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.

Location: Wichita, KS (Onsite)

Key Accountabilities:

• Recognized as the subject matter expert within the department/organization in the coaching, facilitation, and deployment/use of CI tools
• Develops solutions to complex problems that require ingenuity and innovation. Ensures solutions are consistent with organization objectives
• Identify and define improvement projects aligned with business strategies using Just-In-Time/Lean manufacturing tools and techniques
• Facilitate/coach projects of continuous improvement activities from inception through completion, and act as primary customer contact to meet project objectives
• May lead a group of other CI specialists when requiring oversight/coordination of multiple improvement projects
• Catalyst for initiating change activities and will coach for sustaining momentum
• Develop and implement improvement plans and schedules, ensuring accuracy and timely completion, conducting reviews, and overseeing the implementation of improvement tasks
• Disciplines are related to Operations, project management, communication, training, program governance and problem-solving skills
• Performs work with minimal direction and exercises considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assignment
• Effects of decisions are long-lasting and heavily influence the future course of the organization. Errors in judgement or failure to achieve results may result in the significant expenditure of company resources
• Serves as subject matter expert to management and special external spokesperson for the organization on major matters pertaining to its policies, plans, and objectives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years' related work experience, a Master's Degree and 3+ years' related work experience, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• This role requires U.S. Citizenship
• Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
• Successful candidates must be able to secure Program access approval

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Business Management, Program Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related manufacturing discipline
• 9+ years' related work experience
• Prior Operations experience either working with or in a shop environment
• Prior experience communicating with shop and management level employees
• Lean Master Coach Certification or equivalent belt level in Six Sigma
• Above average written and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate to expert user of Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams)
• Existing DoD secret or top-secret security clearance prior to acceptance of position
• Existing Prime customer clearance

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. for more information on the tax credit.