Sr Manufacturing Staff Manager - Material Plan & Execution

GE Aerospace • West Chester, PA

3d • Remote

About The Position

In this role, employee will co-develop & implement processes relating to readiness and capacity with airfoils castings suppliers. Employee will lead the implementation of this process with specific airfoils casting suppliers ensuring that there is cadence and proactive problem solving in the space. The goal for this role will be to ensure there is an understanding of current state and a plan to meet global requirements from this commodity as demand increases over a rolling 3-year window. The role has autonomy within the Castings Commodity to create and drive rhythms to serve readiness and requires high levels of evaluative judgment and operational acumen to achieve desired business outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Sourcing, Supply Chain, Operations, or Project Management

Nice To Haves

• Continuous improvement champion utilizing FLIGHT DECK principles
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

Responsibilities

• Develop joint operating rhythms with priority suppliers; establish technical and executive escalation pathways
• Lead detailed capability and capacity assessments covering wholistic supplier value stream
• Align on capacity investments (tooling/dies, furnaces/presses, NDE assets), secondary processing partnerships, dual-sourcing, and risk-sharing mechanisms
• Partner with Design Engineering, Casting Technologists and Quality on tooling qualification and producibility for complex geometries and tight tolerances
• Coordinate with S&OP and Program teams to translate demand signals into firm capacity plans, factoring long lead tooling, die refurbishment, and other capacity lead times.
• Owns alignment and capacity readiness to long range forecasts
• Partner with the Central Readiness team to continuously improve readiness processes and forecasts within the Turbine Airfoils Castings Commodity
• Build action plans and apply structured problem solving to alleviate the constraints in conjunction with the Supplier Team
• Communicate supplier’s constraints to be incorporated in S&OP rhythms to respond to demand changes
• Own 12–36+ month capacity modeling for suppliers and part families; maintain risk mitigation action plans
• Manage NPI rate readiness: ensure critical value stream capacity readiness for NPI delivery, including staffing
• Build and mentor a high-performing supplier readiness team with deep casting process knowledge; define/refine competencies, training, and succession plans
• Refine standard work, visual management, and tiered operating cadence to sustain performance
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making
• Improve SQDC performance with a focus on OTD, FPY, lead time, past dues, and cost adherence
• Provide executive-readiness statuses on readiness action plans and risk mitigations aligned to ramp milestones

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
• access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
• GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity 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

What This Job Offers

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