AOS - Lean Improvement​/Expert

** Airbus Americas, Inc
** is looking for a
*** AOS - Lean Improvement Expert
*** to join our team based in Kinston, NC.
* ** 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.
* Contribute directly to the Airbus industrial strategy by defining and deploying ways of working  within operational teams and influencing plant management teams (CDT, plant managers,  HO functions)
* Improve business efficiency and results achievement by advising plant stakeholders at manager and senior manager level on business priorities and how to make the most of the standards, methods and associated behaviors.
* Deployment of business improvement / transformation road maps, the jobholder will identify which Lean/AOS standards best match the manufacturing areas needs OR trigger new Lean/AOS standards definition.
* Pilot the lean/AOS standards first implementations in the plant/FAL following the AOS deployment strategy with a "we do, you do" logic.
* Set up and support  governance and steering at all levels (with Senior Leadership Teams), securing a deployment roadmap (architecture, ensure roadmap content) and a consolidated AOS architecture strategy
* Contribute to key projects with Lean/AOS skills & competencies in the frame on adhoc Top Management Requests (Head of Function, COO, CEO) to ensure project outcomes are delivering tangible benefits for the company and enabling sustainable and long term performance.
* Facilitate workshops on dedicated topics in complex situations or for training purposes (vision, Hoshin Kanri, macro VSM, business VSM, kaizen, etc.)
* Run and facilitate specific Gembas and shop floor exercises coaching senior management.
* Design and provide on-the-job coaching of the AOS deployment architecture strategy with  operational and local teams
* Design strategies for coaching, mentoring & training in regards to change management, Lean and AOS standards/tools
* Provide knowledge transfer in dedicated manufacturing areas/populations to local plant/FAL teams (from business managers to change agents)
* Growing the knowledge and autonomy of business managers and change agents by supporting the implementation of AOS/Lean standards & continuous improvement solutions in manufacturing areas.
* Facilitate / co-lead / support training development and deployment
* Identify and escalate competence gaps to top management
* Promoting the use of internal good practices and external benchmarking by acting transversally with the extended manufacturing communities
* Solid knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes, production management and industrialization principles.
* Experienced in project management, including multi-functional teams and financial aspects
* Able to demonstrate operational experience in the implementation and optimization of industrial systems (conception phase, implementation, management of production processes)
* Good communication skills, active listening and a proactive approach to problem solving & decision making
* Proven coaching / training competencies, Leadership, Assertiveness to influence and challenge the status quo
* Fluency in local language mandatory / English negotiation level
* 10% travel Domestic and International
* Eligible for employment in the US
* License / Certification: APICS basic level, Six…