Job Description Summary

The Materials and Logistics Quality Leader will provide strategic and technical leadership to drive Zero Defect Culture and Proactive Quality across the warehousing and materials network. The person in this role will lead the quality organization for our internal logistics and warehouses as well as partner with leadership to drive continuous improvement and problem-solving advancement. This role will manage critical quality KPIs to the business and coach and drive towards KPI improvement action plans.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

Operational

• Assure performance to Key Performance Indicators in delivered and process quality.
• Quality leadership defines and leads the implementation of the quality org, processes, DM, and visualization to align to our Aerospace quality management system.
• Drive adherence to quality deliverables associated with product line and customer requirements.
• Maintain strong regulatory compliance across the logistics network including regulatory and customer audit.
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.

Strategic

• Owner of Zero-Defect Culture and Proactive Quality for logistics operations.
• Collaborate with logistics leadership including reaching in to key leaders at the manufacturing and supplier sites on top-level improvement priorities.
• •Champion the Lean Transformation in logistics quality operations, providing subject matter expertise on methods and tools such as problem-solving.

Organizational

• Lead a local and remote/decentralized team of quality professionals across our materials warehouses.
• Partner with Materials plant leaders and with the cross-functional shop and supplier quality teams to drive priorities and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with horizontal teams in programs, design engineering, shop operations, product support engineering, customer teams, and extended quality organization.
• Coach/mentor team on an ongoing basis.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations, or related field
• Minimum 10 years of quality, engineering, manufacturing, or related experience
• Ability to travel 25-30%

Desired Characteristics

• People Leader experience  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a strong ability to interact and engage at all levels of the organization from the shop floor to senior leadership
• Understanding of GE Aerospace quality policies and procedures
• Proven leader in driving Continuous Improvement
• Strong Problem-solving and FLIGHT DECK application experience
• Strong program and project management skills
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: adaptive learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
•  Practitioner of Advanced Product Quality Planning in a supply chain environment

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. 

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes