CI Manager

Woodward is committed to creating a great workplace for all team members. Our company and its members are committed to acting with integrity, being respectful and accountable to one another, and staying humble and driven, while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.

We are steadfastly committed to attracting the best talent across our communities, creating a rewarding workplace. Together we are fulfilling our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.

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: $126,000(minimum) - $157,500(midpoint) - $189,000(maximum)

• All members included in annual 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 hir
• 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

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. 

Are you ready to make your mark? If you’re a CI Manager, we have an exciting opportunity for you.  This position reports at the Senior Vice President or Director level. The purpose is to provide leadership with a Lean/Six Sigma focus resulting in the deployment of proven CI methods and tools resulting in measurable and sustained improvement of QDRC across various business processes (e.g. PLC process, Woodward Lean Enterprise System (WLES), product quality or supplier quality) within several customer facing workstreams.

What You Will Be Doing 

• Creates vision and architects the lean / process improvement roadmap for all Sales, Marketing, Aftermarket Support, Customer Services and Contracts processes for the Aerospace division.
• Drives a strategic mindset and commitment to continuous improvement across the department (i.e. defines improvement goals, establishes accountability through QDRC metrics, uses Lean/Six Sigma tools and techniques to continually improve processes and business results, and establishes a mindset within the department to document and control processes; promotes safety and housekeeping; uses facilitative leadership). Cooperative development of Lean Strategies across the department and where the department interacts with other functional areas (e.g. Manufacturing Operations, Engineering, Finance and Product Management).
• Improves processes throughout the department’s workstreams (This may include commercial growth strategy development, proposal creation, negotiation preparation, contract reviews, contract management, order management and customer communications.). Utilizes department members to support the various processes within the workstreams.  Activities within the scope of this role span all stages of the Product Life Cycle, from technology innovation to production through in-service operation to retirement.
• Accountable for paradigm shifts for “game changing” systems implementations.
• Provide leadership of projects with the assistance of members permanently assigned to functions within the department.

What We Are Looking For 

• US – Bachelor's Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) preferred
• Professional experience in a manufacturing environment or a branch of the military
• Demonstrated success in implementing Lean/Six Sigma concepts
• Prior leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
• Prior exposure to transactional processes preferred
• Familiarity with the “Toyota Way to Continuous Improvement”
• Six Sigma Black Belt Certification required
• LEAN Certification preferred

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 and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local laws.