Muskegon Plant Fulfillment Leader

Job Description SummaryThe Muskegon Plant Fulfillment Leader is responsible for all fulfillment-related activities across the Muskegon and Norton Shores locations, ensuring reliable, efficient, and customer-focused delivery performance. This is a senior level plant staff position that provides strategic direction and hands-on leadership for planning, scheduling, materials management, warehousing, and logistics, developing and executing end-to-end material and product flow processes. Partnering closely with site leadership, operations, sourcing, quality, and commercial teams, the Plant Fulfillment Leader aligns demand and capacity, improves inventory health, and drives delivery to internal and external customers. The role uses data, ERP/MRP systems, daily shop management, and standard work to optimize material flow and minimize expedites, while ensuring adherence to all applicable customer, contractual, and corporate requirements related to order fulfillment, shipping, documentation, and logistics, in support of operational excellence in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC).Job DescriptionRoles and Responsibilities:Own customer delivery performance for the site by partnering with the S&OP Leader to translate customer demand into executable production and shipment plans and driving recovery actions when risk arises.Set the strategic direction for planning and scheduling activities to align demand, capacity, and material availability, maintaining accurate data and parameters in ERP/MRP systems. Set clear priorities for the production team through build plans aligned to customer demand.Manage materials and inventory (raw, WIP, and finished goods) to meet business targets, improving inventory health and reducing shortages and excess/obsolete stock. Partner with the Sourcing and Quality teams to improve turnaround time at outside vendors (OV). Coordinate with Operations and Sourcing to set material replenishment parameters.Oversee warehousing and logistics operations, including inbound receipts, storage, material flow to the line, and outbound shipping, ensuring safe, compliant, and cost-effective movement of goods.Drive continuous improvement in fulfillment processes using data and lean tools to reduce lead time, variability, past due, and expedite costs while standardizing best practices.Lead and develop a cross-functional fulfillment team (production control, materials handling, logistics) and partner closely with Operations, Sourcing, Quality, and other stakeholders to support overall plant SQDC objectives. Partner with commercial teams to understand potential demand changes, urgent customer needs, and communicate changes to production status. Required QualificationsBachelor’s Degree accredited college or university (or a high school diploma / GED with a minimum of 4 years of relevant working experience)Minimum of 5 years of relevant working experience in manufacturing, planning, or fulfillmentDesired Characteristics10 years of relevant working experience in manufacturing, planning, or fulfillmentExperience in supervising/leading a teamHumble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn 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 thinkerStrong ability to identify, develop, and encourage talent.BenefitsGE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).Additional InformationGE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes