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Lean Practitioner

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Boeing

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United States , Wichita

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Salary:

71700.00 - 109950.00 USD / Year

Job Description:

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us. This role is at Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, supporting Spirit’s Commercial Business Units (“Spirit Commercial”). Spirit Commercial designs and builds commercial aerostructures, including for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, one of Boeing’s three business units and the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for decades. Spirit Commercial’s core products include fuselages, pylons, nacelles and wing components, with a focus on innovative composite and aluminum manufacturing solutions.

Job Responsibility:

  • Provide awareness, knowledge, guidance, and the application of Lean principles, methodologies, and tools to support achievement of Spirit Lean culture
  • Gather Customer requirements
  • Evaluates the current situation
  • Determine boundaries or scope of the project
  • Perform analysis of existing processes
  • Collect supporting performance metrics
  • Document the process
  • Develop a Lean Strategy/Plan for improvement
  • Select the proper Lean Tool(s) and/or Lean Training that supports the Strategy/Plan
  • Coach, train and mentor cross-functional teams in proper use and application of Lean tools including but not limited to: Value Stream Mapping (VSM), 6S, Kanban, GEMBA meetings, 7 Elements of Surgery, Kitting and Outfitting, 3P, AIW, RCCA
  • Engage the workforce to achieve successful implementation of Kaizen events
  • Implement the Lean Strategy/Plan meeting Customer Expectations
  • Document accomplishments
  • Facilitation of Continuous Improvement for cost savings
  • Performs trend analysis of shop performance measures to identify opportunities for improvements

Requirements:

  • 3-5 plus years related work experience
  • Strong computer skills with Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Six Sigma

Nice to have:

  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written with executive leaders
  • Ability to manage with influence and provide leadership throughout multiple teams simultaneously
  • Proven ability to balance multiple projects simultaneously (coordination, status and performance to plan)
  • Cross-functional coordination and leadership to achieve project goals
  • SAP, ERP,MRP, and EXRP experience
  • Risk assessment and mitigation. Demonstrated ability to foster business partnerships with internal customers
  • Preferred knowledge of manufacturing environment, lean processing, and industrial engineering concepts
What we offer:
  • Generous company match to your 401(k)
  • Industry-leading tuition assistance program pays your institution directly
  • Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy benefits
  • Up to $10,000 gift match when you support your favorite nonprofit organizations

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 05, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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