AOS - Lean Improvement​/Expert

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* Job Description:

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* * Airbus Americas, Inc
* is looking for a
* AOS - Lean Improvement Expert
* to join our team based in Kinston, NC.

As part of the team, you will work with the AOS - Improvement/Expert contributes directly to the Airbus Industrial strategy by defining and deploying ways of working within operational teams with direct contact with key stakeholders. With a deep knowledge of lean principles and a proven shop-floor experience in Manufacturing, you will address systemic operational performance issues with piloted, standardized & sustainable solutions through the Airbus Operating System.

* How We Care for You:
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* * 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.

** Your Challenges: *
* Deployment: 50%

* 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.

Development, Industrial Assessment and Diagnosis: 20%

* Support development of Lean/AOS standards to answer the business issues & priorities. As per AOS/Lean brick 6 phase methodology:
Stake, Standard way of working, Pilot, Learning solution, Deployment plan and Assessment

* Assess standard implementation is at the right level through the implementation checklist

* Lead assessments of industrial maturity integrating operations performance & AOS standard adherence

* Lead industrial task forces: diagnosis, solution definition and implementation, results achievement

* Advise managers on how to improve performance by running specific AOS diagnosis (Macro-VSM, shop-floor observations,…