Mark Fields
Mark Fields
agenda asked best bill brand brightest business emotional ford ground group hit innovative jim knows leaders north operation people product running strong team turn wins work
I asked Bill Ford and Jim Padilla for not only the best and the brightest leaders in our company, but for the kind of people who can work as one team on one agenda. That agenda is to turn around our North American operation with a team that knows how to win, an innovative product line-up that wins in the marketplace and a brand that has strong emotional appeal. We now have in place an outstanding group of leaders in The Americas, and they already have hit the ground running to turn the business around.
artistic artists associated connection continue either historic learn pleasantly present proud region south state surprised talent wealth
I am pleasantly surprised at the wealth of artistic talent that has had a connection to South Jersey, either historic or present day. But I am even more surprised that we continue to learn of more such artists and entertainers every year. Any region of any state would be proud to be associated with artists of such stature.
capable continue dave driving expect flexible highly industry leadership respected throughout
Dave has demonstrated very broad, capable leadership throughout his career, ... He is highly respected in the industry and in Ford. I expect him to continue driving our transformation in flexible manufacturing.
absolutely achieving addressing costs critical detailed future goals health heard including plan require rising tough
Achieving the goals detailed in the plan is absolutely critical to our future and will require tough decisions, including addressing the rising costs of health care, which we've heard so much about.
customers expect sets understand
It sets up everything in the business. If you don't understand who you are, you can't expect your customers to understand you.
clearly closer future looking plans product talk
As we come closer to idling, we'll talk about future product plans for the Ranger. Clearly we're looking at our product plans.
build help support
As we build the team, we need to help and support each other.
dealer footprint looking size sure
As we go forward, we will make intelligent decisions, looking at our dealer network, working with our dealer partners, to make sure that just as we are right-sizing our manufacturing footprint, we have the right size for our dealer footprint as well.
best capacity company ford hard larger market reality sales share simple support
The hard but simple reality is that Ford has the costs, capacity and staffing of a company that is much larger than our sales and market share can support -- even under the best of conditions.
bad
It comes down to a lot of bad breaks,
quite somewhat
If you look at the CUV right now, it's populated by a lot of vehicles, that, quite honest, are somewhat nondescript.
date jag plan profitable return
I'm not going to put a date on when Jaguar will return to profitability, ... But clearly, the plan is to make Jag a profitable business.
believe plan progress starting work
We believe our plan is comprehensive and we are starting to make progress. We know there's still a lot of work to do.