Global Lean Leader

GE Vernova•Charleroi, PA

2d•Remote

About The Position

Coach, drive and lead lean behaviors, principles, and tools by partnering with Operating Leaders in business management roles (e.g. GM of Business Unit, or Executive Lead of a Function). Drive cultural transformation resulting in step-change in operational business metrics. May also be roles that are part of Corporate or Business Unit Kaizen Promotion Offices (KPO).

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an accredited university or college
Minimum of 10 years of experience

Nice To Haves

Fluent English
Finance acumen
Project Management
Communication skills
Presentation skills
Lean: 5S, SW, VSM, SMED, Single Piece Flow, Strategy Deployment, Kanban, Heijunka, daily management @ genba, SQDIP/SQDC, VOC, Action Planning
Problem Solving skills and root cause analysis capabilities
Kaizen facilitation

Responsibilities

Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice Lean vision, strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve operational and transactional performance
Contribute to new business initiatives and projects and review and communicate the impact on Lean activities
Develop a robust continuous improvement strategy in partnership with the Management Team and key business stakeholders
Implement and support cultural change across the organization and drive business improvement in a Toyota Lean style
Provide project management, analytical and research skills and expertise
Provide expertise, professional advice and guidance to the business in business improvement, drawing from proven industry practice and methodologies
Report on progress of projects, understanding the risks, dependencies, budgets, resourcing, issues, critical milestones and forthcoming pipeline, and actions necessary to ensure success
Define, develop and publish business improvement process documentation to reflect best practice
Lead, define and develop continuous improvement activities designed to improve performance, such as the planning and running of lean events
Attend various meetings and take care/follow up on actions
Produce written reports and make presentations
Undertake continuous training and development
Contribute and support the operational rhythm
Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems
Identify business improvement opportunities within the organization
Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department
DfX, support in NPI to ensure manufacturability, automation, standardization
Support automation and robotization projects in manufacturing and logistics from Lean perspective
Alignment of 3P with Automation & Robotics integrations
Support make or buy evaluations
Good practice evaluation and deployment
New AI opportunities evaluation and deployment
Intra functional VSM