Lead the Operations Performance & Continuous Improvement (PCI) team at Airbus Helicopters in Donauwörth, Germany. This permanent, full-time role focuses on boosting the Airbus Operating System, accelerating continuous improvement, and driving operational performance across industrial flows.
Requirements
Fully autonomous Lean Manufacturing Expert with production management and supply chain background in large international companies.
Experience in change management and financial system knowledge.
Strong skills in building improvement teams, facilitating workshops, and coaching executive management.
No specific degree level or minimum years of total experience explicitly stated.
Skills & Responsibilities
Lean Manufacturing Expertise: Deploy Value Stream Analysis (VSA), Kaizen Productivity initiatives, and industrial basics like 5S and QRQC to analyze and improve industrial flow efficiency.
Change Management: Structure, motivate, and develop the local PCI network while coaching managers and operational teams on continuous maturity increase.
Performance Management: Define and execute strategic roadmaps, cascade yearly objectives, and manage continuous improvement plans to permanently increase SQCDP performance.
Potential transition routes: People from Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, or Industrial Engineering roles may bring strong process optimization and lean implementation skills, alongside meeting change management requirements.
Job description
Job Description:
We created mid 2022 a new organization “Operations Performance & Continuous Improvement” (PCI) and therefore are searching for a
Boost AOS (Airbus Operating System) deployment in Operations, focusing on our “Industrial Basics”
Accelerate and strengthen continuous improvement and problem solving within Operations
Accelerate and sustain performance increase of operational flows and teams
Your location
At our Donauwörth site, located on the banks of the river Danube, we develop helicopters from the initial idea to the airworthy product. Watch them take off and touch down on our own on-site test airfield.
Your benefits at Airbus
Exciting tasks on unique products and services
A very good working atmosphere with colleagues who are enthusiastic about our products
Attractive salary including holiday pay, Christmas bonus and profit sharing
30 days holidays and extra days-off for special occasions
Excellent upskilling opportunities and great development prospects
Special benefits: employer-funded pension, employee stock options, discounted car leasing, special conditions for insurances, discounts at local businesses, Job-bicycle, EGYM-Wellpass
On-site-facilities: medical officer for check-ups and other health-related services, canteen, café, kiosk and self-service market
Good connection to public transportation
Compatibility of family and career (job sharing, part-time models, flexible working hours, individual time off)
Working in a diverse environment, with more than 140 nationalities, where every voice is heard
Your tasks and responsibilities:
Share the PCI ambition, define priorities and strategic roadmap with operations top management of your perimeter
Ensure yearly PCI objectives cascading to operational teams
Deploy VSA (Value Stream Analysis) and Kaizen Productivity initiatives to continuously analyze and improve the efficiency of our industrial flows
Coach and spread Gemba On-Job-Training by managers on our industrial basics, while recognizing ops teams on progress achieved
Structure, motivate, develop and sustain our local PCI Network
Organize/perform best practices sharing and return on experience
Drive, support & develop managers & teams, local PCI leaders and improvers (including training plans definition and execution) on:
1- Continuous maturity increase & sustainability of our “industrial mgt basics” (e.g. : KPI Tree & Perfo Mgt, 5S, QRQC, Prod Pace Control, MCR, Gemba OJT, MPS, Line Balancing, Poly/Poly, Standard Agenda, ...), using our AOS requirements & standards
2- Continuous improvement plans definition and efficient management to permanently increase SQCDP performance
Fully autonomous Lean Manufacturing Expert, with production management and supply chain background in large international companies, able to perform lean diagnosis and organize lean transformation of a complete factory using lean principles & tools
Ability to build and drive improvement teams, and ensure the execution of defined roadmaps, anticipate risks and manage them with operational management
Knowledge of the financial system
Ability to develop teams on lean principles & tools
Proactivity and action orientation, courage & tenacity
Energy, positive attitude, ability to inspire, embark & motivate teams, interpersonal and workshop/training facilitation skills, influencing skills, tactical intelligence
Experience in change management
Open mindedness & transparency
Ability to adapt to situations and environment without losing the goal
Structured (e.g. plan and execute roadmaps), rigorous, synthetic, presentation skills
Ability to provide constructive feedback / coaching to executive management levels
This position will require a security clearance or will require being eligible for clearance by the recognized authorities.
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Company: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
Employment Type: Permanent -------
Experience Level: Professional
Job Family: Improvement & Performance Management
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