Performance Manager - Airbus Americas Operations

Airbus • Mobile, AL

9h • Onsite

About The Position

Airbus US Manufacturing Facility is looking for a Performance Manager - Airbus Americas Operations to join our team based in Mobile, AL. Position Summary: The Performance Manager - Airbus Americas Operations is responsible for the overall governance and management of performance indicators (KPIs). This role involves defining, implementing, and developing a robust performance review system aligned with the Airbus Operating System (AOS) to ensure on-time, on-cost, and on-quality delivery. Key responsibilities include: Lead Performance Management: Ensure performance management data and analysis are available for Airbus Americas Operations, serving as the primary point of contact. Establish, maintain, and clearly communicate performance understanding, priorities, status, and corrective action plans to all stakeholders regarding any deviations. Performance Network Coordination: Coordinate and manage a network of performance managers across different functional areas. Ensure alignment of this network with the objectives of the OEP department and coordinate with regional stakeholders any inputs for data requests related to operations. Clearly communicate and deploy performance standards, while also acting as a coach for performance managers across all functions. Governance & Performance Days Management: Manage Performance Day activities, ensuring timely input delivery to key stakeholders regarding Operations performance. Manage L5 routines on a daily basis. Continuous Improvement & Digitalization: Drive continuous improvement efforts, including the digitalization of performance management processes through the effective use of generative AI tools. Meet the Team: Our team at the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing facility takes our aircraft from concept to customer delivery – working with production teams on every aspect of assembly from managing technical information, quality control, maintenance tasks and health & safety – along flowlines and flightlines. Join our team and watch our aircraft come to life. Your Working Environment: On ‘Airbus Way’ you will find the Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility for commercial aircraft. Opened at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in 2015, the facility produces A320 Family aircraft and added a second product line for the A220 in 2019. The facility, which strengthens the U.S. aerospace industry, is part of Airbus’ strategy to enhance its global competitiveness by meeting the growing needs of its customers in the United States and beyond.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering, Finance or Management Operations or other similar discipline.
• Experience: 10 years of experience in cost management, project coordination/management, and KPI development and tracking is required.
• Proficient knowledge of AOS standards, global system view and Operational Excellence principles; or Airbus Operating System (AOS) Equivalent: Experience with Toyota Production System (TPS), Six Sigma frameworks, or Danaher Business System (DBS).
• Strong analytical skills, data management and analyst
• Digital tool knowledge - Skywise, SAP, Qlick, or equivalent: Palantir Foundry, Tableau, Power BI, or Splunk are skills highly transferable.
• Stakeholder management
• Cross functional collaboration
• Change management, adaptability to cost and projects updates
• Experience working in a manufacturing and/or supply chain / procurement / finance environment is preferred.
• Soft skill required - Good communication, dynamic spirit, creativity and proactivity
• Eligibility: Authorized to Work in the US
• Vision: adequate to enter and read material on computer screens. Able to identify individuals to initiate greetings, the giving of directions and other business interactions
• Hearing: able to hear sufficiently to engage in conversation in office settings Able to hear safety alerts and warning signals.
• Speaking: able to engage in conversations in person and via electronic means and deliver information to groups of varying size with or without amplification.
• Equipment Operation Able to operate a wide range of personal and office electronic equipment.
• Carrying: able to occasionally carry up to 30lbs/14kg while engaging in training, addressing production issues or as part of continuous improvement projects.
• Lifting: able to occasionally lift up to 30lbs/14kg.
• Pushing/Pulling: able to push/pull items in office areas.
• Sitting: able to sit for extended periods of time at the computer and in meetings.
• Squatting/Kneeling: able to occasionally squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items shelved on bottom shelves.
• Standing: able to stand for extended periods of time.
• Travel: able to travel overseas and domestically sometimes for extended periods of time.
• Walking: able to walk through office and production areas, around flight line and airstrips and sometimes on uneven indoor and/or outdoor surfaces.

Nice To Haves

• Licensure/Certifications: Project management certification is preferred.
• Experience working in a manufacturing and/or supply chain / procurement / finance environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performance Management, Analytics and Reporting (40%): Define and ensure the consistency of data, reports, and tools to provide AAO leadership with accurate information. Establish the "single source of truth" for all defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Track and analyze performance data to identify trends, areas for improvement, and optimization opportunities. Suggest relevant analyses, align actions with stakeholders, and drive performance improvements as part of a continuous improvement approach. Collaborate with operational teams and support functions to help them achieve targeted performance levels. Improve the frequency, data quality, and value of AAO reporting in collaboration with AOS experts. Develop and implement a live, digital performance dashboard to track common KPIs and deliver visual performance management. Enable executing functions to consistently monitor top KPI performance.
• Performance Network Coordination (20%): Lead and manage a cross-functional network of performance managers, ensuring alignment with key stakeholder objectives, particularly those of the OEP department. Coordinate and manage this network of performance managers across different functional areas. Clearly communicate and deploy performance standards across all functions. Act as a coach and mentor for performance managers and train Performance Management Analyst employees to ensure their individual development. Foster synergies and interactions within Operations performance functions, including those at other geographical locations. Define, communicate, and deploy performance standards across all functions, while actively coaching and mentoring performance managers. Promote synergy and collaboration within Operations performance functions, including engagement with other geographical locations.
• Governance & Performance Days Management (20%): Direct the AAO performance management routines to ensure performance meets expected levels. Daily management of L5 routines. Lead the monthly Performance Review for AAO Leadership, including the creation of the Performance pack and the execution of the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) process. Drive effective action plans for addressing deviations and implementing improvements, ensuring a robust PDCA process is utilized at all organizational levels. Guarantee the timely provision of Operations performance data to key stakeholders.
• Continuous Improvement & Digitalization (20%): Lead optimization projects to identify and implement improvements within the Performance Management team. Champion continuous improvement initiatives, focusing on the digitalization of performance management processes through the effective integration of AI tools.

Benefits

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

What This Job Offers

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