Ford Motor Company
End-to-end talent infrastructure for one of the world's most complex workforces.
Ford didn't need a staffing vendor. They needed a partner who could operate across their entire TA function, from executive leadership to new acquisitions, with the governance, speed, and accountability their program demanded.
The challenge
A workforce program that had outgrown point solutions.
Ford's talent needs spanned the full spectrum: individual contributors, senior leadership, and the complex workforce requirements that come with acquiring new businesses. Each layer had different compliance requirements, different onboarding timelines, and different governance expectations. Managing them through separate vendors and manual processes created fragmentation, risk, and cost.
What Ford needed wasn't another staffing vendor. They needed a single operating partner who could govern the entire TA function, including executive search and acquisition integration, with one consistent model, one source of truth, and zero disruption to the business.
The solution
One partner. Every layer of the talent function.
Full TA function coverage
Sustainable Talent operated across Ford's entire talent acquisition function, from high-volume contractor programs to executive-level search, under a single governance model. That eliminated the fragmentation of managing multiple vendors across different workforce tiers.
Executive and leadership hiring
Sustainable Talent managed executive search and senior leadership placements as part of the same integrated program, not as a separate engagement, ensuring consistency in process, compliance, and candidate experience at every level.
Acquisition workforce integration
When Ford acquired new businesses, Sustainable Talent provided the talent infrastructure to onboard and integrate acquired workforces quickly, with classification, compliance, and governance already in place from day one.
Real-time governance across North America
STalentOS gave Ford's program managers live visibility into contractor status, risk flags, and spend data, replacing manual reporting with automated, unified governance intelligence.
The outcome
Enterprise-wide talent governance. Zero added headcount.
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Sustainable Talent gave us the infrastructure we needed to govern our entire talent function, from contractors to executives to new acquisitions, the way we govern everything else at Ford: with accountability, visibility, and control.
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