Woodward's Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Commitment

At Woodward, no matter where you are from, your physical appearance, or how you identify, you deserve the opportunity to reach your greatest potential. We are on a journey to achieve this as an organization and want to work closely with our members to set the right path.

We humbly acknowledge this will be an imperfect journey. Yet, we are steadfastly committed to embracing the power of diverse people, perspectives and experiences for our current members, attracting the best talent across our communities, and creating an inclusive and rewarding workplace for all.

Woodward supports our members' wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

• Estimated annual base pay: $88,200.00 - 110,300.00(midpoint) - 132,400.00 USD Annual

• All members included in cash bonus opportunity

• 401(k) match (4.5%)

• Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)

• Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members

• 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays

• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire

• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave

• Paid parental leave

• Adoption Assistance

• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits

• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life

• Member referral bonus

• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending

• Voluntary benefits, including:

• Home / Auto Insurance discounts

• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Are you ready to make your mark? If you're a CI Specialist, we have an exciting opportunity for you.

Do you like the challenge of solving problems and improving processes? Are you a great listener and gain satisfaction in helping members make their work life better? If you are interested in leading teams to eliminate waste at Woodward, we have an opportunity for you!

The Global Supply Chain (GSC) is embarking on a new process excellence initiative, with the goal of removing waste, creating flow, and documenting best practice processes throughout the supply chain. In this role the CI Specialist will be a key change agent for supply chain strategic business initiatives in areas such as solicitation, contracting, supplier management, SIOP, buying & planning, cost improvement/value engineering, logistics, and supply base simplification. While much of the work will be in the office environment performing transactional process improvement, there may be some travel opportunities to help suppliers improve their lean manufacturing and help improve our internal operations.

What You Will Be Doing

• Problem Solving using scientific methods. Coaching and facilitating teams through the plan, do, check, act (PDCA) process of making improvement using an A3 and lean methodologies

• Standard work development. Turning "tribal knowledge" into "the one best way", by assisting teams in developing future state processes, and documenting existing processes

• Facilitating value stream mapping workshops, and managing kaizen task completion

• Training and coaching GSC members on lean methodologies

• Collaborating with supplier development engineers on lean manufacturing implementation in the supply base

• Develop and maintain best practices. Share and communicate the best practices throughout the organization with written and verbal communications.

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor Degree in Related field or equivalent technical degree required

• Minimum three years exposure to manufacturing and quality business processes (transactional or operational)

• Minimum three years process improvement experience (Six Sigma, Lean, Kaizen) with demonstrated track record of results

• 2-5 years experience with statistical software required (SPC, XL, Minitab or equivalent) required

Application window is anticipated to close 30 days from original posting date.

This information is provided in compliance with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons.

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All applicants must be U.S. Persons within the meaning of the ITAR and EAR, or eligible to obtain all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce. The ITAR defines a U.S. Person as a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident (i.e., 'Green Card holder'), or a protected person (e.g., asylee, or refugee).-

Woodward is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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