Lead Manufacturing Specialist – Projects and Initiatives

Job Description Summary

Are you ready to see your future take flight? At GE Aerospace, we are advancing aviation technologies for today and tomorrow. Your work will contribute to the production of advanced jet engines, components, and integrated systems that power commercial and military aircraft. You’ll be part of a team that embraces your drive, your curiosity, and your unique ideas and perspectives. Most importantly, you’ll share in our pride and purpose that affects the lives of millions around the world!

In this role, employee will co-develop & implement processes relating to readiness and capacity with your assigned commodity and suppliers.

Employee will lead the implementation of this process with specific 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, extending out to 10 years.

The role has autonomy within the Commodity to create and drive rhythms to serve readiness and requires high levels of evaluative judgment and operational acumen to achieve desired business outcomes.

Job Description

As a Lead Manufacturing Specialist — Projects and Initiatives
, you will drive supply chain readiness for assigned commodities and suppliers. You will work across internal teams and external suppliers to understand capacity, identify constraints, and lead action plans that ensure we can meet customer demand. This role combines capacity modeling, problem solving, supplier engagement, and project leadership
, with regular interaction at both the shop-floor and leadership levels.

You will be a key link between the Central Readiness team
, commodity leadership
, PF (Product Family) teams
, and suppliers
, helping to turn readiness strategies into real, measurable improvements in material flow and supply chain performance.

What You’ll Do

Readiness & Capacity Planning

• Partner with the Central Readiness team to learn, implement, and continuously improve the readiness process for your assigned commodities and internal/external suppliers

• Build commodity-specific capacity models across the value chain (e.g., key process steps, suppliers, and operations) to quantify where constraints exist

• Use data and capacity models to visualize constraints
  , understand root causes, and prioritize improvement actions

Constraint Management & Action Plans

• Develop structured action plans to alleviate constraints in partnership with PF teams, Supplier Quality, Sourcing, and suppliers

• Apply structured problem solving (e.g., root cause analysis, 5-why, fishbone) to address delivery, capacity, or process issues

• Lead cross-functional teams, assign clear owners and due dates, and create accountability around action plan execution

• Conduct on-site visits and use other verification methods (e.g., data reviews, Gemba walks) to confirm that improvements are real and sustainable, especially for material receipts and capacity increases

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Engage with commodity leadership and key stakeholders on a regular cadence (meetings, reviews, updates) to report readiness status and drive decisions

• Work directly with Supplier Teams and suppliers to build capacity, improve readiness, and maintain alignment on plans and expectations

• Support the PF S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process by providing realistic input on supplier and source constraints

• Communicate source constraints and capacity changes to be incorporated into S&OP rhythms so the business can respond appropriately to demand changes

Standards, Metrics, and Daily Management

• Develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for readiness, such as capacity vs. demand, on-time delivery, lead time, and action plan closure

• Create and document standard work for readiness processes within your commodity so the approach is repeatable and sustainable

• Support daily management processes for your commodity, including tiered meetings, visual management, and follow-up on critical issues

Program Support & Continuous Improvement

• Join the central readiness team as needed to support…