Software & Controls Solutions Senior Value Stream Quality & Lean Manager

GE Vernova•Longmont, CO

1d•Remote

About The Position

The Software and Controls Solutions (SCS) Value Stream Quality & Lean Manager will help develop and implement the transformation plan for EHS, Quality, and Lean as part of the Business Operations team. This manager develops and executes strategies to address risks and challenges for the business line and collaborates with the leadership team to implement and operationalize. This leader partners with the Gas Power Business Operations Center of Excellence and business line teams to plan, implement and maintain standards across EHS, Quality and Lean. This role will have broad responsibilities to implement Quality best practices throughout our products to assure defect reductions, reliability improvements and customer experience are corrected, contained and prevented. This leader reports to the Gas Power Software & Controls Solutions Business Transformation & Operations Leader.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in science, engineering, IT or equivalent with 5 years of EHS, Quality, Lean, IT or operations experience (or a high school diploma/GED with at least 10 years of experience in EHS, Quality, Lean or operations).
2-3 years cross-functional program and/or project leadership experience.
Access to U.S. export-controlled information; final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

Nice To Haves

Process experience in Software and Electronics Industry.
Critical infrastructure experience a plus.
Able to learn Systems, Processes and Tools quickly.
Proven experience Quality and System implementations.
Proven experience solving quality problems directly - can provide examples of hands on solutioning through full problem-solving cycles.
Strong ability to collaborate effectively - sustaining relationships while driving rapid organizational changes.
Cross functional leadership experience in Operations, Services, Engineering or Projects.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems.
Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
Established project management skills.

Responsibilities

Provide quality governance for SCS products including new applications.
Support product quality planning, including software quality planning.
Develop and advocate for strategies, priorities and action plan items that address EHS & Quality risks and challenges for the business line and incorporate them into the way we work.
Ensure requirements are verified and validated through development, application changes and entire product lifecycle.
Serve as an EHS, Quality and Lean subject matter expert and point of contact for specific initiatives and projects for the business line leadership team and drive operational rigor across the organization. This includes helping with MORs, KPI reporting, lean roadmap, action plan development and analysis processes.
Coordinate with the Controls Quality Leader to approve Quality, Readiness and Risk NPI reviews.
Align product management with all functions to ensure New Product Introduction programs are compliant and effective.
Ensure product lessons learned are screened with finding, continuous improvement and corrective actions tracked.
Collaborate with all functions to StopWork early, resolve defects quickly, gather lessons learned and implement improvement actions as needed.
Provide support for sites and distributed teams in implementing the Gas Power EHS, Quality and Lean initiatives such as the Life Saving Rules, Built-in Safety, Zero Defect Framework, Built-in-Quality for Manufacturing, EHS/Quality Read Across, Standard Work development, Layered Audit Plans & Gemba Walks, Customer Experience Program, EHS/Quality/Lean training, and managing the Business Management System.
Lead digitization and automation efforts for the EHS/Quality/Lean teams to remove non-value added hours so the teams can focus more on improving the business.
Communicate and mentor widely to cultivate a quality & lean culture of customer passion, compliance, and waste reduction.

Benefits

medical
dental
vision
prescription drug coverage
access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
tuition assistance
adoption assistance
paid parental leave
disability benefits
life insurance
12 paid holidays
permissive time off