[Hiring] Executive Supply Chain FLIGHT DECK Leader @GE Aerospace

Role Description

As the Executive Supply Chain FLIGHT DECK Leader, your key responsibilities will include:

• Serve as facilitator, educator, advocate, consultant, subject matter expert, and accountability partner to the Supply Chain leadership team to drive the understanding and application of FLIGHT DECK.
• Lead and execute high-impact lean transformations across all four Supply Chain teams to achieve operating goals using KPI-based performance management.
• Map and improve end-to-end supply chain value streams (supplier to sourcing, planning/SIOP, logistics and fulfillment, shop/RSP, and customer) and build a kaizen funnel tied to Supply Chain hoshin kanri priorities, including LEAP program flow, RSP material delivery, and mid-term delivery.
• Champion kaizen and facilitate events in transactional processes (sourcing, procure-to-pay, compliance, supply planning, fulfillment) and physical flow (distribution, materials readiness, supplier operations).
• Partner with Procurement & Supplier Management to extend FLIGHT DECK into the supply base through supplier kaizens, capacity and readiness assessments, and delivery recovery.
• Partner with Industrial Transformation and Engineering Material Systems to build lean into the industrialization of emerging technologies and materials (e.g., additive, CMC/PMC, critical minerals).
• Coach, mentor, and develop organizational capability in daily management, action planning, and problem solving so that results are achieved and sustained.
• Stand up model areas within Supply Chain and scale them through robust transformation plans that deliver breakthrough results.
• Partner with the CES FLIGHT DECK & AI team and Supply Chain enabling functions (Operations, HR, Finance, DT, Comms, Legal) to deploy best-practice capability, standard work, and AI-enabled tools across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in lean / operational excellence, supply chain, or operations leadership.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate will reside locally to the Cincinnati, OH area or be open to relocation with the ability to travel up to 50% to Supply Chain sites and supplier locations based on business needs.
• For those who are remote, Central or Eastern time zones are strongly preferred with the ability to travel more than 50% to Supply Chain sites and supplier locations based on business needs.
• Remote workers: this role will require in-person attendance for New Hire Orientation on Day 1.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated lean leadership: sets a clear vision, engages and empowers others, models expected behaviors, and manages resistance to change.
• Proven ability to influence across a matrix and deliver results without direct authority, including through a dotted-line relationship with business leadership.
• Executive presence and stakeholder management with senior leaders, their staffs, and supplier executives.
• Ability to apply lean strategically to Supply Chain objectives such as supplier delivery, material availability, cost, and readiness for new materials and technologies.
• Expertise in end-to-end value stream mapping and the full set of FLIGHT DECK fundamentals (VSM, Daily Management, Problem Solving, Action Planning, 5S, Standard Work, Operating Cadences, Flow/Pull, TPM).
• Experience applying daily management and structured problem solving to transactional and planning processes (sourcing, procure-to-pay, SIOP, fulfillment).
• Track record of designing and leading large-scale, multi-team transformations with mechanisms that sustain year-over-year improvement.
• Hands-on supplier development or supplier kaizen experience, ideally in aerospace or another regulated industry.
• Ability to link lean results to Supply Chain KPIs (supplier on-time delivery, past due, inventory/turns, cost-out, lead time) and to the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow.
• Demonstrated commitment to developing others, driving culture change, and respect for people.

Benefits

• The base pay range for this position is $300,000.00-$350,000.00.
• This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/commission based on the plan.
• Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace.
• 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.
• 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.