AOS Site Leader - Director

About the role

The Director of Operational Excellence - AOS Leader serves as the strategic program leader guiding the AOS implementation for the Minneapolis, MN site. This position plays a critical leadership role in enabling scalable, repeatable performance by coaching leaders, orchestrating strategic improvement processes, and ensuring the AOS framework becomes deeply institutionalized throughout the enterprise. This role is also responsible for driving the expansion, adoption, and execution of the Aerospace Operating System (AOS) across the Engines & Power organization. The AOS Leader aligns leadership teams, coordinates improvement initiatives, embeds Lean and Agile methodologies, and fosters a culture of continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Coordination: Collaborate with the central AOS team to help define the future path and methods to launch, support and expand AOS within Honeywell Aerospace. Drive AOS adoption within ES including roadmap definition and coordination of activities across the unit. Align with respective leadership teams to ensure adoption of AOS priorities, methods, and templates. Coordinate, prioritize, and organize Improvement Events. Manage or lead strategic business challenges to deliver on performance and improvement targets.
• Continuous Improvement & Hoshin Kanri: Foster a continuous improvement mindset with practical Lean and Agile methods. Support and/or orchestrate the Hoshin Kanri process. Coach peers and key managers on the promotion and usage of AOS; serve as a mindset-change champion.
• Community Building & Coaching: Advance AOS through recognition of success stories and role models of Lean and Agile leadership. Coach and lead the AOS community and key enablers across the unit. Drive, motivate, and manage AOS qualifications for employees. Collaborate with the global AOS community to execute enterprise-wide strategy.
• Organizational Impact: Act as an active member of the companywide AOS network. Help establish and grow the AOS team (1 FTE per SBG/Channel/Function). Ensure that improvement methodology is applied consistently and effectively across the business.

Qualifications

• U.S. person (U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or protected status under asylum or refugee status) due to export control compliance.
• 8+ years of proven project management expertise, preferably across both strategic and tactical initiatives, with experience in Lean Manufacturing, Lean Business Systems, Consultancy or Operational Excellence.
• 4+ years of relevant leadership experience in Lean manufacturing, Lean supply chain, or strategic change projects.
• Strong methodical knowledge of Lean and Agile Management methods, including AOS elements and practical application.
• Master Practitioner level of competency in the fundamental Lean tools.
• Hands‑on experience organizing and conducting Kaizen events and improvement