We’re more than aviation experts, we’re pioneers. We challenge what’s possible. From breaking the sound barrier to advanced tiltrotor systems. Today, Bell is shaping the future of aviation through specialized engineering. And we want you.
We are developing the future of Army Aviation with the Bell Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) part of the US Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) modernization effort. We are also developing the Bell 525 Relentless and Bells High-Speed Vertical Take-Off and Landing (HSVTOL) program, a next generation aircraft. This position is onsite in Wichita, Kansas.
Site Leader- Wichita
The Wichita Site Leader will provide strategic leadership and accountability for cross-functional teams and site support for all Wichita activities and operations. This role will report directly to the Executive Vice President of Operations and has primary responsibility and oversight of all community relations and will be the official Bell liaison to the Wichita community. This individual will oversee the organization and management of all standing and ad-hoc committees that interact or impact the Wichita facility. The Site Leader will also facilitate highly engaged and responsive relationships with customers while working in partnership with departments across Bell to support the mission and vision with a high degree of integrity and professionalism. This individual will be instrumental in creating and executing an overall people strategy as well as ensure engagement and collaboration across the site. This includes active participation in capital and budget planning and business objective setting. In addition, this individual will provide the technical and functional leadership for the development, maintenance and uniform administration of the Wichita site by establishing the vision, assessing internal capabilities, guiding process improvement, talent development and measuring progress against goals.
What you’ll be doing as the Site Leader
- Responsibility for the leadership and superior execution of all aspects of the Wichita site
- Responsible for ensuring products, people and services meet customer demand
- Responsible for ensuring comprehensive engagement plans are in place and executed effectively
- Conduct review meetings to review process performance
- Oversight and involvement of facility audits and audits of in-house processes to ensure compliance with company policies, FAA, customer, and AS9100 requirements
- Enable a culture focused on understanding risk and proactive mitigation
- Promote a culture of service excellence by relentlessly focusing on meeting internal and external customer requirements
- Assure teams are staffed with world-class talent to exceed the strategic and tactical goals of the business
- Develop, deploy and execute quality policies, objectives and plans that align and support the corporate strategic business goals
- Provides strategic direction on business initiatives to executive leadership, and drives implementation throughout the site
- Plans and directs resources and activities that support the Wichita site. Manages the site’s annual operating budget and employees in a matrixed reporting environment
- Manage internal and external partnerships and relationships
- Interface with Textron Aviation resources (facilities, IT, security), outside agencies, and customers to address issues identified for improvement or resolution
- Build bench strength and leadership potential at the Wichita site, while driving personnel to achieve strategic priorities.