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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

Provide business leadership and guidance for an Integrated Product Team (IPT) and associated statement of work as delegated by the Program Manager

Responsible for the technical, cost, schedule, and quality performance of the Integrated Product Team end items and deliverables.

Major responsibilities include:

• Organizing and leading the IPT; establishing, executing, and maintaining IPT planning (including integration with the overall program execution plan)

• Planning elements in support of the program integrated master schedule

• Conducting IPT-level change control and RIO boards and ensuring integration with the Program Change Control Board to control and update IPT technical and non-technical baselines; supporting the Program Manager in stakeholder needs management activity

• Coordination on the identification, development and validation of IPT allocated life cycle requirements (e.g., requirements, configuration, data, contract, etc)

• Defining build-to / buy-to-packages; ensuring affordability to allocated targets

• Maintaining EVM status and associated budgets and schedules

• Maintaining requirements compliance and product configuration (including design data delivery); validation, verification, and certification oversight for responsible end items

• Coordination with SCM on supplier selection, integration, and oversight of SOW

• Overseeing functional efforts to qualify materials, processes, and suppliers (inc. first part qualification)

• Overall development and delivery of end items / products

• Integration and utilization of standards and best practices (process and tool) within the IPT and in support of cross-IPT integration.

• Ensure disciplined change control, including effectively evaluating and managing major and minor product and process changes and customer requests.

  Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

  Financial Acumen, Business Acumen, Managing with Influence

  Technical Acumen (development), Interpersonal relationships and communication

  Work Experiences:

  Customer Interface, Change Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Risk Management, Affordability Management, Product Configuration Management

  Development and/or sustaining programs, Earned Value Management, Developing Proposals and Estimating, Integrated Program Planning and Scheduling

  Cross-functional project management, Experience leading Integrated Product Teams (IPT's), Experience with Continuous Improvement/Lean/Six Sigma

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Business, Financial, and Technical Acumen

• Ability to Manage with Influence

• Experience building interpersonal professional relationships

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written

• Experience in the following areas: Customer Interface, Change Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Risk Management, Affordability Management, Product Configuration Management, Development and/or sustaining programs, Earned Value Management, Developing Proposals and Estimating, Integrated Program Planning and Scheduling, Cross-functional project management, Experience leading Integrated Product Teams (IPT's), Experience with Continuous Improvement/Lean/Six Sigma

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Security Clearance

• 5+ years’ experience in project management

• 5+ years’ experience developing and sustaining large complex projects

• Experience utilizing various Microsoft Office Suite applications, such as Office 365 and Microsoft Project

• Prior experience with SAP

• Prior experience presenting detailed reports to Senior Leaders and/or Executives

• Experience supporting internal and external clients

• Knowledge of engineering, manufacturing and supply chain

• Knowledge of operational processes and procedures

• Knowledge of financial processes and procedures

• Team player

• Very detailed oriented

• Project Management Certification

• Prior department and/or business startup experience

  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.

Job LocationsUS-KS-Wichita

Requisition ID 2022-9334

Posted Date 8 months ago (8/1/2022 9:51 AM)

Category Management