Global Lean Leader
GE Vernova · Posted Oct 8
Power generation, wind turbine, grid solution, and electrification services
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About the role
The role sits within GE Vernova's Continuous Improvement (Lean Six Sigma) Manufacturing organization, which drives lean culture and operational excellence across the business. The Global Lean Leader partners with Operating Leaders in business management roles to coach and deploy lean behaviors, principles, and tools, and to lead cultural transformation that delivers step-change in operational business metrics. The position works on continuous improvement strategy, strategy deployment, kaizen facilitation, root cause analysis, and the evaluation and deployment of new automation, robotics, and AI opportunities in manufacturing and logistics.
What you will do
- 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
- Robotics and automation and AI industrial experience
- Leadership and communication skills, influencing techniques
- 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
- 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
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in an accredited university or college
- Minimum of 10 years of experience of Lean implementation in Lean dedicated roles in manufacturing industry and overall experience of 14+years.
Preferred qualifications
- 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
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About GE Vernova
GE Vernova Inc. is a global energy company that provides equipment, services, and software to generate, transfer, orchestrate, convert, and store electricity. Operating through its Power, Wind, and Electrification segments, the company supports a broad customer base across more than 100 countries in powering economies and driving the energy transition. Formed as part of the strategic spin-off of General Electric's energy portfolio, GE Vernova is dedicated to electrifying and decarbonizing the world.
- Industry
- Energy
- Company size
- 75000+ employees
- Founded
- 2024
- Location
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer and President
Stephen F. Angel
Chairman of the Board
Lola Lin
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Roger Martella
Chief Corporate Officer, Chief Sustainability Officer & Head of Global Government Affairs
Eric Gray
CEO, Power Segment
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