Electric Power Operations - Business Operations Leader

Job Description SummaryThe Electric Power Operations - Business Operations Leader drives end-to-end operational excellence for the Electrical Power Operations across multiple sites, enabling safe, high-quality, on-time, and cost-effective delivery. In this role, you will facilitate FLIGHT DECK acceleration, develop and maintain cross-site standard work, lead special projects and structured problem solving across sites, aggregate and analyze cross-site data, standardize operating cadences and escalation forums, and provide cross-site functional leadership for a new MES implementation.

This role will report to the Electrical Power Operations Leader and will lead a team of 3-4 employees to deliver the key responsibilities outlined below. In addition, the Cheltenham MES Functional Project leader will dotted-line report to this role.

GE Aerospace Electrical Power focuses on designing, manufacturing, and delivering advanced electrical power systems for aerospace applications. These systems are critical for powering aircraft, enabling efficient operation, and supporting the growing demand for electrification in aviation. GE Aerospace's electric power solutions are engineered to meet the highest standards of safety, quality, reliability, and performance, ensuring seamless integration into modern aircraft platforms.Job Description

Role & Responsibilities:

• Standardize operating cadences and escalation forums
  • Define and institutionalize cross-site cadences with clear inputs/outputs, owners, and decision logs.
  • Lead daily/weekly operating rhythm, tiered meetings, KPI reviews, and standardized escalation paths across sites.
• FLIGHT DECK acceleration and lean transformation
  • Facilitate acceleration of lean practices in alignment with enterprise standards; drive maturity of problem solving, visual management, and leader standard work.
  • Coach teams on daily management, tiered accountability, and kaizen to stabilize and improve processes.
• Cross-site standard work and problem solving
  • Develop, deploy, and maintain standard work across sites for areas such as planning, materials, production control, and change management.
  • Lead special projects and structured problem-solving across sites to eliminate systemic constraints and reduce variation.
• Data aggregation and analytics
  • Aggregate and analyze cross-site KPIs and leading indicators.
  • Build and maintain dashboards with common definitions and data governance; enable decision-making and proactive risk mitigation.
• New MES implementation leadership (cross-site)
  • Provide cross-site functional leadership for MES deployment: define business requirements, standardize processes to be digitized, align data models/BOM-routings, and own cutover readiness criteria.
  • Coordinate pilots, change management, user acceptance testing, and training; ensure integration with ERP/MRP and quality systems.
  • Track stabilization metrics post-go-live (transaction accuracy, throughput impact, data latency, exception rates).

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, supply chain, finance, or related field
• A minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in operations, program management, supply chain, or business operations supporting complex hardware/software products
• A minimum of 5 years of experience leading a team with direct reports

Additional Information

• This position requires U.S. citizenship status.
• Ability and willingness to travel ~25-50% based on business needs

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership experience managing cross-functional teams and delivering on Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) objectives
• Proven program/project management skills (roadmaps, operating rhythms, KPIs/OKRs, risk management, recovery plans)
• Experience in aerospace or highly regulated, complex manufacturing/industrial environment
• Strong financial acumen (operational budgeting, cost management, forecasting, deal/order-to-cash flow, inventory/working capital)
• Data-driven decision-making and analytics proficiency (dashboards, KPI cadence, root cause/corrective action)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across engineering, supply chain, commercial, services, and senior leadership
• Master’s degree (MBA or MS in engineering/operations) or equivalent experience
• Electric power domain familiarity (generators, power conversion, power distribution, controls, certification, sustainment services)
• Lean/continuous improvement credentials (e.g., Lean Leader, Six Sigma Black/Green Belt); hands-on Kaizen experience
• Experience scaling new product introductions (NPI) into production and services; launch readiness and lifecycle management
• Digital operations toolkit (ERP/MRP, PLM, MES; analytics tools like Tableau/Power BI; SQL/Python familiarity a plus)
• Talent development and org-building (hiring, performance management, succession planning)

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