Defense Sustainment Forecasting Leader

GE Aerospace • Lynn, MA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Defense Sustainment Forecasting Leader to join our dynamic team. This role is critical in ensuring that our parts forecasting aligns with business needs, drives efficiency in operations, and optimizes our inventory management processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in demand planning, inventory management, and cross-functional collaboration. This is also a People Leader role with 8 direct reports and 5 contractors.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or related field
• 8 years of experience working in a global matrix organization
• 5 years of proven experience in demand planning, forecasting, and inventory management (aerospace/manufacturing preferred)
• 3 years of experience directly leading teams, with demonstrated ability to coach, develop talent, and drive performance
• Must work on-site at a GE office in Evendale, OH or Lynn, MA
• Willingness to travel approximately 10–15% as needed
• Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status)
• Ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government (for non-U.S. Persons)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with or exposure to ICAM (Infrastructure Contractual Agreement Modeling) is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Lead shop visit forecasting to ensure fleet updates and shop visit forecasts are timely, accurate, and aligned to business assumptions.
• Provide leadership to piece-part forecasting, partnering with the Piece Part Forecasting (PPF) leader to coordinate demand reviews for the S&OP cycle, improve forecast consumption performance (including overconsumption reduction), and manage third-party forecasting deliverables.
• Own the end-to-end forecasting value stream from removal to induction to return to customer; connect shop visit forecasts to workscope assumptions and piece-part forecasts, improving alignment and handoffs across the value stream.
• Develop and maintain parts forecasts in collaboration with product leaders and general managers, leveraging historical performance, market trends, and business insights.
• Conduct demand reviews to ensure forecasts reflect current business objectives, market conditions, and fleet dynamics.
• Provide direct support to Portfolio General Managers, Contract Performance Managers (CPMs), and Sales by ensuring the generation, accuracy, and on-time completion of Global Shop Visit Forecasts (GSVF) and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) predictive models.
• Manage fleet baseline and new deal models to support new engine sales, services campaigns, and other aftermarket analyses.
• Drive continuous improvement in data sources, analytical methods, and forecasting models to improve accuracy, relevance, and usability for decision-making.
• Maintain familiarity with modeling/simulation tools; experience with or exposure to ICAM (Infrastructure Contractual Agreement Modeling) is beneficial.
• Serve as the Supply Optimization functional leader for the forecasting/supply pillar of digital logistics sustainment, partnering to define capability requirements and roadmap needs.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (product management, supply chain, operations, S&OP, CPMs, sales) to align forecasts with program needs and operational constraints.
• Facilitate recurring stakeholder cadence, including attendance at Level-4 Daily Management meetings with product line services leaders and the CSM team.
• Provide clear, actionable insights that inform planning decisions, trade-offs, and risk mitigation actions.
• Lead coordination with product leaders and business General Managers (GMs) to align and approve shop visit forecasts.
• Ensure strong linkage and communication between Shop Visit Forecast, S&OP, and Piece Part Forecasting teams so downstream planning teams can effectively consume forecast insights.
• Identify and implement improvements in forecasting and inventory management processes, leveraging continuous improvement fundamentals and standard work.
• Stay current on industry trends and advancements in forecasting methodologies, tools, and inventory optimization practices.
• Lead service project execution as required (scope, schedule, cost, quality, and customer satisfaction), applying appropriate project methodologies and controls.
• Provide functional leadership within the discipline, influencing policy and ensuring delivery through cross-functional linkage and strong stakeholder management.
• Use sound judgment and data-driven analysis to resolve complex problems, evaluate conflicting information, and drive decisions using multiple internal and external sources.
• Lead teams or projects of moderate risk and complexity; communicate complex messages clearly and negotiate effectively with internal stakeholders and, when needed, external partners.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace
• Employee Assistance Program
• GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
• Access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants
• Tuition assistance
• Adoption assistance
• Paid parental leave
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time-off for vacation or illness
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Relocation Assistance Provided

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager