Lean Practitioner

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This role is at Spirit Aero Systems, 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.

• Provide awareness, knowledge, guidance, and the application of Lean principles, methodologies, and tools to support achievement of Spirit Lean culture.
• Gather Customer requirements.
• Evaluates the current situation.
• Determine boundaries or scope of the project.
• Perform analysis of existing processes.
• Collect supporting performance metrics.
• Document the process.
• Develop a Lean Strategy/Plan for improvement.
• Select the proper Lean Tool(s) and/or Lean Training that supports the Strategy/Plan.
• Coach, train and mentor cross-functional teams in proper use and application of Lean tools including but not limited to:
  Value Stream Mapping (VSM), 6S, Kanban, GEMBA meetings, 7 Elements of Surgery, Kitting and Outfitting, 3P, AIW, RCCA.
• Engage the workforce to achieve successful implementation of Kaizen events.
• Implement the Lean Strategy/Plan meeting Customer Expectations.
• Document accomplishments.
• Facilitation of Continuous Improvement for cost savings.
• Performs trend analysis of shop performance measures to identify opportunities for improvements.

• Bachelor's degree in an IE, ME, Project Management or related study
• 3-5 plus years related work experience
• Strong computer skills with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Lean Manufacturing
• Six Sigma

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with executive leaders.
• Ability to manage with influence and provide leadership throughout multiple teams simultaneously.
• Proven ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously (coordination, status and performance to plan)
• Cross-functional coordination and leadership to achieve project goals.
• SAP, ERP, MRP, and EXRP experience
• Risk assessment and mitigation. Demonstrated ability to foster business partnerships with internal customers.
• Preferred knowledge of manufacturing environment, lean processing, and industrial engineering concepts

This is a union-represented position.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary Pay Range: $76,150 - $116,800

Join Spirit Aero Systems’ Kansas team and you may be eligible for a $5,000 state of Kansas Aviation tax credit for up to five years.  for more information on the tax credit.

Export Control Requirements:
This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.