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Job Description Summary

The Executive Quality Leader will provide strategic and technical leadership to drive problem solving, proactive quality, and zero defect culture across a broad segment of the GE Aerospace Supply Chain. The person in this role will lead a global quality organization across a diverse supply base, manufacturing, and supply chain to drive continuous improvement in process and delivered quality. This leader will drive a step change in the problem solving expectations and skill set across our internal supplier quality engineering team and into our supply base. The focus commodities include but are not limited to aerospace engine controls, accessories, gearboxes, bearings, fasteners, machined parts, etc.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

Strategic

+ Owner of Zero-Defect Culture and Proactive Quality within area of responsibility

+ Partner to develop and deploy Quality strategy within area of responsibility. Collaborate with Business Leadership on Breakthrough Objectives and Priorities.

+ Champion the FLIGHT DECK operating system transformation in Quality operations, providing subject matter expertise on methods and tools such as Problem Solving.

+ Drive Advanced Quality tool maturation.

Organizational

+ Lead a decentralized global team of quality professionals.

+ Partner with and lead horizontal teams across operations, engine programs, engineering, and extended quality organization.

+ Coach team and extended organization in problem solving and continuous quality improvement.

Operational

+ Deliver on continuous improvement targets in delivered quality and cost of quality.

+ Drive strong execution to quality system and continually engage in quality system improvement objectives.

+ Maintain strong regulatory compliance in span of responsibilities.

+ Drive and maintain regulatory and operator approvals in partnership with engine programs and overall network strategy.

Required Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, or related field

+ Minimum 8 years of Quality, Engineering, or Manufacturing experience

+ Minimum of 5 years of people leader experience

+ Ability to travel – up to 30%,

Preferred Location: Evendale, OH

Desired Characteristics

+ Advanced Degree in Engineering, Operations, or related field

+ Experience in the aviation, aerospace and or defense industry preferred

+ Experienced in AS9100 and AS13100 quality systems

+ Safety Management System expertise

+ Lean Facilitator

+ Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with an outstanding ability to interact and engage at all levels of the organization

+ Quality system domain expertise

+ Practitioner of Advanced Product Quality Planning in a supply chain environment

_This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, for applicants who are not U.S. lawful permanent residents, U.S. Citizens, or have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., not a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), otherwise known as a U.S. Person), employment will be contingent on the ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government._

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) . 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:** Yes

\#LI-Remote - This is a remote position

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.