Job Description Summary

The FLIGHT DECK Leader will partner with the NPI and NTI engineering Leadership Teams to lead and coach the team(s) thru their lean transformation. The approach will include (but not limited to) supporting daily management through a coaching approach, facilitating problem solving activities with cross functional teams, Value Stream Analysis, and GE Kaizen Events. Coach & develop team members as required to enable FLIGHT DECK fundamentals adoption. Activities will be focused on improving our business and site's defined True North Metrics for Safety, Quality, Customer Delivery, and Cost.

Job Description

The FLIGHT DECK Leader is responsible for transforming GE’s results through the application of GE’s lean principles.  Specifically, this role will work closely as a partner with the Power engineering and program management teams in our Dayton locations to drive a lean mindset and ensuring lean principles are applied effectively in support of executing our business commitments, as measured by our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This leader will work across our engineering and program management teams to implement practices and principles that promote and enable GE’s lean transformation in support of our true north metrics (S, Q, D, C) to drive business impact.

FLIGHT DECK Leader will serve as a facilitator, educator, and coach to the engineering and program management teams to drive the understanding and application of lean principles and tools to create a lean operating system. This will be accomplished through:  

• In this role, you will focus on projects / process improvement to ensure that NPI and engineering processes are focused on the appropriate safety, quality, delivery, cost (SQDC) hierarchy. 
• Champion change across the site to foster the growth and use of FLIGHT DECK methods and tools.
• Demonstrate leadership in communicating business goals, programs, and processes across all areas of the facility and while interfacing with high level engineering management teams. 
• 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.
• Establish and implement strategies, programs, and practices to achieve lean business system adoption at the facility and within engineering teams.
• Under the coaching of the Site FLIGHT DECK Leader – EPIS/Vandalia, manage the full implementation of the FLIGHT DECK management system including strategy, value stream activities, daily management, and architecture/infrastructure.
• Ability to lead teams, facilitate, train, and coach team members in the use of Lean tools.
• 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 transformation roadmap for the site and drive measurable improvements within the business.
• Bring new ideas, motivation, and positive support to all levels of the team.
• Interface with OEMs and internal contacts in an effective manner to ensure that technology and processes are positioned for current and future success.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree accredited college or university AND a Minimum of 5 years of lean manufacturing leadership experience. 
• OR a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 15 years of experience in lean manufacturing leadership experience.

Desired Characteristics and Experience:

• Desired experience: 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, quality improvement, and people leadership and 5+ years of experience in lean/FLIGHT DECK or operations leadership utilizing lean methodologies.
• Ability to drive improvement strategies while coaching leaders through problem solving techniques.
• Corporate Training Program graduate (Manufacturing / Operations / Engineering)
• Ability to analyze problems, identify root causes and provide efficient solutions
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to handle diverse activities simultaneously and work in a matrix organization
• Ability to facilitate across all levels of the organization
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, oral, and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate effectively and contribute to team projects
• Strong project and team leadership experience
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn