Executive Flight Deck Leader - Remote Lean Supply Chain

GE Aerospace; Barrington (IL); Hybrid; USD 300,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Tuition assistance

Paid parental leave

Paid time-off

Job summary

GE Aerospace is seeking an Executive Supply Chain FLIGHT DECK Leader to drive lean transformations across the Supply Chain organization, including procurement, materials management, and engineering material systems. You will coach leaders, map value streams, and deploy kaizen events to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

The role requires 10+ years in lean or operations leadership, a bachelor’s degree, and the ability to travel up to 50% to supply chain sites and customer locations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in lean / operational excellence, supply chain, or operations leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as facilitator, educator, advocate, consultant, subject matter expert, and accountability partner to the Supply Chain leadership team to drive the understanding and application of FLIGHT DECK.
• Lead and execute high-impact lean transformations across all four Supply Chain teams to achieve operating goals using KPI-based performance management.
• Map and improve end-to-end supply chain value streams and build a kaizen funnel tied to Supply Chain priorities, including LEAP program flow and mid-term delivery.
• Champion kaizen and facilitate events in transactional processes and physical flow across sourcing, procure-to-pay, compliance, planning, fulfillment, distribution, and supplier operations.
• Partner with Procurement & Supplier Management to extend FLIGHT DECK into the supply base through supplier kaizens and readiness assessments.
• Partner with Industrial Transformation and Engineering Material Systems to build lean into the industrialization of emerging technologies and materials.
• Coach and develop organizational capability in daily management, action planning, and problem solving.
• Stand up model areas within Supply Chain and scale them through robust transformation plans delivering breakthrough results.
• Collaborate with CES FLIGHT DECK & AI team to deploy best-practice capability and AI-enabled tools across the organization.

Skills

Lean leadership

Executive presence

Stakeholder management

Supply chain knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

GE Aerospace is seeking an Executive Supply Chain FLIGHT DECK Leader to drive lean transformations across the Supply Chain organization, including procurement, materials management, and engineering material systems. You will coach leaders, map value streams, and deploy kaizen events to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

The role requires 10+ years in lean or operations leadership, a bachelor’s degree, and the ability to travel up to 50% to supply chain sites and customer locations.