Lead daily operations for the GE9X CMC Liner production business unit at the Asheville CMC site, ensuring excellence in safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity on the shop floor. This role involves managing direct reports across three shifts and influencing cross-functional teams to achieve manufacturing objectives. You will foster a culture of continuous improvement, respect for people, and teamwork while driving operational excellence. High levels of judgment and operational expertise are required to deliver results.Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Manage the Liners business unit, or part of the production facility, to reach defined targets in safety, quality, cost, delivery, inventory, and productivity. Ensure continuous business improvement according to benchmarks and standards.
- Lead, coach, and manage a team of hourly employees across multiple shifts.
- Own the industrialization, rate attainment plans, and NPI launches for the Liners area of CMC manufacturing.
- Manage the timing and implementation of cost projects for GE9X component parts; closely partnering with engineering and cost focals to ensure seamless execution of CMC 9X cost reduction roadmap.
- Collaborate with on-site engineering, quality, and external support network to meet all customer delivery requirements. Present project plans, technical roadmaps, risks, and recommendations to senior business leaders (EB, SEB, VP) within the technical space.
- Interpret simple internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services. Stay informed of industry trends that may inform work.
- Use a high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, manufacturing, technology, or engineering. Assess the quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and construct and provide recommendations. Use multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
- May lead functional teams or projects with limited resource needs, low risk, and/or moderate complexity. Effectively communicate challenging concepts and influence others perspectives on key topics. Guide teams to consider alternative viewpoints and approaches. Contribute to business programs that span a portion of a function or business unit, as well as provide input to midterm strategic plans.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree accredited college or university (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 10 years of experience in Operations Management experience)
- Minimum of 5 years of Operations Management experience
Desired Characteristics
- Proven leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.
- Expertise in lean manufacturing principles, with a demonstrated track record of successful implementation.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to leverage data to drive operational outcomes.
- Exceptional problem-solving abilities and a commitment to developing others in this area.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders.
- Experience in leading programs/projects and executing plans effectively.
- Established project management skills with a focus on delivering result.
GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.
GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.
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Additional Job Description
Compensation Grade
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This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.
Additional Information
GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunities Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening.
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
