Engineering Operations Leader

General Elektrik A.Ş. GE MARMARA TECHNOLOGY

Job Description Summary:

Drives initiatives to improve the effectiveness of the Engineering function and interfaces with other functions to provide effective coordination of metrics, dashboards, functional processes, and cross-functional initiative coordination. Responsible for departmental operations planning/execution or is focused on execution of professional activities within a technical discipline. Functions with some autonomy but guided by established policies or review of end results.
The job allows modification of procedures and practices covering work as long as the end results meet standards of acceptability (quality, volume, timeliness etc.). Conducts University relations with University TTOs.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Process tracking, metrics tracking. Could be degreed or non-degreed. Responsible for headcount and various other data collections that are used for ultimate decision making
• Enriches functional managers or other functions regarding approaches, processes and procedures driven by operational and organizational data.
• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market
• Uses some judgment and has some ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters to address more complicated processes with technical variety. Uses technical experience and analytical thinking. Uses multiple internal and limited external sources outside of own teams to arrive at decisions.
• Leads or participates to engineering and business process improvement activities, developing and monitoring KPIs. Support ad-hoc business analysis for decision making, working with diverse functions, with the guidance from senior leadership.
• Develop custom insight reports from organizations data analytics, monitor trends meeting engineering objectives.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience. May lead small projects with low risks and resource requirements. Explains information; developing skills to bring team members to consensus around topics within field. Conveys performance expectations and may handle sensitive issues.
• Discuss technical scope and objectives with Universities and align with TTC expectations. Manage relationship with academia and engineers. 

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college, preferably industrial engineering, statistics or mathematics disciplines.
• Minimum of 5 additional years of experience in relevant fields

• Lean knowledge is a plus

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs
• Established project management skills
• Ability to influence others and foster collaboration
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to lear
• Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker