GKN Aerospace Inc Hiring for Lean Deployment Leader at Muncie, IN  Full Time

The Site Lean Deployment Leader is a Lean Thinker with a very high level of expertise in Business Transformation. They will play a central role in developing the site into a Lean enterprise based upon GKN Aerospace’s Lean Operating Model. They will lead, coach and influence their site’s Leadership Team, ensuring rigour and fidelity to the Lean Deployment roadmap.

• Role modelling a culture that is aligned to the GKN Aerospace Great Place to Workvalue drivers and Culture Principles
• Exemplifying a safety-first mindset and ensuring that the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards are applied across GKNand that all locations are a model of a world class healthy and safe working environment
• Driving the disciplined and rigorous deployment of the Lean Operating Model (LOM) across within their Performance Centre
• Creating and executing against the Site Lean Deployment plan and ensuring that all resources required are in place, both within their site and from the CoE (e.g. Regional Lean Experts assigned as appropriate)
• Coaching their performance centersLeadership team in their deployment of the Lean Excellence Model
• Ensuring the correct allocation of resources to make the Lean deployment a success, and making problems immediately visible, allowing problem solving to take place
• Delivering significant improvement in People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cash and Cost (PSQDCC) targets, meeting their sitecustomer and stakeholder commitments, driven by significant improvements in Lean Maturity
• Developing deep Lean Expertise across their site, ensuring that they become self-sufficient in running the Lean Operating Model, working with the Regional Lean Expert to ensure that all staff are fully certified in Lean Thinking at the appropriate level for their role
• Complying with all legal and regulatory requirements and ensuring that staff are aware of the policies and their individual responsibilities and accountabilities:
• The companyEqual Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action policies
• Compliance and Ethics Policy on Contracting with the United States Government in all areas of responsibility involving direct and indirect contracting with the United States Government
• Export Control regulations

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree plus 3+ years’ of lean deployment/leadership experience in a manufacturing/ industrial setting– OR –Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline required.

• 3+ years of MS Excel experience, including pivot tables and formulas, required.

• Must be able to perform work subject to ITAR/EAR regulations and/or program requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace industry experience preferred.

• An understanding of Lean Thinking

• The demonstrated ability to influence all levels of the organization.

• Ability to lead, coach and mentor highly skilled and experienced team members.

• A track record of Leadership and direction through effective communications, building effective teams.

• GKN experience preferred.

$73,000-91,000