Head of Operational Excellence, Mission ReadinessActive$293K

The duty of this organization is to enable our Customers’ ongoing Mission Readiness . From the moment they say '“go” until the contract is fulfilled.

What you'll do

• Lead a team of direct reports (both people managers and individual: contributors) and indirect team members (including peers and other levels in other functions) to accomplish the objectives of Mission Readiness’ Operational Excellence

• Organize and run the Management Operating System (MOS) of Mission Readiness,: which monitors key performance indicators of the business, institutes the cadence of performance review and the actions that result from it. Engage with and deliver the Business Line perspective to cross-functional leadership each quarter.

• Determine priorities for process definition/improvement and enabling: systems/tools within Mission Readiness, then manage the planning, execution and results of the initiatives undertaken. Lead and/or oversee leadership of projects championed by Mission Readiness.

• Manage the portfolio of projects and strategic initiatives for Mission: Readiness, driving follow-through and measurable results.

• Convene and conduct robust, hypothesis-driven business analyses that yield: actionable insights and outcome-changing decisions. Become the trusted embedded research capability for the Mission Readiness organization.

• Coordinate with Finance to understand and refine the economics of Mission: Readiness services. Instigate and generate views of revenues and costs that enable Mission Readiness to increase impact for the businesses. Implement cost allocation mechanisms and manage adherence.

What they're looking for

• Prior work in/with a sustainment or aftermarket solutions business (such as: logistics, sustainment, repairs, spare parts, connectivity services or other related services)
• Demonstrated experience maturing processes and/or operations from: prototype/early stage through to repeatable volume or automation
• Prior work in/with industry with complex, technical products, preferably durable assets with embedded software
• Ability and willingness to dig in to systems and digital tools to inform and: iterate process designs and direct improvements
• Strong organizational and self management discipline; desire to keep things on track and organized
• Ability and willingness to make tradeoffs for speed, impact and risk
• Demonstrated team builder and developer of people
• Six Sigma and/or Lean training and application