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Manufacturing Workforce Planning and Development Senior Manager

Boeing
North Charleston, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Jun 2026
💰 $232,300/yr($171,700/yr – $232,300/yr)

About the role

Manufacturing Workforce Planning and Development Senior Manager

Company:

The Boeing Company

Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is seeking a Boeing South Carolina (BSC) Manufacturing Workforce Planning & Development Senior Manager (Level M) to lead a multi-site cross-functional team based in North Charleston, South Carolina. The role will also require occasional travel to our nearby Orangeburg, SC site.

You will drive the development and execution of a comprehensive BSC Workforce Planning and Development strategy & deliver Foundational Training and Production Certifications to hourly teammates across the 787 Program and Fabrication South Carolina (which encompasses Emergent Operations South Carolina (EOSC), Interiors Responsibility Center South Carolina (IRCSC), Cutting Tool Service Center - South Carolina (CTSC-SC), and Fabrication South Carolina Aerostructures (FSCA)).

Effective relationship building, business acumen and professional communication skills are essential in this senior leadership role.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Manage, lead, coach, develop, and inspire employees and managers

  • Collaborate and foster relationships with customers, stakeholders and direct reports

  • Drive the development and execution of a comprehensive BSC Workforce Planning and Development strategy

  • Deliver Foundational Training and Production Certifications to hourly teammates across 787 Program and Fabrication South Carolina (EOSC, IRCSC, CTSC-SC and FSCA)

  • Support hourly teammates through onboarding with Guided Skill Practices and upskilling existing hourly teammates through Skill Enhancement Centers

  • Partner with site leadership teams and local skill teams to have clear line of sight of staffing requirements to meet business goals

  • Align resources and manage budgets to ensure delivery of requirements efficiently and cost effectively

  • Collaborate with functional peers across BCA and the Enterprise to share and adopt, when appropriate, best practices

  • Drive continuous improvement activities across Workforce Planning and Development, integrating and partnering with other functions, such as Operations, Quality, Human Resources and Engineering

  • Lead large scale, complex operations and cross-functional teams

  • Possess and encourage others to have a mindset of Safety and First Pass Quality

  • Influence teams to exhibit Boeing Values and Behaviors

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • 5+ years of experience leading, directing, or managing personnel

  • 5+ years of experience leading or managing projects that involved cross-functional or cross-business unit teams

  • 5+ years of experience leading large scale transformation and change initiatives in a global organization

  • Systems level thinking with the ability to implement change quickly and effectively across organizations

  • Embraces speed and agility to drive innovation and results, while maintaining consistent standards and balance

  • Experience leading through influence

  • Ability to work in matrix style organization

  • Ability to hold people accountable to organizational structure and system change

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor’s or advanced degree

  • Experience leading an organization focused on instruction, production certifications or upskilling teammates

  • Experience with manufacturing or engineering controlled processes & standards

  • 5+ years of experience in workforce planning, people operations, or a related field

  • 10+ years of experience demonstrating business, analytical, and problem-solving skills

  • 10+ years of experience leading strategic process improvements / initiatives

  • Understanding of effective teamwork dynamics in order to attain higher levels of performance

  • Demonstrates a commitment to the mission & motivation to combine the team's energy and expertise to achieve a common objective

Conflict of Interest:
Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Shift:

This position is 1st shift.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

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