Business Improvement Manager

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Business Improvement Manager to join our team based in Grand Prairie, TX.

In this role, you will be in charge of leading transverse Support and Services (S&S) Business Improvement and performance-driven approach, with the objective to achieve company targets and boost operational performance,

Meet The Team:

From building to servicing the next generation of aerospace, our team focuses on quality, productivity and efficiency. We ensure the highest quality of care and safety is built into each aircraft we assemble and maintain. Our team members make it happen.

Your Working Environment:

Grand Prairie, a suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home - you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games.

How We Care for You:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Your Challenges:     

Primary Responsibilities: 

Continuous improvement / LEAN across S&S domains: 30%

• Lead of S&S end-to-end process optimization to drive enterprise transformation

• Foster continuous improvement mindset and animate continuous improvement network and initiatives across S&S

• Lead and deploy LEAN practices (5S, VSM, standard agenda…) in all the S&S domains, including the Airbus Operating System (AOS) deployment

• Generate, identify, and measure opportunities for improvements initiatives including identification of action leverages, risk and management issues of proposed changes, business case creation, financial analysis and viability

• Lead and drive the progress and performance improvement network, deploy and maintain the level of control of activities

• Build and manage yearly LEAN and continuous improvement deployment plan execution (including management practices and ImpAct)

• Lead operational and improvement teams to build and execute their Continuous Improvement plans, focusing on business priorities, performance, customers and employees irritants

• Provide methodological support, training and coaching upon function / domain requests on LEAN standards, methods and tools

S&S End-to-End process: 30%

• Manage S&S transformation projects in connection with performance improvement