Value Stream Manager

Overview: Salary Range $149,600.00 - $200,000.00 Salary Position Type Full Time Job Shift 1st Shift Education Level College Graduate

Description: At Avio Aero, a GE Aerospace Company, we invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely. We are a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. At Avio Aero, respect for people is core to our culture and commitment to FLIGHT DECK, our proprietary lean operating model. We attract, develop, and retain industry-leading talent from all backgrounds and cultivate communities where people are respected and empowered to reach their fullest potential. For the people of GE Aerospace, their work isn't just a job. It's their passion and purpose. We work and win as one team, accountable to each other and our customers, and we are always finding a better way to climb higher together. We were meant to fly.

Job Description: Summary The Value Stream Manager (VSM) is accountable for the end-to-end performance of assigned manufacturing value streams at the Chicago site. This leader translates customer demand and approved operating plans into safe, quality-compliant, achievable daily, weekly, and monthly production and shipment commitments. The VSM drives delivery, productivity, cost, and inventory performance through FLIGHT DECK, disciplined daily management, and continuous improvement in a unionized, three-shift operating environment. This position leads assigned production supervisors and coordinates the work of cross-functional partners, including Quality, Engineering, Planning, Supply Chain, Maintenance, EHS, Finance, and Training. The VSM is responsible for removing constraints, developing qualified talent, and ensuring clear accountability across shifts; the VSM does not replace the independent decision authority of the Quality function. This position reports to the Plant Leader. Assigned portfolio may include (1) Chinook and Apache / PW74 / Specialty product value streams or (2) Shared Processing Operations. For Shared Processing, the Quality supervisor responsible for Shared Processing 2 retains a solid-line reporting relationship within Quality, with a dotted-line functional alignment to the Shared Processing VSM. Supervisor assignments and employee headcount depend on the approved organization.

Education Required: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university (or a high school diploma/GED with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience).

Experience Required: Minimum of 4 years of supervisory or management experience in aerospace, tight-tolerance machining, or a comparable manufacturing environment, or equivalent training/experience.

What We Offer: Smart working and work life-balance Avio Aero, when possible, promotes smart work in hybrid mode, and encourages a good, healthy and satisfying work-life balance. We value our employees' wellbeing; hence we offer a variety of improvement programs aimed to preserve anyone's psychological safety and daily needs.

Total Rewards: At Avio Aero, we understand the importance of Total Rewards. As a new joiner to Avio Aero we are pleased to offer the following welcome benefit plan:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Life and injury insurance
• Performance-related bonuses and local bonus scheme
• Employee assistant program
• Employee special awards (service and recognition)
• Local special agreements and discounts
• Technical, Leadership and development training
• Inclusion & Diversity