AOS Leader​/Lean Senior Expert

Position: AOS Leader / Lean Senior Expert
* ** 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.
* Set up and drive governance and steering at all levels (with Senior Leadership Teams), securing an AOS deployment roadmap (architecture, ensure roadmap content) and a consolidated AOS strategy to support the new industrial set up of the line, industrialization, secure the SA ramp up and future rates.
* Define overall AOS architecture for new production line from project phase to entry into service, ensuring consistency of AOS across Airbus and new production line, defining the blue sky/future of AOS and operational roadmap (3-5 year vision)
* Respond to any question in regards to AOS (philosophy, strategy, tactics, and technique), understand and promote AOS + MES benefits
* Improve business efficiency and results achievement by advising plant stakeholders at senior manager level on business priorities and how to make the most of the standards, methods and associated behaviors, the jobholder will identify which AOS standards best match the new production line to achieve the benchmark and best in class manufacturing area.
* Facilitate workshops on dedicated topics in complex situations or for training purposes (vision, Hoshin Kanri, macro VSM, kaizen, etc.)
* Run and facilitate specific Gembas and shop floor exercises coaching and influencing senior management.
* Pilot the AOS standards first implementation in the new FAL following the AOS deployment strategy with a "we do, you do" logic.
* Training deployment on AOS for new production line population at all level (Senior Management Team, Management Teams and technician)
* 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
* Growing the knowledge and autonomy of business managers by supporting the implementation of AOS/Lean standards & continuous improvement solutions in manufacturing areas.
* Facilitate / co-lead / support training development and deployment
* Promoting the use of internal good practices and external benchmarking by acting transversally with the extended manufacturing communities
* Bachelor degree in Manufacturing or Industrial Engineering
* 8-12 years experience in Lean/continuous improvement operations demonstrating tangible & sustainable results
* Solid knowledge and understanding of industrialization principles,  manufacturing processes and production management.
* 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
* Excellent stakeholder management skills: listening, negotiation, conflict management, communication and intercultural skills in an international context
* Excellent influencing skills and ability to identify interests of different functions involved in the operations/Value Stream Management…