Sr. Change Management | NPI Leader

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!

The Source Change & NPI team is focused on executing the qualification of production rated hardware. Source Change/NPI Leaders are responsible for partnering with suppliers to project manage the development and delivery of a qualification plan that meets both business and customer outcomes. Through robust standard work, process and tools, Source Change/NPI Leaders will proactively manage risk and develop contingency and recovery plans, as needed.

This role is accountable to execute source change and NPI hardware that is on contract with a known supplier and have fully released GE Aerospace drawings. Success is measured on source change execution to milestone plan so that quality hardware and on time delivery is achieved. This role is project managing the successful transition of parts between suppliers as well as the ramp of NPI.

The focus is on the "catching" or receiving supplier. Managing parts through the CEM (Change Execution Management) process to get the suppliers fully qualified and s role has a significant amount of cross functional collaboration.

This role is based out of Headquarters in Evendale, OH. Open to a remote opportunity.

• Accountable for overall Source Change Management as defined by established processes, policies and tools for an assigned portfolio of hardware, programs and/or supplier.
• Where new product introduction is required, including design and/or configuration change, drive enterprise ownership and responsibility with applicable internal functions and suppliers to ensure milestone plans are developed and executed to achieve quality and delivery outcomes.
• Responsible for the maintenance and communication of Source Change and/or NPI plan execution to partner pillars within the Supplier Performance & Execution, respective Commodity teams and customer program focal points. Inform the respective Commodity on progress and lessons learned to inform future strategy for supplier, part family, etc.
• Receives source change priorities from commodity with respect to customer impact (delivery, quality, fleet impact, etc) from the Delivery Pillar highlighting systemic gaps to MRD and deploys action plans that leverage SP&E and enterprise resources to improve and sustain respective supplier sites.
• Inform Materials & Planning and Commodity Buyers on source change status to ensure adequate overlap and/or readiness to achieve the quality and delivery performance required by our customers. Escalate and involve Commodity Buyers where commercial intervention is required for success.
• Where applicable, act as the supplier representation to the IPT Product Line Leaders and programs teams. Through utilization of action plans, highlight gaps and elevate through defined channels to sufficiently problem solve and achieve on time delivery of part readiness and qualification.
• Utilizes in-depth knowledge of sourcing procurement and shop operations to execute delivery outcomes according to Supplier contracts, GE policy & strategy. Uses technical experience and analytical thinking. Uses multiple internal and external sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Will be asked to project manage small cross functional teams with low/medium risk and resource requirements. Explains information, developing skills to bring team members to consensus around topics within field. Ability to influence outcomes across the enterprise at the peer level. Informal leadership required to project manage horizontal teams to drive outcomes for the customer and the business.
• Uses some judgment and has the ability to…