Business Operations Specialist (Senior)

Spirit AeroSystems•Tulsa, OK

About The Position

This role is at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units (“Spirit Commercial”). Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, one of Boeing’s three business units and the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for decades. Spirit Commercial’s core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, with a focus on innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

Requirements

10+ years’ related experience with a Bachelors or 7 years experience with a Masters
Degree in Business or Finance or related field
Business Perspective / Business Acumen / Analytics
Strong MS PowerPoint and Excel Skills (V-lookup, H-lookup, pivot tables, advanced formulas, charting, etc.)
Detail oriented and a self-starter with strong written, including executive level presentations, and oral communication skill

Nice To Haves

Strategic metrics and program view – can see enterprise view
Support story telling – Visualization for executive program reviews
Finance analytics and metrics; ability to make the complex, simple
Ability to design and develop reports and analytics within current suite of products.
Ability to perform in depth analysis including items like variance explanations and metrics validation.
Excel analysis encompassing pivot tables, Vlookups and Hlookups
Advanced PowerPoint skills with critical and creative thinking in chart development

Responsibilities

Key contributor in proposal management, EAC, earned value, milestones and program checkbook.
Coordination, integration, analysis, development, and packaging of the site executive briefing package to include but not limited to: Coordinate preliminary meetings (dry runs), integrate functional inputs (finance, supply chain management, operations, etc.), develop data charts and reports, develop and polish executive level briefing package, and conduct final reviews with executive leadership team.
Compile and analyze operational and finance metrics and other data to help support Senior Leadership's needs for making data informed decisions. This will require the usage of varying techniques including data aggregation, data mining and reporting.
Reporting will include providing trend analysis to manage, interpret data and give accurate information to influence multi-function teams to make informed business decisions throughout the organization and company levels.
This individual will have a key role in designing and continuously improving reporting and analytics processes.
Work in a team environment, is customer focused and can consult with multiple functions (operations, finance, human resources, quality and other business managers) to develop fully integrated EAC, business case and milestones.