AOS Leader / Lean Senior Expert

Airbus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as an Equal Opportunity Employer to applicants with disabilities. If you require assistance or an accommodation to complete your application, please contact us at [email protected] Notice: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Notice: Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination   (English) Aviso: Transparencia en el Pago No Discriminación  (Spanish) Job Description: Airbus Americas, Inc is looking for a AOS Leader - Lean Senior Expert to join our team based in Kinston, NC. As part of the team, the AOS Leader/Senior Expert will contribute directly to the Airbus Industrial strategy by defining and deploying ways of working within operational teams with direct contact with key stakeholders. AOS Senior Expert defines the overall strategic approach of the AOS development and deployment, conducts industrial maturity assessments and secures availability of appropriate business solutions, as well as guidance to the local senior management team in the FALs on architecture and priorities related to AOS deployment as well as on performance improvement opportunities. How We Care for You: Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”) Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program. Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.  Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility. Your Challenges: Deployment:  50% Set up and drive governance and steering at all levels (with Senior Leadership Teams), securing an AOS deployment roadmap (architecture, ensure roadmap content) and a consolidated AOS strategy to support the new industrial set up of the line, industrialization, secure the SA ramp up and future rates. Define overall AOS architecture for new production line from project phase to entry into service, ensuring consistency of AOS across Airbus and new production line, defining the blue sky/future of AOS and operational roadmap (3-5 year vision)   Respond to any question in regards to AOS (philosophy, strategy, tactics, and technique), understand and promote AOS + MES benefits   Improve business efficiency and results achievement by advising plant stakeholders at senior manager level on business priorities and how to make the most of the standards, methods and associated behaviors, the jobholder will identify which AOS standards best match the new production line to achieve the benchmark and best in class manufacturing area. Facilitate workshops on dedicated topics in complex situations or for training purposes (vision, Hoshin Kanri, macro VSM, kaizen, etc.) Run and facilitate specific Gembas and shop floor exercises coaching and influencing senior management. Pilot the AOS standards first implementation in the new FAL following the AOS deployment strategy with a "we do, you do" logic. Development, Industrial Assessment and Diagnosis:  20% Support development of AOS standards to answer the business issues & priorities. As per AOS/Lean brick 6 phase methodology: Stake, Standard way of working, Pilot, Learning solution, Deployment plan and Assessment  Assess standard implementation is at the right level through the implementation checklist Lead assessments of industrial maturity integrating operations performance & AOS standard adherence Lead industrial task forces: diagnosis, solution definition and implementation, results achievement Advise managers on how to improve performance by running specific AOS diagnosis (Macro-VSM, shop-floor observations, etc.) Coaching, Influencing and Training:  30% Training deployment on AOS for new production line population at all level (Senior Management Team, Management Teams and technician) Design and provide on-the-job coaching of the AOS deployment architecture strategy with operational and local teams  Design strategies for coaching, mentoring & training in regards to change management, Lean and AOS standards/tools Provide knowledge transfer in dedicated manufacturing areas/populations to local plant/FAL teams Growing the knowledge and autonomy of business managers by supporting the implementation of AOS/Lean standards & continuous improvement solutions in manufacturing areas. Facilitate / co-lead / support training development and deployment  Promoting the use of internal good practices and external benchmarking by acting transversally with the extended manufacturing communities Your Boarding Pass: Bachelor degree in Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering 8-12 years experience in Lean/continuous improvement operations demonstrating tangible & sustainable results Solid knowledge and understanding of industrialization principles,  manufacturing processes and production management. Experienced in project management, including multi-functional teams and financial aspects Able to demonstrate operational experience in the implementation and optimization of industrial systems (conception phase, implementation, management of production processes) Good communication skills, active listening and a proactive approach to problem solving & decision making Excellent stakeholder management skills: listening, negotiation, conflict management, communication and intercultural skill