Location : East
Industry : Aerospace /Aviation
The Flow Manager is responsible for mobilizing resources effectively for smooth flow throughout the Value Stream in line with Lean principles, while ensuring a ‘hands-on’ approach.
Duties
- Collaborating with Value Stream Manager and the Distribution Centre Manager to ensure on-time delivery & quality in a Lean manner using Policy Deployment for continuous improvement.
- Mobilize resources from various teams pertaining to the repair/overhaul related components.
- To champion initiatives in Lean Sigma practices, HSE, Ergonomics, standardizing best practices in the Value Stream in compliance with Group-level policies.
- Effective management of cost, OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), optimized working capital and on-time delivery of plan.
- Provide leadership in System Corrective Action Request (ETQ), Eight Disciplines (8D) problem solving, and Lean-Sigma tools application to identify root cause & implement preventive action in quality escapes.
- Provide technical leadership & guidance to his direct reports & work-shop personnel to ensure all work meets quality & airworthiness directives requirements.
- Analysis & Planning: Be decisive & able to rapidly evaluate & analyze information to formulate new plans.
- Innovation & Change: Be innovative and able to take mitigated risks. Capable of fostering a culture of innovation & creativity and be able to manage & implement change.
- Implement prevention programs within their activities, ensuring their team members remain informed and play an active role in contributing to HSE development, and seeing that all actions taken help to achieve improvement objectives.
- Teamwork: Build a strong and diverse team by means of developing, mentoring, empowering team members.
- Commercial Focus: Able to balance the various aspects of.management (customer, employee) and yet remain focused on the financial results required.
- Drive: Create a sense of energy and commitment based on agreed values.
- Collaboration: Remove obstacles but build relationships through collaborative approach.
- Leadership: Lead by example and where required, willing to step down a level to help the team and achieve goals
- Strategic Thinking: Think strategically and build plans to anticipate future state and risks.
- Excellent communication & negotiation skills throughout all levels of the Value Stream
- Resourceful & able to anticipate potential barriers and to mitigate them.
- Highly positive & motivated personality with a ‘hands-on’ approach.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in engineering with at least 5 years of people management experience.
- Any other relevant industrial management experience will be a plus.
- A comprehensive understanding of the MRO business environment and its commercial drivers & customer needs.
- In-depth knowledge of Lean principles tools and improvement techniques coupled with a proven track record of implementing value - added improvements
- Strong commercial acumen and business awareness, coupled with concern for impact.
