Site Lean Six Sigma Leader

September 16, 2024

GKN Aerospace

Tallassee

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.

GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 33 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.35 bn.in 2023. There are no limits to where you can take your career.

Job Summary

The Site Lean Sigma Leader is a Lean Thinker with a very high level of expertise in Business Transformation and a “High Calibre” data driven Problem Solver specializing in solving complex issues.
They will play a central role in developing the site into a Lean enterprise based upon GKN Aerospace’s Lean Operating Model. They will lead, coach and influence their site’s Leadership Team, ensuring rigor and fidelity to the Lean Deployment roadmap. This role will play a key role in developing problem solving capability by training & coaching Six Sigma DMAIC Green Belts (GB) and problem solvers using the 8 Step A3 approach and DMAIC where appropriate.
The Site Lean Six Sigma Leader is a change agent and role model for change and Lean transformation.

Job Responsibilities

Role modelling a culture that is aligned to the GKN Aerospace "Great Place to Work" value drivers and Culture Principles
Exemplifying a safety-first mindset and ensuring that the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards are applied across GKNA and that all locations are a model of a world class healthy and safe working environment
Driving the disciplined and rigorous deployment of the Lean Operating Model (LOM) across within their Performance Centre
Creating and executing against the Site Lean Deployment plan and ensuring that all resources required are in place, both within their site and from the Co E (e.g. Regional Lean Experts assigned as appropriate)
Coaching their performance centresÂ’ Leadership team in their deployment of the Lean Excellence Model
Ensuring the correct allocation of resources to make the Lean deployment a success, and making problems immediately visible, allowing problem solving to take place
Delivering significant improvement in People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cash and Cost (PSQDCC) targets, meeting their siteÂ’s customer and stakeholder commitments, driven by significant improvements in Lean Maturity
Developing deep Lean Expertise across their site, ensuring that they become self-sufficient in running the Lean Operating Model, working with the Regional Lean Expert to ensure that all staff are fully certified in Lean Thinking at the appropriate level for their role
Complying with all legal and regulatory requirements and ensuring that staff are aware of the policies and their individual responsibilities and accountabilities:
- The company's Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action policies
- Compliance and Ethics Policy on Contracting with the United States Government in all areas of responsibility involving direct and indirect contracting with the United States Government
- Export Control regulations

Job Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in the Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing, or Design or equivalent field of study required.
3 years of experience in Lean/Continuous Improvement role in a manufacturing/industrial environment required.
Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or higher required.
U.S. Person per ITAR regulations to comply with export compliance and site SSA requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

Strong proven experience using Six Sigma tools and techniques to assign team tasks and uses the stages of Six Sigma or DMAIC to complete process improvement projects
Proven experience applying Lean Manufacturing principles to remove process steps that provide no value to the customer and reduce waste.
Strong desire for problem solving manufacturing production
Aerospace industry experience highly preferred.
Knowledge and/or experience of lean production tools.
Strong communication, teaching and coaching skills.
Corporate desktop environment such as Microsoft Office suite and/or equivalent.
Project Management experience.

We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.

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