Capacity Assessment Team Leader

Capacity Assessment Team Leader

The Capacity Assessment Team Leader is responsible for building and developing a team to implement processes and measurement systems relating to capacity, capacity assessment, and delivery readiness. The Team Leader leads the implementation and execution of this process with suppliers ensuring that there is a regular, thorough, and robust assessment of the suppliers future looking supply capacity. This includes identification of capacity constraints at the supplier genba, development of countermeasures to mitigate constraints, hand off and communicate capacity assessment results for action plan management with the Supplier Team and Part Family Readiness leaders, and forecasting of future delivery capability with the SIOP team. The leader will develop the team's capability to be proactive in solving problems with supplier partners and use Flight Deck and Daily Management to continually improve team performance. The goal for this role will be to ensure there are capacity assessment standards, consistently applied to collect and communicate capacity assessment results with partner organizations. The role has autonomy to create and drive rhythms to complete capacity assessments and requires high levels of evaluative judgment and operational acumen to achieve desired business outcomes.

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Partner with the Central Readiness team, Part Family Delivery Leaders and Readiness Leaders, Supplier Partnership Office teams, Commodity teams, and the Materials S&OP team to prioritize and assess 3-5+ year supplier capacity to support delivery readiness.
• Build, hire, lead, coach and develop the team of Capacity Assessment Leaders.
• Develop partner relationships with internal and external supplier stakeholders (Part Family, Commodity teams, Readiness, Materials, and Suppliers).
• Develop and maintain standards and process for the capacity assessment process.
• Develop and maintain systems and tools to collect, document, and analyze the results of capacity assessments.
• Apply the standards with prioritized suppliers to robustly and thoroughly assess the supply capacity ability for 3-5+ year forward looking demand.
• Build action plans and apply Lean and structured problem solving to alleviate the constraints in conjunction with the Supplier and Supplier Team.
• Engage the Part Family delivery leaders and Readiness leaders in regular cadence to prioritize and develop a rolling 90-day schedule of capacity assessment targets that meets the need and timing of the business.
• Communicate the results of the capacity assessment including suppliers constraints to be incorporated in S&OP rhythms to respond to demand changes.
• Develop measurement systems and Key and Breakthrough Performance Indicators (KPI / TTI) and utilize Daily Management of the process and KPI / TTI to improve team SQDC performance.
• Interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
• Utilize understanding of industry trends to inform decision making process.
• Present business or technical discipline solutions to leaders.
• Communicate complex messages and negotiate mainly internally with others to adopt a different point of view.
• Influence peers to act and negotiate with external partners, suppliers, or customers.
• Travel up to 30-50%.

Required Qualifications :

Desired Characteristics :

The base pay range for this position is $149,200.00 - $248,600.00 USD Annual. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidates experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary / commission based on the plan.

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 Sponsors welfare benefit plan or program.

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)).