Sr Manufacturing Staff Manager - Material Plan & Execution

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 airfoils castings suppliers. Employee will lead the implementation of this process with specific airfoils casting 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. The role has autonomy within the Castings 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

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Supplier Relationship Leadership (Castings)
  • Develop joint operating rhythms with priority suppliers; establish technical and executive escalation pathways
  • Lead detailed capability and capacity assessments covering wholistic supplier value stream
  • Align on capacity investments (tooling/dies, furnaces/presses, NDE assets), secondary processing partnerships, dual-sourcing, and risk-sharing mechanisms
  • Up to 20% travel

• Cross-Functional Engagement
  • Partner with Design Engineering, Casting Technologists and Quality on tooling qualification and producibility for complex geometries and tight tolerances
  • Coordinate with S&OP and Program teams to translate demand signals into firm capacity plans, factoring long lead tooling, die refurbishment, and other capacity lead times. Owns alignment and capacity readiness to long range forecasts
  • Partner with the Central Readiness team to continuously improve readiness processes and forecasts within the Turbine Airfoils Castings Commodity
  • Build action plans and apply structured problem solving to alleviate the constraints in conjunction with the Supplier Team
  • Communicate supplier's constraints to be incorporated in S&OP rhythms to respond to demand changes
• Capacity Planning and Readiness (Castings)
  • Own 12-36+ month capacity modeling for suppliers and part families; maintain risk mitigation action plans
  • Manage NPI rate readiness: ensure critical value stream capacity readiness for NPI delivery, including staffing

• Talent Development and Ways of Working
  • Build and mentor a high-performing supplier readiness team with deep casting process knowledge; define/refine competencies, training, and succession plans
  • Refine standard work, visual management, and tiered operating cadence to sustain performance
  • Promote a culture of continuous improvement and data-driven decision-making
• Performance Management
  • Improve SQDC performance with a focus on OTD, FPY, lead time, past dues, and cost adherence
  • Provide executive-readiness statuses on readiness action plans and risk mitigations aligned to ramp milestones

Required Qualifications:

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

Desired Characteristics:

• Continuous improvement champion utilizing FLIGHT DECK principles
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker

The base pay range for this position is $157,000-$209,000 USD Annual. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary. This posting is expected to close on 07/29/26.

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity 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.

General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their 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.

Additional Information

Compensation Grade

SPB1

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)).

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunities 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.

Relocation Assistance Provided: No