Composites Senior Readiness Staff Manager

Job Description SummaryAre you ready to see your future take flight? At GE Aerospace, we are advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. Your work will contribute to the production of advanced jet engines, components, and integrated systems that power commercial and military aircraft. You’ll be part of a team that embraces your drive, your curiosity, and your unique ideas and perspectives. Most importantly, you’ll share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world!
In this role, employee will co-develop & implement processes relating to readiness and capacity with casting, forging, and machining suppliers. Employee will lead the implementation of this process with suppliers ensuring that there is cadence and proactive problem solving in the space. The goal for this role will be to ensure there is an understanding of current state and a plan to meet global requirements from this commodity as demand increases over a rolling 3-year window. The role has autonomy to create and drive rhythms to serve readiness and requires high levels of evaluative judgment and operational acumen to achieve desired business outcomes.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Partner with the Central Readiness team to learn and implement the readiness process within the Commodity
• Build, hire and lead the team of readiness leaders who will form the commodities readiness team
• Develop relationships within the commodity, supplier(s), & part family
• Build models of capacity at various stages of the value chain to visualize the constraints in a quantitative way
• Build action plans and apply structured problem solving to alleviate the constraints in conjunction with the Supplier Team
• Engage the commodity leadership team & major stakeholders in regular cadence around readiness and drive action plan execution with the Supplier Teams & the suppliers themselves to grow capacity
• Communicate supplier’s constraints to be incorporated in S&OP rhythms to respond to demand changes
• Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPI) & standard work for readiness processes at end state within the commodity
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes or services
• Utilizes understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process
• Present business or technical discipline solutions to leaders
• Communicate complex messages and negotiate mainly internally with others to adopt a different point of view
• Influence peers to take action and may negotiate with external partners, vendors, or customers

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Sourcing, Supply Chain, Operations, or Project Management
• A minimum of 2 years of experience leading or managing a team
• Travel up to 10% required

Desired Characteristics

• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker.

Pay Transparency

The base pay range for this position is $128,100 - $213,500. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on Friday, May 16, 2025.

Benefits

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 programs (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.

Additional Information

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