Airbus

Head of Transformation AHNA

Airbus • $150K — $180K *
Grand Prairie, TX 75052In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in management, project management, business improvement, or related field
  • Minimum ten (10) years managing complex aerospace projects
  • Team leadership experience preferred
  • Ability to maintain effective relationships with internal and external customers
  • Strong interpersonal, leadership, and organizational skills

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute an AHNA transformation plan in alignment with executive leadership
  • Lead project management for multiple complex initiatives
  • Optimize business processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
  • Drive Site Development Planning process across regional sites
  • Utilize data analytics to identify and eliminate bottlenecks
  • Create and implement a digital strategy aligned with organizational goals
  • Establish a roadmap for innovation aligned with business objectives

Benefits

  • Exposure to cross-functional initiatives in a leading aerospace company
  • Opportunity to work closely with Senior Leadership and multi-national teams
  • Focus on innovation, sustainability, and customer-centric solutions
  • Professional development opportunities in project management and transformation strategies
  • Engagement in enhancing the performance culture within a large organization
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Job Summary: The Head of Transformation is responsible for supporting the development and execution of the company's regional transformation roadmap. Working closely with the Senior Leadership team, they define transformation plans across Airbus Helicopters North America's (AHNA). The role drives cross-functional initiatives focused on five core pillars: People, Industrial Ecosystem, Customer Centricity, Technology & Innovation, and Sustainability.

Primary Responsibilities:

Transformation & Digitalization: 50%
  • Build-up an AHNA transformation plan aligned with executive leadership & Mother Company and define the associated change management plan
  • Function as a project manager with overall responsibility for the successful planning, tracking and execution of multiple, simultaneous, and medium to large complex projects
  • Optimize business processes to achieve more efficient results including establishing standard processes and best ways of working
  • Drive the Site Development Planning (SDP) process across regional sites (Grand Prairie, Columbus, Fort Erie) and ensure overall execution.
  • Leverage data analytics, process automation, and End-to-End (E2E) performance management to eliminate bottlenecks and secure On-Time Delivery (OTD) rate on E2E flows.
  • Develop and submit the Business Case Analysis when proposing changes
  • Define an effective data analytics strategy applicable across AHNA
  • Develop, oversee, monitor and implement the group's digital strategy in line with organizational values, objectives and priorities
  • Create and embed a prioritization approach to develop a roadmap for innovation with the relevant processes, tools and metrics to support business objectives and new growth opportunities


Business Improvement: 30%
  • Propose and implement performance improvement initiative aligned with strategic plan:
    • Identify and measure the opportunities of competitiveness improvement
    • Identify the action leverages, risks and management issues of the associated change
    • Prepare projects launch and make sure of their compliance with the corporate strategic objectives
  • Implement the methods, tools and states of mind to drive the performance improvement
  • Champion the adoption and expansion of digital dashboards to provide real-time visibility into key TCOs and TFOs.
  • Incorporate industry standard methodologies, conduct internal and external benchmarking and implement standards, key measures and metrics
  • Drive organizational mindset shifts centered on accountability, continuous improvement (LEAN), and a customer-first digital approach to reinforce a productive workplace culture.


Ensure Coordination, Alignment and Communication with Broader Airbus Partners: 20%
  • Develop an integrated transformation network with liaison within business functions to most effectively perform AHNA transformation, adjusting to changes, developing a long-lasting improvement mentality.
  • Create and support an environment of digital innovation and best ways of working, ensuring the use of technologies for the benefit of AHNA in order to increase efficiency & reduce costs
  • Lead other key functional areas (IM, finance ...) to develop and implement the supporting pillars of the successfully achieve transformation projects.
  • Lead AHNA transformation & digital transformation to success: ensure the required awareness, collaboration, and work packages across a multi-national/multi-cultural/multi-site team encompassing a wide range of functions and levels of seniority
  • Ensure support and concurrence of key partners in respect to key priorities of AHNA strategy
  • Develop & implement Airbus Americas Regional transformation plan as well identify alignments for each Airbus Divisions in North America


Additional Responsibilities:

Other duties as assigned

Qualified Experience and Training:

Education:

Required
  • Bachelor's degree in management, project management, business improvement, or similar related field or equivalent experience


Preferred
  • Master's or higher degree in management, project management, business improvement or similar related field


Experience:

Required
  • Minimum ten (10) years in managing complex aerospace projects

Preferred
  • Team leadership experience


Licensure/Certifications:

Required
  • None

Preferred
  • PMP


Travel Required:
  • 10% Domestic and International

Citizenship:
  • Authorized to Work in the US


Clearance:
  • None


Qualified Skills:

Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:

Required
  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills;
  • Ability to maintain effective relationships/ communication with internal and external customers
  • Excellent leadership and supervisory skills
  • Experience in and knowledge of project management
  • Ability to effectively work leading a matrix organization

Preferred
  • Knowledge of the contemporary digital landscape of organizations and experience of bringing leading technology and process optimization practices to an organization to drive sustainable improvements in business performance
  • Demonstrated accomplishment in handling complex programs or projects.
  • Knowledge of helicopter production and support supplier base


Communication Skills:

Required:
  • Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form in English

Preferred:
  • None


Technical Systems Proficiency:

Required:
  • Google Suite

Preferred:
  • Project management software


Complexity of the Role:

Level of Decision Making:
  • Sets tactics to effectively implement transformation & changes to achieve top company objectives
  • Gives direction to proposal teams and aligns resources in order to set-up a long lasting improvement mentality


Organizational information:

Reports to the AHNA Chief of Staff

Direct Reports:

Is this a people manager? yes

# of Exempt Reports: 2-5

# of Non-exempt Reports: 0

Job Dimensions:
  • Manages budget/expenditures as necessary, with responsibility to evaluate most effective use of resources and work with other departments to set communications needs and priorities.
  • Achieves targets to extend business within financial performance and risk bounds.
  • Coordinates effectively with a wide variety of partners at AH/AHI (programs, business development, communications, contracts, etc) and with consultants.


Nature of Contacts:
  • Involved, negotiation type Communication daily with internal and external parties


Physical Requirements:

  • Onsite or remote: 90% Onsite
  • Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. Daily
  • Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms. Daily
  • Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. Daily
  • Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment. Daily
  • Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs/5kgs. Daily
  • Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs/5kgs. Daily
  • Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools. Rarely
  • Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer. Daily
  • Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving. Infrequently
  • Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor. Daily
  • Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice. Approximately 5%-10%
  • Walking: able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces. Daily
  • PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

About Airbus

Airbus SE is a European multinational aerospace corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells civil and military aeronautical products worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Airbus Defence and Space. The Airbus segment develops, manufactures, markets, and sells commercial jet aircraft of approximately 100 seats; and regional turboprop aircraft and aircraft components, as well as provides aircraft conversion and related services. The Airbus Helicopters segment develops, manufactures, markets, and sells civil and military helicopters; and offers helicopter related services. The Airbus Defence and Space segment develops, manufactures, markets, and sells military aircraft, such as combat, mission, transport, and tanker aircraft; and missile systems, military satellites, and defence electronics, as well as provides defence related services. The company was formerly known as Airbus Group SE and changed its name to Airbus SE in April 2017. Airbus SE was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Blagnac, France.
Learn more about Airbus
Size
135,000 employees
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Founded
2000
* Ladders Estimates

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