VP, ART

AAR Corp•Greensboro, NC

About The Position

The Vice President, ART Greensboro is the senior site leader accountable for the successful operation and performance of a business unit generating more than $40 million in annual sales. The role provides integrated leadership across engineering, program management, production, quality, and supply chain. Reporting to the General Manager, Engineering Services, the leader translates business and customer priorities into coordinated operating plans and drives safe, compliant, high-quality, on-time, and financially disciplined execution. The role works closely with certification and FAA Organization Designation Authorization (ODA) functions to integrate technical and certification requirements into program planning, execution, and delivery. It also coordinates with AAR Engineering Services teams in Indianapolis and Singapore to align resources, capabilities, priorities, technical work, and program execution across locations. The Controller retains functional ownership of accounting, financial controls, and financial reporting; the site leader is accountable for operational execution, achievement of the approved business plan, and site performance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited institution.
At least 12 years of progressively responsible engineering, manufacturing, aircraft modification, or related technical operations experience, including significant leadership responsibility.
Demonstrated success leading a complex cross-functional organization with accountability for technical execution, programs, production, quality, and supply chain performance.
Demonstrated ability to manage business performance through operating plans, forecasts, resource plans, metrics, risk management, and recovery actions.
Strong customer-facing leadership, negotiation, communication, executive presentation, judgment, and decision-making skills.
Fluent in English, including speaking, reading, and writing.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in engineering, business, operations, or a related field.
Experience leading aircraft cabin interior production operations, including planning and execution of fabrication, assembly, inspection, kitting, and delivery activities.
Working knowledge of aviation quality and regulatory requirements; experience coordinating with FAA, ODA, EASA, or other certification organizations.

Responsibilities

Provide overall leadership and accountability for ART Greensboro, including Engineering, Program Management, Production, Quality, Supply Chain, and repair station operations.
Deliver operating-plan and business-unit objectives for safety, quality, schedule, cost, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, growth, and profitability.
Translate backlog, forecasts, and customer priorities into an integrated operating plan with appropriate capacity, resources, milestones, and performance measures.
Establish a disciplined management cadence to assess performance, remove constraints, manage risk, and drive corrective and recovery actions.
Direct end-to-end program execution from customer requirements and engineering release through production, certification, delivery, and program closeout.
Ensure Engineering is prioritized, resourced, and executed in accordance with technical, customer, regulatory, quality, and configuration-control requirements.
Coordinate with Certification and ODA functions to integrate certification strategy, requirements, schedules, risks, and approvals into program execution.
Ensure Program Management controls scope, schedule, budget, risk, change management, customer commitments, and recovery plans effectively.
Own Production strategy, capability, and performance, including capacity, staffing, readiness, productivity, safety, quality, cost, and on-time delivery.
Oversee repair station performance and ensure compliance with applicable FAA requirements, approved capabilities, the repair station manual, the quality system, and customer commitments.
Own site quality performance and the effectiveness of the quality management system, including regulatory and customer compliance and continuous improvement.
Lead Supply Chain performance, including sourcing, supplier performance, material availability, inventory management, procurement execution, and shortage mitigation.
Collaborate with AAR Engineering Services teams in Indianapolis and Singapore to align priorities, share capacity and expertise, and execute work across locations.
Serve as the senior ART Greensboro customer interface, providing accurate commitments, transparent performance reporting, early risk escalation, and decisive issue resolution.
Partner with the Controller on operating plans, forecasts, budgets, capital, and headcount; remain accountable for business execution and results while the Controller retains accounting, financial-control, and financial-reporting ownership.
Build organizational capability through workforce planning, talent development, succession planning, performance management, and employee engagement.
Represent ART Greensboro in leadership and business reviews and collaborate across AAR divisions, sites, and shared-service organizations.
Lead managers and functional leaders across engineering, program management, production, quality, and supply chain, including workforce planning, hiring, training, work assignment, performance management, recognition, corrective action, employee development, and resolution of workplace concerns in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
Perform other duties as assigned.