Operational Excellence Manager

EmergencyMD; Florida; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Airbus in Florida seeks an Operational Excellence Manager to lead an experienced team driving continuous improvement across production lines, integrating lean practices with data-driven decisions to enhance quality and on-time delivery.

You will partner with cross-functional teams, define powerful KPIs, and deploy problem-solving methods to prevent recurrences while expanding lean capabilities across the OPS organization.

Qualifications

• SPC and failure characterization with data mining experience.
• Lean Manufacturing and Root Cause Analysis techniques (8D, Fish Bone Diagram, 5 Whys, DOE).
• Formal training or certification in Operational Excellence Systems (Lean, 5S, Six Sigma, APQP) is a plus.
• Knowledge of production systems and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of AS 9001 quality management systems.
• Understanding of test flow and functional inter-relationships.
• Strong organizational, analytical, root-cause thinking and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement and control continuous improvement, SPC, and tracking methods to meet quality, on-time, and on-cost deliveries.
• Collaborate with Production and Quality teams to continually improve all processes in Operations.
• Propose and drive cross-functional improvement projects; present status to SMT quarterly.
• Apply advanced engineering principles (RCCA, DOE, VSM) to troubleshoot production/quality issues.
• Observe processes and develop innovative solutions; drive execution with stakeholders.
• Define data-driven processes to identify root causes and implement corrective actions to preventRecurrence.
• Prioritize support to the production floor to drive onboarding of new and legacy lines; maintain consistency.
• Train on production processes and lean manufacturing to deliver measurable results.
• Coordinate project plans and statuses; develop contingency plans.

Skills

SPC knowledge

Lean Manufacturing

Root Cause Analysis

DOE

Data mining

Problem solving

Education

BS in Industrial Engineering

MSIE preferred

Tools

SAP

JIRA

MES

Excel

Outlook

PowerPoint

SharePoint

TEAMS

Job description

Position Summary

We are looking for a process minded, and data driven manager to join and lead our Operational Excellence team. You would be the key change agent to foster, promote, and deploy operational processes to ensure continuous improvement to achieve operational excellence. You, as the Operational Excellence Manager, will be responsible for leading the team that develops, improves, and implements processes to maintain production flow while eliminating risk and implementing controls to avoid recurrences within the FL OPS organization. You would partner with functional leaders to build lean capability, streamline processes, and to lead projects and lean initiatives. You will deploy structured problem solving to improve production processes. This manager has an eye for continuous improvement, a proven track of defining trending systems to eliminate inefficiencies and challenges the status quo while improving data integrity and product reliability.

Position Responsibilities

• Responsible for the definition, implementation, and control of continuous improvement, statistical control, and tracking methods to meet on quality, on time, and on cost spacecraft deliveries.
• Works collaboratively with cross-functional teams including with the Production and Quality team(s) to continually improve all processes within the Operations organization.
• Propose transverse improvement projects to the Senior Management Team (SMT).
• Present status of continuous improvement projects to SMT quarterly.
• Fosters the application of advanced engineering principles (RCCA, DOE, VSM) to solve technical (production/quality) problems on flight and non-flight components, manufacturing processes, production flow and overall quality of the production lines.
• Take initiative to observe processes and independently develop innovative solutions to solve problems.
• Ensures to drive the execution of improvement projects with the proper stakeholders.
• Accountable to define data-driven processes to identify root cause and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence of anomalies ensuring that all aspects of an operation or process meet specified regulations.
• Prioritize support to the production floor in continuous improvement efforts, to drive process commissioning on new and legacy production lines, while maintaining uniformity between those product lines.
• Able to train in production processes and lean manufacturing techniques to deliver measurable results.
• Coordinate and communicate assigned projects and statuses with the appropriate personnel and departments. Establish realistic plans and set short-term and long-term goals. Develop contingency plans.
• Manage department budget to ensure proper improvement projects are implemented accordingly.

Education

• BS in Industrial Engineering or equivalent technical experience.
• MSIE preferred.

Experience

• 10+ years' experience in manufacturing environment.
• Prior small satellite manufacturing and test experience preferred.
• Prior management experience preferred.
• Strong background in aerospace industry.

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities

• Working knowledge and hands-on experience on definition of SPC and characterization of failures. Proven experience on data mining and deep understanding of characterization of failure modes required.
• Working knowledge in Lean Manufacturing and Root Cause Analysis techniques such as (8D, Fish Bone Diagram, 5 Whys, DOE, etc.).
• Formal training or certification, in Operational Excellence Systems (Lean, 5S, Six Sigma, APQP) a plus.
• Working knowledge and hands-on experience with production systems and troubleshooting techniques.
• Working knowledge of the quality management systems AS 9001.
• Solid understanding of test flow and functional inter-relationships.
• Strong organizational, analytical, root cause analysis, critical-thinker and problem-solving skills.

Communication Skills (Spoken, Written, Influencing, Proficiency in Other Languages)

• Leader that can deliver results through influence.
• A decision maker that is highly proactive and autonomous.
• Proven experience of managing production deadlines.
• Interpersonal skills to drive corrective action implementation.
• Ability to work independently and within the team's.
• Excellent verbal and written skills to communicate effectively across the organization.
• Strong networking and relations building skills.

Technical Systems Proficiency

• Skilled in the use of Outlook, Excel, pivot tables, PowerPoint, Word, SharePoint, and TEAMS.
• Working knowledge of SAP (or similar ERP system), JIRA, and MES.

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