The Program Management Change Control Analyst is responsible for recording and tracking post-FDJ WERS design changes, managing the change control process, and leading daily North American vehicle program change control meetings. This role involves coordinating with cross-functional teams, ensuring proper documentation and approval of change requests, monitoring key metrics, and supporting process improvements to maintain program quality and compliance.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
- Experience managing the change control process, including metrics tracking, night letters, and escalations.
- Working knowledge of WERS is required.
- Proficiency in English (reading, writing, and speaking).
- Strong discipline and organizational skills, with the ability to lead and manage meetings, agendas, and minutes.
- Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships across program teams such as NMP, VOME, PVT, Finance, etc.
- Process improvement mindset and strong problem-solving abilities.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- Can-do attitude, good business acumen, and emotional resilience.
- Ability to work flexible hours to accommodate cross-regional conference calls.
Ford Motor Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, as we are committed with a diverse workforce, and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran and basis of disability.
- Lead NA LVEA post <FDJ> change control process for the designated NA program.
- Support running changes and alerts for PVTs, including VQR and Alert reports when applicable.
- Lead and run change control meetings on a daily basis, and support blitz meetings as requested by the Program team.
- Approve WERS Change Requests (CR) for program.
- Review the CR content to ensure all design changes are systematically documented.
- Maintain a comprehensive change control database, preparing and storing all necessary documentation for each WERS CR.
- Manage the program CRs deck daily
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to obtain CR sign-off from key stakeholders (including all WERS activities), as well as approvals from the PPM team and for Notice/Supplement releases.
- Support senior management in implementing improvements to the change control process.
- Lead the Should-Cost process across all stages and update its status daily in the official Power App tool.
- Monitor the P-Release and SLOC transfer processes.
- Lead the CPE DF meeting when applicable.
- Serve as the global help desk for change control inquiries.