Head of Transformation AHNA

Airbus•Grand Prairie, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Head of Transformation AHNA is responsible for supporting the development and execution of the company’s regional strategic roadmap. Working closely with the Senior Leadership team and Airbus America’s HO Strategy and Transformation, they facilitate growth and transformation plans across Airbus Helicopter North America’s (AHNA) regional entities. The role drives key initiatives in business development, innovation, and people-centered engagement to ensure alignment with overarching corporate objectives. Reporting to the Chief of Staff to the CEO, the HO Transformation AHNA provides critical competitive intelligence and strategic support to the Executive Committee.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in Operations and/or Business Improvement with at least 5 years in Aviation/Aerospace
Ability to lead a team and projects
Ability to develop a culture of high standards, excellent quality and customer responsiveness
Demonstrated international business knowledge
Proactively address conflicts and problems
In depth experience in organizational development, strategic planning and implementation of new policies and procedures
Leadership skills
Proven ability to develop positive working relationships with staff and management
Demonstrated ability to multi task in a fast paced environment
Ability to work under pressure and deadlines
Customer and business oriented
Microsoft or Google office suite
Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visit, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or equivalent experience
Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt
In-depth knowledge of Airbus group

Responsibilities

Manage AHNA’s transformation roadmap including innovation and digitalization workstreams
Execute regional initiatives and the associated change management plan including the site development planning process (SDP).
Partner with operations and shared service functions to foster regional US/Canada integration and provide dynamic coordination across business units and shared services functions.
Manage internal stakeholders to market initiatives and build ad hoc business cases for integration and/or collaboration
Define best practices and performance metrics to drive organization-wide process standardization
Optimize business processes to drive efficiency
Contribute to a robust One Roof model in North America
Support the integration of digital tools within transformation projects
Champion transformation to drive engagement and adoption
Cascade objectives and coordinate actions from Airbus Group and Airbus Helicopters’ Mother Company
Support the CEO in setting objectives with performance improvement pilots
Analyze synergies to facilitate transverse project launches
Support the formulation and execution of AHNA’s roadmap, ensuring alignment between the “current state” desired “future state”
Support the development and track the execution of AHNA’s Regional strategic plan in North America
Collaborate with the Senior Leadership team to define Top Company Objectives for AHNA
Lead strategic market assessments to propose and implement customer strategies for core and growth segments
Identify M&A opportunities to support AHNA’s growth and manage related operations
Enhance M&A and strategic sourcing by building partnerships with key market players and a network of industry intermediaries
Collaborate with finance to analyse financial models for potential acquisitions
Facilitate coordination to ensure strategic alignment among the AHNA executive leadership team
Lead the gathering, evaluation, and dissemination of intelligence pertaining to aeronautics, lawmakers and regional actions and intentions in support of AHNA
Translate complex market dynamics and competitor movements into actionable intelligence for the senior leadership team and functional leads
Facilitate organization-wide knowledge sharing on the competition, market trends, and findings via business intelligence tools and executive presentations
Contribute to the development of an intelligence community within North America and worldwide Airbus entities
Represent AHNA within the Airbus Group Intelligence network
Lead Transformation team
Assist with streamlining the “One Roof” organization to leverage synergies
Other duties as assigned.