Airfoil Castings Readiness Leader

Job Description Summary

Are 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!

As the Airfoil Castings Readiness Leader, you will co‑develop and implement processes relating to readiness and capacity with airfoil castings suppliers. In this role, you will lead the implementation of this process with specific airfoil casting 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 5‑year window.

The role requires high levels of evaluative judgment and operational acumen to achieve desired business outcomes.

This role will require up to 10% travel.

• Partner with the Central Readiness team to learn and implement the readiness process within the Castings Commodity
• Develop relationships within the commodity, supplier(s), and part family
• Build models of airfoil casting 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 and 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
• Support daily management processes & standard work for airfoil castings vendors
• Supports TAVS SIOP process for castings
• 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
• Proactively engages with cross‑functional teams to resolve issues and design solutions using critical thinking and analysis skills and best practices

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of Sourcing, Supply Chain, Operations, and/or Project Management experience)
• At least an additional 5 years of experience in Sourcing, Supply Chain, Operations, and/or Project Management

• Experience influencing cross‑functionally to drive successful outcomes
• Experience analyzing and resolving problems
• Experience documenting, planning, marketing, and executing projects or improvements
• Demonstrated ability to build strong internal and external relationships
• Experience leading programs and/or projects
• Established project management skills
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Problem solver: analytical‑minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed Problem solver: analytical‑minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

The base pay range for this position is $116,000 - $130,000. 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.

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