Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Focus on developing and promoting a Safety-First culture, demonstrating leadership commitment, engaging employees, and implementing stop-work practices when necessary.
• Lead every function in the plant, promoting product Safety Management Systems and ensuring compliance with applicable Dowty and GE Aerospace policies.
• Lead the site lean transformation following GE Aerospace benchmarks and standards to deliver continuously improving results.
• Ensure that plant execution meets or exceeds performance targets in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Productivity, in that order.
• Build a high performing Supply Chain team able to coach the extended Sterling team on Lean Manufacturing techniques to achieve operational results.
• Establish and maintain strong working relationships with the Union, ensuring successful contract negotiations.
• Be a key Leader of the Americas Value Stream leadership team, define value stream priorities, action plans and problem solving required to meet Value Stream bowlers and metrics aligned to business priorities.
• Develop and promote talent within the site and across Dowty.
• Work with customers, suppliers, functional leaders, and internal staff to meet organizational requirements.
• Provide leadership development and performance feedback to the plant staff
• Monitor & improve cost productivity while ensuring all customer commitments are met in a timely, quality & compliant manner
• Develop & create training plans to maximize workforce capability
• Schedule and conduct plant meetings; foster employee engagement and ensure that business and operational goals are effectively communicated to employees

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 9 years of experience in Manufacturing/Operations Plant Leadership).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Manufacturing/Operations Plant Leadership.

Desired Characteristics:

• Demonstrated ability to manage operations within a unionized environment.
• Experience leading lean manufacturing and change management initiatives for the business, including driving workforce engagement and providing feedback to all employees.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• Skilled influencer, able to communicate complex messages to others.
• Collaborative leader able to hold accountability and drive recovery when results are not meeting business needs.

Additional Job Description

Additional Information

Compensation Grade

SPB1