Lean Practitioner

2 weeks ago

Wichita Falls, Texas, United States Spirit AeroSystems Full time
Overview

Spirit AeroSystems designs and builds aerostructures for both commercial and defense customers. With headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Spirit operates sites in the U.S., U.K., France and Malaysia. The company's core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components for the world's premier aircraft. Spirit AeroSystems focuses on affordable, innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions to support customers around the globe.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities:

  • Provide awareness, knowledge, guidance, and the application of Lean principles, methodologies, and tools to support achievement of Spirit Lean culture.
  • Gather Customer requirements.
  • Evaluates the current situation.
  • Determine boundaries or scope of the project.
  • Perform analysis of existing processes.
  • Collect supporting performance metrics.
  • Document the process.
  • Develop a Lean Strategy/Plan for improvement.
  • Select the proper Lean Tool(s) and/or Lean Training that supports the Strategy/Plan.
  • Coach, train and mentor cross-functional teams in proper use and application of Lean tools including but not limited to:  Value Stream Mapping (VSM), 6S, Kanban, GEMBA meetings, 7 Elements of Surgery, Kitting and Outfitting, 3P, AIW, RCCA.
  • Engage the workforce to achieve successful implementation of Kaizen events.
  • Implement the Lean Strategy/Plan meeting Customer Expectations.
  • Document accomplishments.
  • Facilitation of Continuous Improvement for cost savings. 
  • Performs trend analysis of shop performance measures to identify opportunities for improvements.
Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • 3-5 plus years related work experience
  • Strong computer skills with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Six Sigma

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with executive leaders.
  • Ability to manage with influence and provide leadership throughout multiple teams simultaneously.
  • Proven ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously (coordination, status and performance to plan)
  • Cross-functional coordination and leadership to achieve project goals.
  • SAP, ERP,MRP, and EXRP experience
  • Risk assessment and mitigation. Demonstrated ability to foster business partnerships with internal customers.
  • Preferred knowledge of manufacturing environment, lean processing, and industrial engineering concepts

Spirit AeroSystems is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.

Kansas Tax Credit: Join Spirit AeroSystems' Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years. Click here for more information on the tax credit.

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