Entry-Level Product Define & Change Planning Specialist

Spirit AeroSystems•Wichita, KS

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

Bachelor's degree
0-2 years of relevant experience
Experience in project management or similar field
Detail oriented
Be able to handle schedule analysis
Personable, great communication skills
Adapts well to change

Nice To Haves

Basic Microsoft Suite
Knowledge of SAP
SAP HANA preferred
ECM/MCM knowledge is preferred

Responsibilities

Develops and guides project and configuration management activities necessary to incorporate new products or product changes, in accordance with contractual, customer, program, and regulatory requirements.
Analyzes sequence of operations and workflow to develop schedules for new products and existing product design changes.
Has knowledge of the production system (e.g., supply, engineering, manufacturing, support, etc.), reviews and analyzes configuration data to control product changes, and negotiates between organizations to develop incorporation plans and integrated schedules.
Monitors and ensures compliance with the plans and schedules and reports on status.
Interfaces with program management, product design, contracts, tooling, manufacturing engineering, quality assurance, supply chain, component suppliers, assemblers, and product support, in order to develop and maintain configuration incorporation plans and integrated schedules via application of project & configuration management.
Apply knowledge of project management to develop and maintain plans and schedules which integrate all production activities (e.g., product definition, procurement, manufacturing, testing, delivering, support, etc.).
Ability to interpret technical work statements, manufacturing plans and program level plans.
Ability to monitor and analyze the incorporation plan and to resolve plan deviations with the value chain.