Site Lean Deployment Leader

A Truly Global Business

Every day, around the world, we help aircraft fly further, faster and greener. We’re the world’s leading tier one aerospace supplier of systems and components. With over 15,000 employees across 41 manufacturing sites in 13 countries serving over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers with sales of £2.8bn. Together as “one GKN” we’re moving our business and industry forward developing technologies that rapidly decarbonise aircraft, and innovating to help build a new generation of planes that produce zero emissions. We’re putting sustainability at the heart of what we do; driving our objective to becoming a net zero greenhouse gas emissions business before 2050

Job Summary
We are seeking a new Site Lean Deployment Leader who has a very high level of expertise in Business Transformation. As a 'Lean' thinker, they will play a central role in developing the site into a Lean enterprise based upon GKN Aerospace’s Lean Operating Model. They will lead, coach and influence their site’s Leadership Team, ensuring rigour and fidelity to the Lean Deployment roadmap.
Making A Difference

Role modelling a culture that is aligned to our business “Great Place to Work” value drivers and Culture Principles

Exemplifying a safety-first mindset and ensuring that the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards are applied across GKNA and that all

locations are a model of a world class healthy and safe working environment

Driving the disciplined and rigorous deployment of the Lean Operating Model (LOM) across within their Performance Centre

Creating and executing against the Site Lean Deployment plan and ensuring that all resources required are in place, both within their site and from the CoE (e.g. Regional

Lean Experts assigned as appropriate)

Coaching their performance centres’ Leadership team in their deployment of the Lean Excellence Model

Ensuring the correct allocation of resources to make the Lean deployment a success, and making problems immediately visible, allowing problem solving to take place

Delivering significant improvement in People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cash and Cost (PSQDCC) targets, meeting their site’s customer and stakeholder commitments,

driven by significant improvements in Lean Maturity

Developing deep Lean Expertise across their site, ensuring that they become selfsufficient in running the Lean Operating Model, working with the Regional Lean Expert

to ensure that all staff are fully certified in Lean Thinking at the appropriate level for their role

How You'll Contribute
To help us make a difference, you’ll bring your passion and expertise/ talent for what you do along with the following skills, experience, qualifications and attributes:
BSc degree, or equivalent, in an Engineering or Science discipline combined with relevant business experience

An understanding of Lean Thinking and Lean Leadership

Ability to lead, coach and mentor highly skilled and experienced team members and to influence a leadership team

A track record of Leadership and direction through effective communications, building effective teams

Evidence of leading Business Transformation

A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working

Hybrid Work Approach

We understand our employees thrive by working differently, what works for one may not work for another, offering different ways of working is core to us creating a great employee experience. We’re pleased to provide a hybrid working approach enabling you to balance your time between working remotely and working in our offices. We’re also keen for our employees to achieve a work life balance so we’re happy to discuss flexible working options with you should the role be able to accommodate it.

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