Imaging ISC - Sr Lean Leader

GE HealthCare • Waukesha, WI

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role will be responsible for supporting and guiding process improvement activities for our Imaging manufacturing facilities and supply chain. You will work very closely with plant managers to help them continue to increase the LEAN maturity of their sites while improving safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people capabilities. This role will also lead and support Hoshin Kanri (strategy) breakthrough objectives for Imaging, partnering cross functionally, and with other lean leaders to continue to build capabilities throughout GEHC. 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. GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to create a world where healthcare has not limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems and transform business results and process through the application of Lean techniques.
• Demonstrated ability to increase the organization's lean maturity.
• Lean practitioner, capable of facilitating kaizen events and coaching core tools such as Daily Visual Management, Scientific Problem Solving, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work and Transactional Process Improvement.
• Proven to be effective driving outcomes in large, matrixed organizations – understands how to navigate geographies, cultures, relationships, etc. Can drive work around the world because they are accountable, trustworthy, credible, committed, and intellectually agile.
• Change agent, able to make the case for lean, demonstrate immediate impact and drive cultural change within the business transactional processes and in manufacturing environments.
• Highly collaborative; comfortable with constructive conflict and debate normally associated with change.
• Critical thinker with the ability to bring others along, even those with conflicting priorities.
• Impactful communicator from the shop floor to the boardroom.
• BS or BA Degree; Master’s Degree preferred
• Minimum of 7-10+ years mastering a variety Lean and Growth-related tools such as: Hoshin Kanri / Strategy Deployment, Problem Solving, Daily Management, Standard Work, Value Stream / Process Mapping, TPS methodology, Toyota Kata.
• Experience Leading / Improving / Transforming within Factory, Supply Chain, Supplier Performance.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop people at all levels of the organization to build lean skills and become practitioners, with a focus not only on tools but on methods and most importantly on behaviors.
• In partnership with Imaging ISC business leaders and other lean resources, increase the organization's lean maturity
• Lead and facilitate process and system improvements cross functionally
• Apply and coach advanced lean methods to improve safety, quality, process stability, increase on-time delivery, reduce lead time, and improve cash flow.
• Assist the execution of relevant Hoshin Kanri breakthrough transformations.
• Support sites with value stream optimization and development of Kaizen roadmaps.
• Partner with business leaders to increase the organization's kaizen mindset and cadence.
• Lead/Coach and deploy standard work, visual controls daily management and problem solving across Imaging ISC.
• Must be able to travel approximately 50% of the time domestically and internationally.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level