Manufacturing Specialist - Operation Management

About This Role

This Manufacturing Specialist role focuses on the daily operations of plants and service shops, ensuring reliability and consistency on the production line. It suits a professional who can manage an operation to meet targets in quality, cost, delivery, and safety, while also driving continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage an operation, business, unit, or part of a production facility to reach defined targets in quality, cost, delivery, and safety
• Ensure continuous business improvement according to benchmarks and standards
• Manage a team of salaried employees
• Broaden knowledge of own technical discipline to execute policy/strategy
• Use understanding of key business drivers to accomplish own work
• Understand how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area
• Make decisions within a defined framework
• Resolve issues in situations that require good technical knowledge and judgment within established procedures
• Consult more senior team members for issues outside of defined instructions/parameters
• Lead a junior team
• Develop strong customer relationships and serve as the interface between customer and GE (for customer-facing roles)
• Explain technical information to others

Requirements

• For roles outside of the USA: Basic experience in Manufacturing & Operation Management, with a knowledge level comparable to a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma with relevant experience)
• For roles in USA: Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience in Job Family Group(s)/Function(s))

Important Details

• Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs