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Specialist in Lean Product Development
2016-04-21 13:07:45| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus Group formed by combining the business activities of Cassidian, Astrium and Airbus Military. The new division is Europes number one defence and space enterprise, the second largest space business worldwide and among the top ten global defence enterprises. It employs some 40,000 employees generating revenues of approximately 14 billion per year. A vacancy for a Specialist in Lean Product Development has arisen within Airbus Defence Space in Stevenage. The successful applicant will join TOLS Lean Space Systems. You will be responsible for the deployment of Lean across Space Systems Stevenage. Your main tasks and responsibilities will include, for the whole site of Stevenage Shaping the improvement projects together with our internal customers Engineering, Industrialisation, Programs, Support functions Voice of Customer. This implies starting with the definition of the target, measurement of the AS IS, analysis of the root cause, construction of the improvement, the associated business case and its application. On the projects of your portfolio implement the improvements by diagnosis, moderation and coaching of relevant LEAN methodologies. Facilitate and coach Lean Product Development methodologies. This requires solid knowledge of system engineering and Concurrent Engineering. Training the managers and employees to spread lean mindset. Proactively running analyses and initiating improvement initiatives. Challenging the company via external benchmarks, state of the art methodologies and a lot of common sense. The Lean organisation being transversal you will support projects outside of your portfolio, eventually on other business lines of Airbus Defence and Space and you will be supported in your missions by the rest of the Lean team, located on several sites. We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience Educated to a degree level in Engineering within ENS or Telecom environment. Experience in Lean and Process Improvement. Solid experience in system engineering and project management. GreenBlack belt is desirable but not essential. Project and Process Management. International experience and experience in coaching would be a plus. Experience in MS Office. Excellent communication and presentation skills Team player. Out of the box thinking and ability to challenge the status quo will be appreciated. Please apply on line for this vacancy using your eRecruiting profile with your CV attached. To apply click here
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