Peter Edmund (Ed) Martin (1882–1944) was a leading early production executive of the Ford Motor Company. Ed Martin was hired by close Henry Ford associate C. Harold Wills on December 15, 1903, and at that time was the company's fifth employee. He was placed in charge of the Assembly Department at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in January 1906. On October 17, 1906, when Walter E. Flanders was manager of Manufacturing, Ed Martin was promoted to assistant to in active charge of all manufacturing departments. In January, 1907 he became superintendent under Walburn.