Job Description SummaryCoach, drive and lead lean behaviors, principles, and tools across a operational or functional area. Drive cultural transformation resulting in step-change in operational business metrics.Job Description
The Senior Lean Leader is responsible for transforming GE’s results through the application of GE’s lean principles. Specifically, this role will work closely as a partner with the Power and Avionics engineering and program management teams in our Cheltenham location to drive a lean mindset and ensuring lean principles are applied effectively in support of executing our business commitments, as measured by our Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). This leader will work across our engineering and program management teams to implement practices and principles that promote and enable GE’s lean transformation in support of our true north metrics (S, Q, D, C) to drive business impact.
The Senior Lean Leader will serve as a facilitator, educator, and coach to the engineering and program management teams to drive the understanding and application of lean principles and tools to create a lean operating system. This will be accomplished through:
- Teaching / Coaching the Daily Management process including daily management meetings, genba walks, problem solving, kaizen events and kata coaching cycles
- Establishing a kaizen event rhythm with the teams and leveraging that activity to develop lean proficiency for employees
- Partnering with leaders to prioritize and solve problems impacting program delivery and cost
- Working with colleagues to quickly deploy new, best-practice capability and processes within the business
- Coach less-experienced lean practitioners to amplify and accelerate business impact
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors degree from an accredited university or college
- A minimum of 8 years of experience in lean implementation / transformation, preferably in a transactional or product development setting
DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:
- Lean practitioner, capable of facilitating kaizen events and coaching core tools such as daily management, structured problem solving, and standard work.
- Proven to be effective driving outcomes in large, matrixed organizations – able to influence without direct authority
- Experience implementing and using agile principles and methodology
- Change agent, able to make the case for lean and demonstrate immediate impact
- Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
- Transparent: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
- Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, delivers impact
Flexible Working
GE supports and encourages flexible working arrangements, where possible, and recognises the benefits to employees of having a positive work-life balance.
At GE Aviation we understand the importance of Total Reward. Our flexible benefits plan, called FlexChoice, gives you freedom, choice and flexibility in the way you receive your benefits, as well as giving you the opportunity to make savings where possible.
As a new joiner to GE we are pleased to be able to offer you the following as default in your benefit fund, which you then can tailor to meet your individual needs;
Performance based annual bonus
Non-contributory Pension
Life Assurance
Group income protection
Private medical cover
Holiday Hourly equivalent of 26 days, with flexible option to buy or sell
Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance is required and must be maintained for this role. Please note that in the event that BPSS clearance cannot be obtained, you may not be eligible for the role and/or any offer of employment may be withdrawn on grounds of national security. Please see the link below for further details regarding the requirements for BPSS clearance: BPSS
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Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
