Flight Deck Lean Leader
| Company | GE Aerospace |
|---|---|
| Location | Long Island, New York, USA |
| Salary | $109000 – $145300 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Mid Level, Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree accredited college or university AND 3 years of lean manufacturing and/or transactional experience.
- OR a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 7 years of experience in lean manufacturing and/or transactional experience.
Responsibilities
- Champion change across the organization to foster the growth in Lean culture.
- Demonstrate leadership in communicating business goals, programs, and processes across all areas of the facility.
- Utilize experience or expertise to solve problems, develop and execute objectives for self and others, and effect short and some long-term goals.
- Act as a change agent in the implementation of demand flow utilizing lean manufacturing tools and methodologies.
- Support the Power FLIGHT DECK team to implement strategies, programs, and practices to achieve lean business system adoption at the facility.
- Drive the full implementation of the FLIGHT DECK management system including strategy, value stream activities, daily management, and architecture/infrastructure.
- Facilitate, train, and coach team members in the use of Lean tools.
- Assessing and addressing gaps through course development and delivery.
- Facilitate problem solving events that are aligned with the achievement of the site level metrics.
- Partner with operating leaders and teams to uncover and assess continuous improvement opportunities for GE and its suppliers.
- Partner with the operating leaders and teams to help define the FLIGHT DECK roadmap for the site and drive measurable improvements within the business.
- Partner with the Power FLIGHT DECK team to bring new ideas, motivation, and positive support to all levels of the team.
Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in manufacturing, quality improvement, and people leadership and 8+ years of experience in lean or operations leadership Lean methodology and Six Sigma tools
- Demonstrated ability to partner with engineering teams to implement Lean methodologies, Continuous Improvement tools, and practices including daily management, visual controls, standard work, and policy deployment.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt Certification
- Project management experience
- Quality experience
- Effective problem solving and facilitation skills.
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
- Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
- Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
- Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
- Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker