Director, Industrial Transformation

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Job Description:

Airbus Americas, Inc is looking for a Director of Industrial Transformationto join our team in Mobile, AL.

Your Working Environment:

The Director of Industrial Transformation is responsible for the Performance Management of A320 FAL perimeter up to FOT. This position is accountable for the strategy and deployment in order to achieve industrial maturity and competitiveness.

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:

* Define Baseline and set yearly Roadmap: 20%

• Performance Management

• Coordinate, align and negotiate with VSM Organization targets TCO / TFO for FAL Mobile

• Cascade of targets in each business unit and with the BU

• Leaders up to APT (station) level.

• Resources Management of the FAL perimeter

• Resource planning vs workload

• AOP and Surge planning together with Finance RC

• Implement competitiveness Governance in FAL Mobile to focus on Recurring cost reduction and the right routines for RC review.

• Coordinate with VSM Organization to better understand the baseline and define yearly improvement targets on Recurring cost drivers.

• Define yearly targets and portfolio of initiatives in each business unit and with the BU Leaders.

• Develop recurring cost driver models for all Mobile FAL Site departments

* Deliver: 70%

• Performance Management

• Lead a team of Performance Management Analysts to align KPI tree with the different levels and create additional KPIs as required.

• Establish Control Room for FAL Management

• Propagate QG between each stations to secure internal customer enablement.

• Performance reviews and QPS routines

• Resources and Competencies Management

• Lead a Data analyst to properly manage resources vs workload

• Define workload model considering AC complexity and Steps

• Set up workforce corresponding to workload

• Align with HR Headcount need

• Competencies management: follow and manage skill level or required personal to derive training needs

• Coordinate and align with Development and Training

• Recurring Cost convergence consolidation of the recurring cost performance and synthesize key points and enable management decision that support convergence toward continuous improvement targets and initiative in the Mobile FAL site functions and programs.

• Lead a team of improvement experts to yearly delivery ambition 2025 RC reduction target in Mobile perimeter approximate 30% RC reduction by 2025

• Lead Kaizen events for small improvements

• Develop Tactical Improvement plans (TIPS) per

• Business unit and support the support MFT to achieve actions plans on time.

• Disruption reduction initiatives: Drive actions that

• were resulted from Performance reviews and QPS

• routines for NC reduction and through Kaizen events.

• * STV Base Line improvement: Coordinate external

• subcontracting companies to ensure the results of the MTM

• analysis NVA activities have a clear action plan to eliminate

• wastes. Ensure right link from MTM analysis to TIPS of each

• area.

• * Buy in the Make initiatives to reduce material costs.

• * Collaborate at site competitiveness leader to identify Charge

• back and impacts to A320 program.

• * Budget owner (CAPEX/OPEX) annual budget of >$1.5M

• spend. Select and fund the right projects from each business

• unit.

• Lead the RC governance monthly at FAL Level, coordinate Finance and BU to report impact of projects on RC savings on MSN.

• In conjunction with Finance to report the Recurring cost/AC

• and projection as per RC reduction project portfolio. Secure circularity between forecasts and bridges.

• Participate in governance of the overall Single Aisle Ambition

• 2025 project and ensure reporting and visibility and report risks.

• Bring new ideas through benchmarking with other businesses /sites/suppliers.

Additional Responsibilities: 10%

• Other duties as assigned

• Collaborate with site level stakeholders and understand site level

• projects and their impact on A320 Unit cost of production.

• Using validated samples to identify, communicate and promote the use of Lean tools and techniques for effective problem-solving at all levels.

Your Boarding Pass:

• Master's degree in Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering.

• Must have solid knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes, production management and industrialization principles /or equivalent education and experience.

• You have a minimum of 10 to 15 years of experience in Production, continuous improvement role.

• Team management experience is required.

Preferred:

• Experience in an aeronautical setting

Required Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities

• Proven experience in lean/continuous improvement projects demonstrating tangible & sustainable results

• Experienced with performance management and quality gates

• Experienced in project management, including multifunctional teams and financial aspects

• Able to demonstrate operational experience in the implementation and optimization of industrial systems (conception phase, implementation, management of production processes)

• You have strong analytical skills, planning, problem solving, and good interpersonal skills

• You show an open mind and a great ability to work as a team player

• In addition, you must have a sense of organization, time management and you demonstrate autonomy

• You are a good communicator and are able to listen, coach and guide employees

• You are patient, positive and have perseverance along with good organization skills

• You are an energetic person with initiative and good planning skills, strong sense of responsibility, strong negotiation skills and good judgment.

• Team management experience is required.

• Good understanding financial process

Equal Opportunity:

Airbus Group is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Airbus Group is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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This job requires an awareness of any potential compliance risks and a commitment to act with integrity, as the foundation for the Company's success, reputation and sustainable growth.

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