Lean Leader - ITO & Services

Job Description Summary

Reporting to the Gas Power Controls Business Transformation and Operations Leader at GE Vernova, the Inquire to Order (ITO) and Services Lean Manager role will support the vision to create and maintain a Lean Transformation throughout the Controls ITO and Service organization in accordance with the GEV lean business strategy. Working with cross functional teams, this role provides support to the lean roadmap execution to enable orders growth and deliver world class products and services.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate to shape and operationalize the continuous improvement vision for specific areas across the ITO and Services organizations in accordance with the Business Operations & Lean strategy.
• Translate the vision into goals, objectives and strategies resulting in cross-functional transformation.
• Work with leaders across the supported organization's to assess current baselines and determine the processes to be improved using the Lean methodologies.
• Partner with leaders to optimize monthly operating rhythm (MOR), with clear outcomes that deliver positive improvement in both ITO and Services performance as measured by our TTIs and KPIs.
• On selected initiatives, lead, coach and mentor deployment of the full Lean operating system including: VSMs, PSRs, MORs, Standard Work, Daily Management and Kaizen events driving process efficiency and effectiveness.
• Support simplification of the complex processes and manage cross-functional relationships to support business impact.
• Lead Value Stream Mapping sessions focusing on waste elimination, process simplification and lead-time reduction in key activities.
• Partner as One Team across the business to align, prioritize and focus on critical efforts.
• Deliver consistent, measurable, and sustainable year-over-year results on key KPIs through Lean Roadmap development and implementation.
• Leverage Lean Methodology to drive Continuous Improvement on priority areas with a "One Team" mindset. Support cross-functional teams in building problem solving capabilities and leading kaizen events to eliminate waste, drive simplification and ensure all operations perform in a consistent and best-in-class manner.
• Through coaching, communication and best practice sharing actions to accelerate cross-functional results, deployment of standards and promotion of our GE Vernova continuous improvement culture, ensuring sustainment of the lean principles across the organization.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university in science, engineering, IT or equivalent with at least 5 years of Lean, Quality, or Continuous Improvement experience (or a high school diploma/GED with at least 10 years of experience in Lean, Quality, or Continuous Improvement)
• 5 years or more of experience in one or more of the following: Commercial Operations, Sales, Project Execution, Services.

• Lean practitioner, capable and experienced on facilitating kaizen events and coaching the core tools such as Daily Management, structured Problem Solving, Value Stream and Process Mapping, Standard Work, Transactional Process Improvement.
• Demonstrated influencing and lean problem-solving abilities; High Say-do ratio
• Strong proven track record of delivering on business KPIs, ideally with strong emphasis on successfully leveraging Lean methodologies.
• Ability to listen, learn, act and scale
• Proven change driver with focus on executing efficiently in a complex, diverse and dynamic cross functional global team
• Highly collaborative and transparent, with effective interpersonal and communication skills. Embraces and promote a One Team mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs/projects including the ability to collaborate, plan, and executive execute programs
• Project management skills