Quality Lean Leader

GE Vernova • Greenville, NC

16d • Remote

About The Position

The Quality Lean Leader will serve as a key driver of operational excellence by deploying and scaling the Zero Defect Quality Framework across all business units. This role focuses on embedding Built-in Quality (BiQ) practices and advancing Live Outage by facilitating structured projects, kaizen events, and targeted interventions in collaboration with the businesses. The successful candidate will bring cross-business best practices into focused implementation efforts to accelerate improvements in quality performance, customer satisfaction, and cost of poor quality (COPQ).

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university (or equivalent experience).
• 8 plus years of experience as a Lean practitioner with proven experience leading quality or Lean transformation initiatives in industrial environment.
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate kaizen events and deploy standard work to create successful sustainable changes.
• Travel Requirement : 50% both domestic and international

Nice To Haves

• Impactful communicator with experience working and leading cross-culturally in large, matrixed organizations.
• Highly collaborate person, comfortable with conflict and debate normally associated with change.
• Proven mentoring and coaching abilities; demonstrated ability to motivate and inspire others and to lead with humility, transparency, and focus.
• Strong interpersonal, writing, and presentation skills; ability to conceptualize, structure, and present compelling stories to a wide range of audiences.
• Strong alignment with GE Vernova Way, including being a strong advocate for creating diverse and inclusive environments.
• Some familiarity with ISO 9001, APQP, and other quality management systems
• Hands-on experience with RCA tools, and operational excellence frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Zero Defect Framework Deployment: Lead the implementation and scaling of GE Vernova's Zero Defect Quality Framework across businesses by partnering with operations, engineering, and quality teams within each Business.
• Built-in Quality (BIQ): Drive this initiative across each business as the standard operating model. Integrate quality at the source, ensuring that critical processes are error-proofed and aligned with customer expectations. Identify gaps and help establish countermeasures to reduce COPQ.
• Live Outage: Lead quality improvements by standardizing field activities during outages and installation by coordinating process adherence, identifying systemic failure points, and coaching teams in the field. Develop and enhance standard work using video and easy to follow instructions and measure results.
• Kaizen and Continuous Improvement: Facilitate cross-functional kaizen events focused on high-impact areas. Ensure standard work, root cause analysis, and sustainable countermeasures are embedded. Develop, Identify, and deploy Lean tools designed to drive core revenue growth of the business. Support the implementation and the governance of the Operating Method.
• Read Across: Capture and disseminate best practices across GE Vernova’s portfolio. Act as a knowledge integrator to support replication of successful approaches.
• Quality Transformation Projects: Support businesses with hands-on quality improvement projects aligned to their strategic priorities and Hoshin Kanri (Strategy Deployment) objectives.
• Change Enablement: Engage with leaders and frontline teams to build a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous learning around quality.

Benefits

• GE Vernova offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation.
• Available benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.
• GE Vernova Inc. or its affiliates (collectively or individually, “GE Vernova”) sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs
• GE Vernova 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 GE Vernova welfare benefit plan or program.
• This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

What This Job Offers

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