Coatings Sourcing Operations & Readiness 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 Coatings Sourcing Operations & Readiness Leader is responsible for providing dedicated operations, strategy, and readiness leadership for coatings such as thermal spray, chemical processes, and other special processes the Coatings Commodity supports. This role will own capacity visibility, operational readiness, and strategic supplier engagement across the coatings supply base (50+ suppliers), ensuring the organization can support current and future demand, NPI, and cost/productivity initiatives while mitigating capacity and continuity-of-supply risks.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

Capacity & Readiness Management

• Lead deep-dive capacity assessments across prioritized thermal spray, chemical process and the special process supply base.
• Develop and maintain capacity models to identify current and future constraints.
• Establish readiness plans to ensure sufficient capacity for demand growth, surge, and recovery scenarios.
• Partner with value stream leaders, planning, and operations to align capacity plans with demand signals.

Strategic Supplier Engagement

• Segment and prioritize the 50+ coatings suppliers, identifying strategic partners vs. transactional suppliers.
• Drive strategic relationship plans with key thermal spray and chemical process providers, including regular ops reviews and performance improvement plans.
• Work with Sourcing, Quality, and Engineering to identify and qualify additional capacity (new sources, additional booths, shifts, or capabilities) as needed.

Support for NPI and Cost/Productivity Initiatives

• Act as coatings operations focal for NPIs, ensuring capacity and readiness are validated early in the NPI cycle.
• Identify and execute cost-out and productivity opportunities in the coatings supply base (e.g., footprint optimization, consolidation, process improvements).
• Partner with Design Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, and Value Stream teams to balance cost, capability, and risk.

Risk Management & Escalation

• Proactively identify capacity and readiness risks.
• Create and maintain a coatings risk register with clear mitigation actions, owners, and timelines.
• When required, escalate emerging risks and propose mitigation options (new sources, capital investment, lead-time changes) to leadership.

Operational Rhythm & Reporting

• Own thermal spray/chemical process capacity and readiness conten t for senior-level operating rhythms.
• Provide data-driven insights on current capacity, bottlenecks, and required actions, focused on non-TAVs coatings.
• Standardize reporting and dashboards so leadership has a clear view of coatings readiness and risk.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in Sourcing, Supply Chain, Operations, Project Management, or Capacity Planning

Desired Characteristics

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to manipulate, model, and interpret complex data sets to drive decisions
• Advanced Excel / data analysis skills (e.g., pivot tables, dashboards, scenario modeling); experience with data visualization tools is a plus
• Comfortable translating data into clear, concise insights and actions for both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including senior executives
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, operations, engineering, and value stream leaders
• Skilled at influencing without direct authority, driving alignment and action across multiple functions and levels of the organization
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to clearly brief executives and participate in senior-level operating rhythms
• Proven track record of proactive problem solving, following through on commitments, and closing actions
• High level of ownership and accountability, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a "Sponsor"). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor's welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: No