Lean Improver Expert

Lean Improver Expert

Airbus Americas, Inc is looking for a Lean Improver Expert to join our team based in Mobile, AL.

The Lean Improver 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.

Our Engineers at the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing facility take our aircraft from concept to customer delivery – working with production teams on every aspect of assembly from managing technical information, quality control, maintenance tasks and health & safety – along flowlines and flight lines. Join our team and watch our aircraft come to life.

On 'Airbus Way' you will find the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility for commercial aircraft. Opened at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in 2015, the facility produces A320 Family aircraft and added a second product line for the A220 in 2019. The facility, which strengthens the U.S. aerospace industry, is part of Airbus' strategy to enhance its global competitiveness by meeting the growing needs of its customers in the United States and beyond.

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 architecturestrategy
  • 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, etc.)
• Coaching, Influencing and Training: 30%
  • 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 manufacturingareas.
  • Facilitate / co-lead / support training…