Global Operations Excellence Leader

Role Summary:

The Global Operations Excellence Leader is a key leadership role that will enable shops in the Aero Alliance to strive towards the Brilliant Factory Concept. The GOEL leader will utilize their business leadership experience to drive & influence the shops leadership/stakeholders towards Shop Lean & operational excellence

Essential Responsibilities:

As the Global Operations Excellence Leader you will:

• Drive all aspects of
  standardization and shop operations improvements, working with all of the Aero Repair Shops to
  drive the Aviation standard and support ongoing improvement actions. This person will need to
  manage multiple interfaces and be able to deliver in a very challenging
  environment
• Standardize ways of working across all shops
• Standardize reporting
  including Incoming, Inspection and Final reports
• Drive simplified Shop Routings and
  digitize where possible
• Standardize and simplify shops operating mechanisms including
  PCC and CC
• Drive development of key IT solutions
• Work with the shops to
  implement operational best practices across all gates
• Define, prioritize, direct & track
  progress on the Brilliant factory activities… e.g. 5 S, layout and flow across all of the
  shops
• Create and own the operating mechanisms for the Operations team
• Work
  with the Lean team to help define strategy for becoming more mature in lean concepts &
  digital by utilizing the Fastworks mentality
• Work with key functional leaders across the
  network to drive an aligned continuous improvement culture

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree from accredited college or university or relevant experience
• Minimum 5 years of experience in manufacturing Operations, EHS, quality, materials
  & financials aspects of the business

Desired Characteristics:

• Capability and experience to work with local and remote resources, merging people from
  different locations as needed to close complex projects in due time
• Experience with
  maintaining cross functional risk management processes.
• Proven track record of delivery
  in a challenging role
• Six Sigma training
• Ability to lead, coach, mentor and work
  effectively across functions whilst leading in a matrix environment.
• Proven Business
  leadership experience
• Ability to lead, coach & mentor employees across the various
  businesses at all levels
• Exposure to financial measurements and accounting principles in
  a manufacturing environment
• Strong team player with high energy
• Knowledgeable
  of Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP)
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing
  
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership
  skills
• A drive and desire to succeed

About Us:

GE (NYSE:GE) drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges. By combining world-class engineering with software and analytics, GE helps the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GE people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and passion to fulfill GE’s mission and deliver for our customers. www.ge.com
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Additional Locations:

United States;Texas;Houston;