Head of Industrialisation Job in Leiden, Netherlands

At Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands we work at the frontiers of technology in one of the most challenging and rapidly changing industries in the world: Space. Our products and services - including Solar Arrays, Launcher Structures, Instruments & Services and Laser Communication Systems - are among the best in the world. They enable missions that are of great importance for our everyday life on Earth, such as satellite navigation, communications, climate research and monitoring of air quality.

At our state-of-the-art facilities in Leiden and Oegstgeest, a team of over 250 dedicated professionals work on the design, development, assembly, testing and delivery of space products and services. We do that by thinking creatively in terms of solutions and by working with like-minded business partners. Intensive collaboration in our international community is the key to success, also within the Airbus family that we are proudly part of.

Head of Industrialisation Job Description

Head of Industrialisation (32-40 uur - Leiden)
 
Are you eager to take the lead when it comes to the industrialisation of aerospace products? Do you belief that remarkable results can only be achieved by teamwork and do you enthusiastically stand your ground when it comes to your expertise? Then this job opportunity might just be the position for you.
 
About us
We are Airbus Defence and Space in The Netherlands. More than 200+ hundred professionals who share a huge passion for technology. Our solar arrays, satellite instruments and structures for launchers are among the best in the world.
 
At Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands, we work at the frontiers of what is At Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands, we work at the frontiers of what is technically possible in one of the most challenging and rapidly changing industries: space travel. Our products and services – including Solar Arrays, Launcher Structures, Instruments & Services, Electrical Ground Support Equipment, Mechanical Thermal Products and SW Products & Services for Defence Applications – are among the best in the world. They enable missions that are crucial for our daily life on Earth, such as satellite navigation, communication, climate research and continuous monitoring of air quality.
 
We at Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands have state-of-the-art facilities to design, assemble, test and deliver our technology. And we have more than forty years of knowledge and experience that we can apply in the aerospace and defence industry.
 
Job description
As Head of Industrialisation at Airbus Netherlands you are responsible for the (further) development and implementation of the company’s industrialisation strategy and for defining the objectives together with the industrialisation team of appr 10 people in several disciplines. These are: manufacturing engineering, industrial architecture, work preparation and operational support. Together you design and secure the implementation of technologies, competences, working standards, procedures and manufacturing requirements to optimize production lines for manufacturability, lowest cost and minimum risk in the supply chain.
 
The space industry is rapidly changing: focus on manufacturability and further cost reductions are key for our success, while broadening our range of activities from engineering and integrating one ofs and small series only to engineering and production for higher volumes too. We serve both institutional and commercial customers with diverse needs and different paces. You are able to excel in a complex and challenging environment being able to switch gears between different requirements, cultures, customers, technologies and speed. You will report directly to the Director Operations.
 
Role and Responsibilities

• You develop a strategic resource capacity plan based on the operative plan output and manage the development of competences across the industrialisation team.
• Together with AIT management you will define sustaining industrial capabilities of the organisation and maintain these capabilities by well-balanced make-buy decisions.
• You develop new procedures to support recurring production capability and ensure implementation of industrialisation activities in programmes.
• You measure and maintain the continuous development of professional knowledge and knowhow of all industrialisation disciplines.
• You coordinate the industrialisation contribution in proposals and reviews. 
• You serve as a point of escalation in case of occurring project (execution) issues.
• You ensure development of production tooling and equipment (digitalization, automation, use of robots, tablets on work floor, barcode scanning, etc).
• As team manager you develop your team and support them in setting operational objectives and ensuring execution.

Head of Industrialisation Job Requirements

What it takes
For the role of Head of Industralisation we seek an empathetic bridge builder who is able to listen well and connect the inputs from technical teams to the business side of our projects, who understands the relevance of dialogue and who quickly finds his/her way in a changing and complex business environment. Obviously you have great affinity with technology, manufacturability and cost optimization.  
 
 
Skills and experience we are looking for:

• Management experience (5 - 10 yrs) plus experience in a similar role.
• Bachelor or Master degree
• Good communication and collaboration skills and ability to connect, influence and inspire people from different disciplines
• Goal oriented with commercial and business sense
• Visionary change agent being able to simplify and solve complex issues
• Good written and spoken communication skills in English

• Good salary and excellent working conditions
• 27 holidays and 13 ATV
• Flexible working hours
• Possibility of working from home with a maximum of 40%
• Pension scheme
• Collective Health Insurance
• Company Fitness
• Tax free plan

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