Global Lean Leader

**Job Description Summary**: GE Healthcare is undergoing a LEAN transformation to make it a simpler, faster and even more customer centric organisation. The LEAN transformation will accelerate performance improvement and strengthen capabilities to deliver on its strategic priorities. LEAN is how we deliver for our people, patients and consumers.

The Global LEAN Expert role will be part of the team responsible for the design, adoption and execution of the LEAN transformation roadmap for the Pharmaceutical Diagnostics Integrated Supply Chain Business Unit reporting to the LEAN & Digital Director. The LEAN team is responsible for developing and deploying the LEAN behaviors, principles, standards, and tools across the GEHC PDx network to drive tangible business value.

**Responsibilities**:

- Support the execution of kaizens and lean events to deliver on the CI plan
- Support the delivery of the following: event charter, metrics, scope, required pre-work and event execution plan
- Build, implement and measure Standard Work (SW) across all business partner’s processes
- Train teams on standard work and define KPIs that demonstrate process health
- Establish and drive sustainment of Daily Management across the business partner’s processes
- Support across all levels of the Management System (Tiers 1-5)
- Establish and drive sustainment of Daily Management across the business partner’s processes
- Ensure proper training and coaching for effective daily management and a true “embrace the red” culture

**Qualifications and experience**:

- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in any technical or analytical domain with a preference for Supply Chain Manufacturing related degrees (Business, Economics, Engineering)
- Experience in highly regulated industries (e.g. Healthcare, Pharma, Food)
- Improvement mindset is essential, understands LEAN toolset with proven results
- Ability to facilitate and conduct Kaizen events
- Proven success in leading significant business process improvement
- Demonstrated leadership, ability to shape transformational change
- Willing to travel up to 30%
- Experience leading large lean transformational rollout across multiple types of businesses or industries, complex and interdependent initiatives in a matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders.

**Desired Skills**:

- Customer focused with emphasis on Voice of Customer and Customer Impact
- Outstanding communication ability across all levels of the business and between all functions with the ability to grow cross functional relationships and to influence outside of immediate sphere of control
- Tenacity/Passion/Determination - driven to chase the end goal and to drive the site performance forwards.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Intellectually curious, open minded and creative problem solver
- Motivated to achieve results through teamwork and cross functional collaboration

**Eligibility requirements**:
A good level of English and a valid work permit

**Inclusion and Diversity**:
GE Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

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**Additional Information**:
**Relocation Assistance Provided**:No