Senior Lean Transformation Program Leader

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Manage the breakthrough action planning, keeping all tasks on track and driving proactive countermeasures to sustain TTIs
• Assist in developing the strategic roadmap and playbook across Materials, Sourcing and Part Families to enable scale of the Pull system and achieve breakthrough delivery and inventory turns results
• Work cross-functionally to build a comprehensive and robust action plan / project plan for a complex interdependent supply chain business strategy and communicate risks.
• Build, execute and influence standard work and operating cadences that successfully cascade from Senior Leader Hoshin Kanri down to plant level execution
• Foster a culture of Lean, leading by example
• Ability to define, articulate and measure success in each stage of the project and rally teams around shared success factors
• Flex between a system thinking approach being able to connect all pieces of the organization and a micro approach of knowing the next milestones for each plant
• Ask thought provoking questions and challenge the status quo with humility to drive execution and accountability

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or Business Administration from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management
• 25-50 travel requirement if remote and do not reside near headquarters in Evendale, Ohio

Desired Characteristics and Experience

• At least 10 years of experience in leading supply chain, engineering or product management teams driving lean culture and operational transformation is desired.
• Exceptional organization and communication skills to ensure shared understandings
• Transparent: Shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Humble: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Focused: quick learner, strategically prioritizes work, committed
• Problem solver: analytical-minded, challenges existing processes, critical thinker
• Excellent program management software skills
• Experience driving enterprise-wide transformation preferably in a major turn-around. The ideal candidate has been through complex change and tough situations; bringing a will to win with strong followership
• Lean practitioner, capable of facilitating kaizen events and coaching the core tools such as Daily Visual Management, structured Problem Solving, Value Stream Mapping, Standard Work, Transactional Process Improvement and Kanban
• Proven to be effective driving outcomes in large, matrixed organizations – understands how to navigate geographies, cultures, relationships, etc. Can drive work around the world because they are accountable, trustworthy, credible, committed, and intellectually agile.
• Change agent, able to make the case for lean and demonstrate immediate impact.
• Highly collaborative person, comfortable with conflict and debate normally associated with change.
• Ability to solicit interest and champion unique approaches / original solutions and formulate those ideas into transactional strategy
• Ability to present ideas effectively and concisely, both written and verbal, to all levels of the organization both internally and externally.
• Strategic and critical thinker with the ability to influence others without authority, even those with conflicting priorities balancing thought leadership / and read across with strong results-orientation
• Proven ability to work horizontally across GE and build / maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders
• Skilled communicator capable of influencing a wide audience via a balanced and humble approach
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of materials management practices using lean tools and methodology.

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