Job Description Summary
Department Operations and Lean transformation roles Impacts the team's ability to achieve execution, quality and timeliness of objectives. The role is subject to operating policy objectives. There is moderate autonomy within the role. High levels of operational, business, and strategic judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Will serve as Chief of Staff to Engineering department leader: managing operating cadences, Safety/Quality/Delivery/Cost metrics, action plans, and problem solving reports.
- Requires specialized knowledge within the function.
- Influence the development of strategy for the area of responsibility, including control of resources and influences policy formulation.
- Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services.
- Stays informed of industry trends that may inform work.
- Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, lean transformation, technology or engineering.
- Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders.
- Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations.
- Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
- May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
- Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on particular topics.
- May guide others to consider a different point of view.
- Will serve as a Lean coach & mentor to engineering department staff.
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Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in STEM field from accredited university.
- 4 years experience in Lean Transformation.
- Exposure to financial operation processes.
- Will require significant time in Cincinnati office.
Desired Characteristics
- 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.
- Experience leading cross-functional & global teams.
GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
#LI-Remote - This is a remote position