Safran

Improvement Project Lead - SCI

Safran$80K — $121K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or Operations
  • 10+ years of experience in Continuous Improvement and related fields like Manufacturing and Supply Chain
  • Strong knowledge of project management and risk management
  • Familiar with Lean Sigma tools and techniques
  • Proficient in MS Office suite for project management and reporting

Responsibilities

  • Lead projects to enhance process and activity performance as requested by sponsors
  • Establish project boundaries and implement project management structures
  • Identify resource needs and negotiate with sponsors for provisions
  • Drive ambitious improvement projects using Lean Sigma methodologies
  • Support change management and lead pilot projects for multiple initiatives

Benefits

  • Permanent full-time position
  • Opportunity to work on complex projects with multidisciplinary teams
  • Support for continuous professional development
  • Work in a dynamic and multicultural environment
  • Access to advanced Lean Sigma tools and methodologies
Full Job Description
Job details

Domain

Programs / Customer Relations

Job field / Job profile

Continuous improvement - Performance improvment management

Job title

Improvement Project Lead - SCI

Employment type

Permanent

Professional category

Employees / Staff

Part time / Full time

Full-time

Job description

Reporting to the Site Performance Improvement Manager, the objectives and missions are:
• At the request of a sponsor, the improvement project leads projects contributing to enhance the performance of a process or an activity
• He/She creates the conditions to promote the improvement, innovation and related tools and organize best practices sharing

Summary of Duties:
Primary Activities
• To set boundaries to the project with the help of the sponsor
• To implement the structure of the project management (especially the decision-making body "Steering Committee")
• To identify the needs in resources and negotiate their provision with the sponsor
• To implement ambitious improvement projects using methods such as Lean Sigma
• To drive the project in incorporating its change management
• To support and lead other projects pilots. They supervise projects led by GB (or BB if MBB) and develop their skills
• To involve the projects shareholders
• To share feedbacks with other project pilots

Candidate skills & requirements

Qualifications:
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business/Operations
Experience:
• 10+ years of experience in the following areas: Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain; Customer Services; Production; Quality; Engineering; Information Technology; Logistics or Planning.
Knowledge:
• Knowledge of the company, Group, management system, processes and organizations
• Knowledge of the project management and risks management
• Knowledge of the leverages of changes in complex organizations
• Knowledge of the basics in terms of techno-economic management and performance management
• Knowledge of the Lean Sigma tools and methods
Computer Skills:
• Proficiency in the use of common software packages including MS Office suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, PowerPoint
Other Skills:
• Leadership
• Capacity to negotiate
• Capacity to delegate
• Capacity to solve difficult problems in complex situations
• Experience of the functional and transverse management of multidisciplinary teams
• Capacity to work in a multicultural and international environment
• Ability to conduct changes
• Practical experiences of Safran tools and methods including Lean Sigma and the management of complex projects
• Capacity to identify the leverages of performance improvement
• Capacity to involve and confederate
• Great organization and personal structuring
• Great coordinator
• Qualities in interpersonal relationships and capacity to kindly challenge the organizations

Annual salary

USD $80,170.00 - $121,000.00 Annually

Job location

Job location

North America, United States, Washington

City (-ies)

12810 State Ave Marysville, WA 98271

Applicant criteria

Minimum education level achieved

Bachelor's Degree

Minimum experience level required

More than 8 years

Additional Languages preferred

English (Fluent)

ITAR Controlled Position: Select "Yes" if role requires U.S. citizenship/permanent residency

Yes

About Safran

Safran is a French multinational aerospace and defense company. It designs, manufactures, and sells aircraft engines, rocket engines, and other aerospace components. Safran is also involved in the defense industry, producing optronics, avionics, and other defense systems. The company has partnerships with several other aerospace and defense companies, including General Electric and Boeing. Safran has operations in over 60 countries and employs over 95,000 people.
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