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Director, Aerospace Operations & Site Integration Lead (f/m)

Niepolomice, PL

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Seniority
Director
Country
PL
Work mode
On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly
1 Oct 2026

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the posting

What You Will Do:

  • Develop and maintain a cohesive local Aero strategy and execution plan for the Krakow operation, aligned with business priorities, customer requirements, transition milestones, plant readiness, and AOP commitments.
  • Lead cross-functional execution across Production, Purchasing, Test, Operations, Automation Engineering, Quality, and other supporting functions, with clear ownership of actions and associated KPIs.
  • Set local priorities, make timely trade-off decisions, and resolve competing demands across functional teams to protect customer commitments and transition timing.
  • Own transfer of work efforts, including readiness reviews, risk mitigation, milestone delivery, and stabilization with minimal customer impact.
  • Establish, lead, and stabilize the Aero operating system within the Krakow plant, initially with project cadences and transitioning the Krakow plant to standard Aero operating routines at the right time.
  • Part of creation for Krakow AOP. Translate AOP agreements and leadership decisions into executable local plans, defined ownership, operating rhythms, and follow-up actions.
  • Serve as the primary local interface between Krakow, EMSE, Aero business-unit leaders, sending sites, and the Actuation and Electronics PFT.
  • Identify and escalate material risks, remove barriers, and lead resolution of conflicts involving local and external teams.

What You Will Need:

  • Enterprise leadership: Ability to lead across functions and organizational boundaries without relying solely on direct authority.
  • Strategic planning and execution: Skill in converting business strategy, AOP commitments, and transition objectives into clear priorities, milestones, resources, and operating plans.
  • Complex program and transition management: Demonstrated ability to lead multi-site product transfers, plant start-ups, launch readiness, stabilization, dependency management, and risk mitigation.
  • Operational leadership: Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and supporting functions, including production, purchasing, test, engineering, automation, quality, and supply-chain interfaces.
  • Decision-making and prioritization: Sound judgment under time pressure, with the ability to balance customer impact, safety, quality, delivery, cost, resources, and schedule.
  • Operating-system discipline: Experience establishing management cadence, standard work, tiered accountability, visual management, escalation paths, and sustained follow-through.
  • Performance management: Ability to interpret and act on SQDC, Bowler, launch, readiness, and transition metrics; identify trends; and drive corrective action.
  • Cross-functional influence and stakeholder management: Credibility and communication skills to align plant teams, business-unit leaders, sending sites, project teams, and global product stakeholders.
  • Conflict resolution and problem solving: Ability to surface issues early, facilitate fact-based decisions, resolve competing functional needs, and remove execution barriers.

What You Will Gain:

  • Career development opportunities in an international environment
  • Educational and professional development support
  • Comprehensive benefits package including private medical care, life & accident insurance
  • Multisport card
  • Meal vouchers
  • Company performance‑based bonus program
  • PPK contribution – company contribution up to 4% of compensation, depending on seniority
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