Job Description

About the Role

• Lead the development of operating plans/budgets & indirect budgets, and reporting performance to those budgets.
• Coordinate efforts of all affected gdls locations in fulfillment of their plan targets.
• Review and control program labor and cost objectives from each facility and compile in periodic reports, perform causal analysis of variances to program objectives and recommend corrective measures as required.
• Coordinate multi-location direct labor standard hour content and actual hours reporting.
• Prepare special studies and recommendations involving all levels of cost comparisons as impacted by direct/indirect labor, material, travel and ome.
• Conduct studies as required evaluating the business base, equipment, tooling, and facilities to ensure that resources are available and in place to support customer directed business levels.
• Monitor funding to ensure that the necessary resources are available within the approved funding level.
• Develop manufacturing inputs into proposals, and support customer contract negotiations.
• Work with manufacturing plant site leads to develop and execute continuous improvement efforts to include but not limited to the leveraging of new technologies and utilization of the ever-increasing real time digital data from the shop floor.
• Support divisional alignment to contractural and regulatory requirements as applicable, and support government audits.
• Development of plans, coordination, execution and the reporting of progress on those plans to ensure successful implementation of multi-disciplined projects within us manufacturing.
• Oversee the u.s. manufacturing workforce planning data.
• Support all us manufacturing program cost account manager(s). This will include all aspects related to the earned value management system.
• Maintain data in oracle manufacturing module to support performance reporting.

Company Information

General Dynamics is a successful Fortune 100, global aerospace and defense company, with over 90,000 employees world-wide. General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has a strong foundation of delivering core engineering and manufacturing capabilities to our clients for military vehicles. Our team is focused on continuous process and productivity improvements that reduce product costs, while increasing troop safety and effectiveness. Land Systems continues to work with the US Armed Forces and its Allies to ensure these vehicles remain survivable, relevant, flexible, affordable and capable of addressing a dynamic threat environment.

What We Offer

Whether you are starting your career or an experienced professional, we offer a Total Rewards package that is impactful and built for you.

• Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, HSA and Flex Spending.
• Competitive base pay, incentive pay that rewards individual and team performance, and comprehensive benefits.
• 401k Match (6%).
• Educational Assistance.
• Hybrid work schedule may be available.
• 9-80 Work Schedule (This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off).
• On-going learning opportunities within a diverse, inclusive and rewarding work environment.
• Onsite Cafeteria, remodeled with new equipment Fitness Center, and Outdoor fitness track.

Qualifications Sought

• Undergraduate degree is required (4 year degree) - industrial engineering or finance degree is preferred.
• Excellent decision-making skills, with the ability to function in a team-based environment.
• Comfortable briefing complex topics to high-level audiences, including top leadership at gd land systems, gd corporate, and vips from government / industry.
• Must have a high degree of oral and written communication skills along with strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Understand the basic elements of business systems and ability to support the development of the operating budget, performance monitoring, and corrective action planning
• Be familiar with the concept of learning curves and their applications as related to manufacturing, and experienced in performance measurement disciplines.
• Sound understanding of industrial engineering practices in a manufacturing environment
• Understand organizational responsibilities including gdls data systems flow and how that information is used to facilitate operations and inform decision making
• Ability to decompose large amounts of data with ability to summarize outputs in methods that are easily understood
• Understanding of continuous improvement and lean manufactuing principles.
• High degree of p/c skills required. To include specifically microsoft project professional, excel, power point, oracle, power bi, cognos, etc.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Must be able to freely move, and feel comfortable in a manufacturing plant.
• Travel as required (less than 5%)

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people across 65 countries worldwide and in all 50 U.S. states, more information is available at www.gd.com. General Dynamics Land Systems, is a business unit of General Dynamics, and is an innovative leader of ground combat systems' equipment and software for our clients. Our performance-driven team partners with the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corp and other militaries across the Globe to ensure that next generation ground combat vehicles are ready to protect our fighting men and women in uniform. General Dynamics Lands Systems provides a competitive compensation package, site specific flexible work schedules, 401(k) with Company Match; Bonus Eligibility, Employee Development Opportunities, Tuition Reimbursement, On-site Amenities, and comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance. At General Dynamics Land Systems, we strive to be champions who drive diversity, equity and inclusion. We are committed to our values and beliefs to provide a healthy and secure working environment that empowers team members to build careers that reward. We are focused on supporting an inclusive company that recognizes the value in creating a dynamic team that is diverse.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, General Dynamics Land Systems ("GDLS") provides all persons with equal opportunity and access to all aspects of employment process, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, age, disability, status as a protected veteran, or membership in any group protected by federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. GDLS also is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.. If, due to a disability, you need an accommodation to search or apply for an opportunity with GDLS, please call 586-825-4000 or send an e-mail to benefits@gdls.com for assistance and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.