Airfoil Casting Tooling Project Manager

Job Description SummaryAs an Airfoil Casting Tooling Project Manager you will support the achievement of business outcomes related to tooling through strong operating rhythms, deployment of lean tools and continuous improvement of processes. This role will directly influence the team's ability to achieve quality and on-time delivery as it relates to tooling. Requires high “say do ratio” as well as the ability to process and analyze data and stakeholder feedback to support business decisions.
This role will require up to 20% travel.

Job DescriptionRoles and Responsibilities:

• Manage airfoil casting tooling through entire life cycle from quote to retirement to support delivery schedules
• Project manage tooling to ensure tooling is built and qualified to support our delivery schedules
• Interface and lead engagements with other adjacent functions (Quality, Engineering, Commercial Ops, Compliance, Finance, etc.) to provide ensure tooling qualification per defined milestones
• Review ongoing performance to milestones, evaluate misses and work to identify and deploy corrective measures with accountable leaders and/or escalate issues as necessary
• Develop supplier relationships to drive effective partnerships
• Support daily management processes & standard work for airfoil castings vendors
• Ownership of tooling KPIs (including budget), standard work and operating rhythms
• Communicate complex messages to internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment
• Drive continuous improvement projects focused on the tooling value stream
• Develops and proposes different solutions outside of set parameters to address more complicated, day-to-day problems

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or institution (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years’ experience in a manufacturing or a supply chain related function)
• A minimum of 3 additional years' experience in a manufacturing or a supply chain related function

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience influencing cross-functionally to drive successful outcomes
• Experience analyzing and resolving problems
• Experience documenting planning, marketing, and executing projects or improvements
• Experience leading programs and/or projects
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time -off for vacation or illness.

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or prog rams (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not asylees, refugees, lawful permanent residents or U.S. Citizens (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), final offers will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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