Lean Industrialization Director

About the role

Jet Aviation, a global business aviation group founded in 1967, is looking for a strategic functional leader to lead the Continuous Improvement operating model at its Basel site. The goal is to make continuous improvement a leadership-supported business discipline, bringing clarity, structure and momentum to cross-functional improvement initiatives that drive efficiency, performance and customer value. The position is based in Basel with a hybrid work arrangement.

Key responsibilities

• Define and implement the CI framework, governance structure, operating model and meeting cadence for the Basel site, with clear standards, routines and accountabilities.
• Partner with Basel leadership to identify and prioritize the most significant efficiency opportunities across departments and value streams.
• Manage the CI pipeline from idea generation and prioritization through implementation, tracking, escalation and reporting, with transparency on progress, risks, savings and results.
• Align stakeholders across Board Member Allocation, Heads of Department, Engineering, Planning and Scheduling, SCM, PRIN, Gulfstream Completions, 145, IT and others; chair or coordinate the Cross-Functional Improvement Council.
• Build the framework for selecting, training and coaching Yellow Belt and Green Belt practitioners, connecting them to the governance model.
• Work with leaders to embed continuous improvement into annual objectives, operating routines and leadership expectations.

Required profile

• Strong background in Continuous Improvement, Operational Excellence, Industrial Engineering, Operations Engineering, transformation or a related field.
• Experience aligning diverse stakeholders around shared priorities.
• Disciplined approach to governance, portfolio management, performance tracking and escalation, able to communicate progress, risks, savings and outcomes to senior leaders.
• Knowledge of CI methodologies, structured problem solving, waste reduction, standards deployment and process improvement.
• Influential collaborator who builds trust without direct authority, and experience developing people through training, coaching or belt-based practitioner models.