Spirit AeroSystems · 21 hours ago
Fabrication Production and Industrial Engineering Senior Manager
Wichita, KS
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$121K/yr - $185K/yr
3+ years expSpirit AeroSystems, Inc. is a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, focusing on commercial aerostructures. The role involves leading the Industrial Engineering team in the Fabrication Business Unit, optimizing production systems, and ensuring safety, quality, and delivery while managing a team of employees and first-level managers.
AerospaceMachinery ManufacturingManufacturing
Responsibilities
Manages employees and first-level managers applying industrial engineering techniques and concepts to optimize production system design and operational efficiency
Develops and executes integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures and provides input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals, objectives
Acquires resources for department activities, provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements
Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports
Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes
Manages, develops and motivates employees and first-level managers
Will help develop, lead, and implement activities around standardizing production execution, WIP reduction, throughput improvement, and recovery planning
Team is responsible for long-range asset planning, headcount planning, short- and medium-range resource planning, and emergent support as needed
Team is considered subject matter experts for Fabrication Operations Metrics, helping provide insight into performance, target opportunities for improvement, and drive on-time delivery of quality product, safely
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or higher
3+ years of experience in a management position with direct reports
3+ years of experience leading and implementing projects in a production facing role
Experience in Production Support Role; such as Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering, NC Programming, or equivalent area
Excellent written and oral communication skills; strong presentation skills
Strong emotional intelligence skills and professional presence to be able to work with company executives and customers
Preferred
5+ years of experience in a management position with direct reports
5+ years of experience leading and implementing projects in a production facing role
Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, other technical degree, or equivalent technical experience
Experience in product flow optimization, WIP management, and throughput management
Experience with TOC, Systems Thinking, and Lean concepts
Experience and understanding of MRP management and signaling (SAP)
Experience with building organizational talent pipeline in engineering
Experience in dynamic environments with customer and/or regulatory interactions
Benefits
Health insurance
Flexible spending accounts
Health savings accounts
Retirement savings plans
Life and disability insurance programs
Paid and unpaid time away from work
Company
Spirit AeroSystems
Spirit AeroSystems is a manufacturer of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defense platforms, and business or regional jets.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.3BKey Investors
Kansas Department of Commerce
2024-07-01Acquired
2023-11-08Post Ipo Debt· $1.2B
2023-11-07Post Ipo Equity· $200M
Leadership Team
Irene Esteves
Chief Financial Officer
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