Job Description Summary

Coordinate, manage, and expedite the flow of materials to and from suppliers according to production schedules. Plan and schedule local material/production needs to execute to on time delivery and output targets as well as overall delivery performance. Maintain and facilitate clear communication between suppliers and internal customers.

Job Description

Company Overview:

Are you ready to see your career take flight? At GE Aerospace, we believe the world works better when it flies. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. We have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen.

Role Overview:

• Develop and support regular operating rhythms to understand the supplier's ability to meet current commitments, problem solve, and mitigate risk to those commitments.
• Drive clear communication across both internal and external stakeholders to mitigate impact to GE Aerospace operations.
• Develop in-depth knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes, key business drivers, and integrates with other teams
• Utilizes technical expertise and judgement to solve problems. Leverages technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
• Establish continuous operating rhythms with assigned suppliers to understand status and health of delivery commitments through supplier WIP.
• Ability to manage large amount of information and data to make actionable insights and effectively communicate across internal and external stakeholders.
• A job at this level is likely to be an individual contributor with proven interpersonal skills or an early people leader who can hire and develop talent. Provides informal guidance to new team members.
• Ensure operational alignment with production plan and KPIs.
• Optimize execution to process improvement action plans.
• Utilize prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is fluent in both Japanese and English, has a strong lean manufacturing background especially in a chemical processing environment, and is comfortable quickly learning a new process, implementing operating rhythms (daily management, KPIs, etc), and leading by influence to improve operational outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• For roles outside of the USA- This role requires advanced experience in the Manufacturing & Materials Planning and Execution. Knowledge level is comparable to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma with relevant experience).
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in manufacturing environment.
• Fluent in both English and Japanese

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Collaborator and influencer across a matrix organization.
• Detail oriented with the ability to escalate and pull together resources necessary to solve challenges and close on opportunities.
• Established project management skills.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Sound judgment as it relates to understanding risk and opportunities; ability to strategize to drive long term health of the portfolio with regard to SQDC.
• Familiar with Lean concepts and can drive Lean improvements
• Team player comfortable working in an autonomous, accountable, empowered flat organization where standard work, operating rhythms and superior communication skills are valued.
• Flexibility in partnering, coaching and learning from a highly empowered team.
• Operational acumen including conventional and non-conventional manufacturing processes, lean principles, casting technology.
• Financial acumen built through operational or commercial experience.
• 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

At GE Aerospace, we have a relentless dedication to the future of safe and more sustainable flight and believe in our talented people to make it happen. Here, you will have the opportunity to work on really cool things with really smart and collaborative people. Together, we will mobilize a new era of growth in aerospace and defense. Where others stop, we accelerate.

Additional Job Description

Additional Information

Compensation Grade

SPB3

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes