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GE AerospaceGA

Sr Customer Operations Manager

GE Aerospace is a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation aircraft.

GE Aerospace

Employee count: 5000+

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Job Description Summary

Strategy and Operations organization is responsible for executing CX operational rhythms necessary to execute priorities and deliver for the customer today as well as to transform the organization in the future.
This role will partner with airline customers to put the GE Aerospace FLIGHT DECK operating model into practice at a commercial airline. The objective is to drive a step change in engine availability, mitigate product maturity challenges, and strengthen airline relationships.
The ideal candidate brings experience in transactional and operational lean business processes, customer relationship management, commercial acumen, and the ability to coach and lead cross-functional teams. The candidate should have a solid foundation in lean principles, approaches, and methodologies.

Job Description

Company Overview

Working at GE Aerospace means you are bringing your unique perspective, innovative spirit, drive, and curiosity to a collaborative and diverse team working to advance aerospace for future generations. If you have ideas, we will listen. Join us and see your ideas take flight!

Site Overview

Established in 2000, the John F. Welch Technology Center (JFWTC) in Bengaluru is GE Aerospace’s multidisciplinary research and engineering center. Pushing the boundaries of innovation every day, engineers and scientists at JFWTC have contributed to hundreds of aviation patents, pioneering breakthroughs in engine technologies, advanced materials, and additive manufacturing.

Role Overview:

  • Champion lean culture: Coach, drive, and lead lean behaviors, principles, and practices to build a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Lead improvement projects: Coach and lead process improvement initiatives aimed at improving business performance, reducing employee burden, and delivering exceptional customer impact.
  • Own regional project execution: Lead and own the execution of prioritized projects across Asia Pacific, South Asia, and Greater China, influencing both customer and GE/CFM teams to deliver measurable, quantified improvements in aircraft availability.
  • Strengthen customer relationships: Build strong relationships with customers and support them in developing a sustainable improvement system.
  • Establish governance: Follow and update a repeatable governance and project management framework for customer Kaizen events and keep leadership aligned and informed through existing operating rhythms.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders: Work seamlessly with key stakeholders, including Safran, product line teams, and regional leaders, to deliver a differentiated customer experience by applying lean to solve the right problems.

Required Qualifications

  • Master's degree in engineering or “STEM” Majors (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) with minimum years of experience 15 years

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Hands-on experience with Lean Transformation, Principles & Tools, preferably in a transactional environment preferred.
  • Proven experience in teaching, coaching, practicing, and applying lean methods.
  • Demonstrated bias for action with ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
  • Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker
  • Ability to influence without direct authority.
  • Experience with data analysis and reporting tools to monitor performance metrics, identify trends, and measure the effectiveness of improvement initiatives.
  • 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, collaborator

Additional Information:

Whether we are manufacturing components for our engines, driving innovation in fuel and noise reduction, or unlocking new opportunities to grow and deliver more productivity, our GE Aerospace teams are dedicated and making a global impact. Join us and help move the aerospace industry forward

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

- This is a remote position

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Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Education

Postgraduate degree

Experience

15 years minimum

Location requirements

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Serbia +/- 0 hours

About GE Aerospace

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We are GE Aerospace, a world-leading provider of jet and turboprop engines, as well as integrated systems for commercial, military, business, and general aviation aircraft. Our history of powering the world's aircraft features more than 100 years of innovation, from the development of the first airplane engine 'booster,' the turbosupercharger, during World War I to engineering the world's most powerful commercial jet engine. This legacy drives our commitment to invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely. Every day, approximately 950,000 people are in the sky with technology made by us and our joint venture partners under wing.

Our operations span across approximately 120 countries, with a dedicated team of around 53,000 employees. We pride ourselves on our extensive installed base of nearly 70,000 commercial and military engines, which forms the backbone of our services business, accounting for about 70% of our revenue. We are continuously investing in research and development, with approximately $2.7 billion spent this year, including customer and partner funding, to drive breakthroughs in areas like Open Fan engine architecture, hybrid electric propulsion, and sustainable aviation fuels. We are also committed to optimizing our own operations through FLIGHT DECK, our proprietary lean operating model, to deliver greater value to our customers and shareholders. Our commitment extends to our communities as well, with over $21.5 million in contributions made by our company, employees, and the GE Aerospace Foundation in the past year. We are focused on building a world that works, by advancing flight for future generations and striving for a safer, more sustainable aviation industry.

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