, TN in line with the facility Production System. Each Area Manager will be assigned a Key Unifying Process (KUP) and be responsible to become the site subject matter expert, work with the other Area Managers and implement that System or KUP across the plant. The Area Managers will champion the implementation of strategies to indoctrinate the culture required to achieve the plant Vision, Mission and Values and delivering objectives for their respective areas via truly empowered and supported teams. Responsible for leading change efforts within the plant to meet BOSK manufacturing standards. They support employees by removing barriers to their success, and developing their knowledge, skills, and abilities. This role will be responsible for leading a team of hourly and salaried employees at the facility including, but not limited to:
- Accountable for area planning and implementation of respective area
- Implement the plant production operating systems and processes to BOSK manufacturing
- standards
- Business results
- Remove internal barriers by getting resources and aligning objectives and systems
- Lead transformation and change management efforts
- Develop organizational capability through coaching and development at all levels of the organization. Ensure employees receive the necessary training, coaching and experiences to raise their performance level and advance the organization
Capabilities Required:
- Leading transformational change
- Innovation
- Critical thinking
- Resourcefulness
- Confidence, courage and independence
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, collaborator
- Drive for results and sense of urgency
- Data-driven
- Change Management and Organizational Design
Qualifications
You'll have...
- Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience work
- 5 years of operations experience in a leadership role\
- Ability to travel 10% including internationally
Even better, you may have...
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree
- 10 years of operations experience in a leadership role
- 10 years manufacturing experience including automotive (assembly a plus)
- 10 years automotive experience
- Six Sigma Blackbelt
- Prior experience in Lean Manufacturing
- Prior experience with Greenfield / Startup Sites
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 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
- 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.
This position is a leadership level 5.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL5SP1
This position is a range of salary grades LL5 .
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Travel is expected throughout 2025 and 2026 along with future relocation to Tennessee.
The successful candidate will be a Ford Secondee to the joint venture. A secondee is an employee who is temporarily transferred to the joint venture although continues their employment with Ford.
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. 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 1-888-336-0660.
