Career Paths

Working with our cross-functional partners, Finance professionals support the planning, manufacturing, marketing and distribution of Ford products in Canada and around the world -- and ensure that we do it profitably. We continually look for new and creative ways to grow shareholder value, restructure the business, finance our plan and improve our balance sheet.

To ensure our future finance leaders are well-rounded, our philosophy involves moving individuals through different divisions and skill teams, as well as supporting and sponsoring ongoing technical qualifications (e.g., CMA). This commitment to building competencies and cross-organization experiences allows us to develop both financial expertise and business leadership. Typical experiences for new financial analysts may include:
 

• Accounting
• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Capital Investment
• Cash Management
• Cost Analysis
• Financial Reporting
• Internal Control
• Performance Reporting
• Product Pricing
• Revenue & Marketing Analysis

At Ford Motor Company, our Marketing, Sales and Service professionals, work together to develop and execute brand strategies, including advertising and sales promotional initiatives for our products; additionally, we develop and provide state-of-the-art service training and customer handling to fully support our customer needs.

Our MS&S professionals are working to create a more contemporary automotive company by marketing our brands as culturally and emotionally relevant in the ever-evolving tech savvy universe. Successful career paths involve several developmental assignments in regional offices and may require the flexibility to relocate, and travel up to five days a week in a dealer contact role.

How we’re organized
 

• Sales Operations
• Market Representation
• Fleet Sales
• Ford & Lincoln Regional Sales
• Marketing
• Service Operations
• Consumer Experience

Our Information Technology team works together to apply information technology and process re-engineering techniques to the Company and trace the critical path through our complex business. Enabling our company to work seamlessly and our customers to check the status of their vehicles online.

Teamwork and shared responsibility are key elements of Ford's IT operations. Our career development program is designed to ensure future IT leaders have a well-rounded understanding of key technologies and business issues facing the automotive industry. Assignments within IT will challenge your analytical and technical skills, use and improve your expertise in IT, develop your leadership skills, and reveal your management potential. We'll add to your abilities by offering immediate on-the-job-training and continuous education programs that are among the very best to help you maintain our high standards for performance and teamwork.

How we’re organized
 

• Business Information Technology (BIT)
• Application Development Services
• Information Technology Infrastructure Group

Our manufacturing team enables our plants and facilities around the world to produce world-class vehicles that are green, safe, smart and have the high-quality standards our customers around the world expect. Our Manufacturing Team also ensures flawless and efficient assembly of the vehicle as well as the production tooling, design and installation.

Building Cross-Functional Excellence|

To integrate manufacturing and engineering, we may rotate employees between assignments in engineering, manufacturing, and production supervision. These cross-functional experiences help create the next generation of manufacturing operations leaders.

Engineering:

• Liaising between manufacturing and product design personnel.
• Developing manufacturing processes to ensure the highest quality products.

Manufacturing:

• Coordinating the efforts of engineering, quality control and material handling to build our products.
• Ensuring safety, quality and productivity in manufacturing.

Production Supervision:

• Supervision component manufacturing or vehicle assembly operations.
• Schedule preventative maintenance, training employees, developing teamwork, resolving conflicts.
  

Our Human Resources professionals are leading the most ambitious transformation in today's business world. Building a team of people who possess strong consumer instincts and innovative ideas, who draw strength from diversity, and who can deliver the performance needed to compete effectively in a global marketplace

Ford of Canada offers a breadth of opportunities most HR professionals never experience – global and cross-cultural considerations, contract negotiations with labour's largest and most prominent union, and learning about the unique challenges and needs of people in diverse work environments. Work with business partners who lead the world in technical expertise. HR offers opportunities in:
 

• Labour Relations
• Business Operations
• Compensation
• Benefits
• Organization Development
• Personnel Relations
• HR Strategy
  

At Ford Motor Company, our Product Development team builds success using innovative technology. Our teams work on a variety of exciting next-generation projects including the latest Ford SYNC® infotainment platform and other high-impact innovations.

Teams have responsibilities for measurement and analysis of system software performance, stability, research, design, and implementation of improvements across a variety of domains and components. Our Ontario-based facilities include offices in Oakville, Waterloo, and Ottawa. Product Development offers opportunities in:
 

• Telematics
• Software Infrastructure
• Test Automation
• Firmware Development
• Platform Validation
• Product Development
• Software Performance & Stability
• Software Development
• Location and Telemetry