דרושים Site Lean Leader ב-Ge Healthcare ב-Italy, Florence

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Executes production according to the appropriate instructions. Ensure productivity and output meet expectations regarding Delivery and Quality. Establish team goals that meet or exceed established quality standards. Monitor and improve productivity, while ensuring all customer commitments are met in a timely, quality, and cost-conscious manner. Create and implement strategies and objectives for functional areas which align with broader goals and priorities.
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems in areas of operational, product management, and manufacturing. 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.
• Ensure processes are implemented and followed to track and report metrics in their functional area to include work order completion, inventory accuracy, throughput, capacity, and customer complaints.
• Developing in-depth knowledge of a technical discipline. Uses prior experience and acquired technical expertise to execute policy/strategy. Uses prior experience and on-the-job training to solve straightforward tasks. Has access to technical skills and analytic thinking required to solve problems. May use multiple internal sources outside of own team to arrive at decisions.
• In-depth understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. In-depth understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• Uses some level of judgment and has ability to propose different solutions outside of set parameters but with guidance.
• Oversight and management of front-line manufacturing employees; typically managing hourly employee populations. Manage the full employment cycle for assigned team, to include recruitment, development, training, coaching, and counseling as needed.
• Manage daily production schedules, aligning to the overall direction of the site. Help to integrate quality and safety standards.Provide feedback, instructions, and development coaching to production associates that align to the KPI's of the site. Ensure staff are aware of key metrics and aligned with expectations.
• Ensure the assigned functional area operates and adheres to expected safety standards, ensure staff have all required safety certifications and training, drive accountability to safety requirements, support safety initiatives, and drive continuous improvement.
• Drive and ensure a high level of employee relations and engagement for the area. Drive a culture of fairness, consistency, and servant- leadership.
• Implement and sustain meaningful engagement. Active engagement with team members including DMS shift and cross over meetings, safety pulse stops, audits, on floor support for production issues, and personal engagement with team. Expectation is for people leaders to spend two-thirds of their day in meaningful engagement with team members.
• Provide coaching and constructive feedback to team members through daily interactions along with expectation to have a formal 1-1 meeting with each team member at least once every 6 months.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 5 or more years production, supply chain experience or leadership, or High School diploma/GED and 7 or more years production or supply chain leadership experience, or GE Leadership Program employee or graduate
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and implement Best Practices and deal with high levels of ambiguity.
• Experience scheduling a production shop floor.
• Ability to pivot and adapt quickly to issues that arise on a daily basis.
• Servant Leader characteristics, strong traits of emotional intelligence and engagement skills.

Desired Characteristics:

• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.
• MBA or Masters.
• Demonstrated ability to identify & implement best practices.
• Direct experience as it relates to area of assignment (ie welding, machining, assembly, other)
• Established project management skills.
• Strong background and experience with Lean production methods and tools.

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of business vision and strategy; identify and resolve critical business process gaps and opportunities. Collaborate with functional leaders to develop strategic deployment planning as well as specific goals and priorities that drive Lean principles and concepts across the business. Responsible for creating and implementing short- and long-term plans for the site.
• Serve as a change agent by influencing, communicating, and institutionalizing a culture of simplification and standardization.
• Lead and ensure a Lean culture at the site which fosters employee engagement in Lean activities and broad understanding of Lean concepts and principles. Develop and coach Lean skills and competencies at all levels of the organization.
• Lead implementation of Lean actions which drive quality, safety, continuous improvement, teamwork, and customer satisfaction.
• Direct Lean initiatives for the site, including developing site and team roadmaps, Kaizen planning, and related events. Ensure the successful deployment and application of Lean practices such as 5S and Standard Work in all areas.
• Implement tools to track improvements at the DMS board level.
• Leverage data analytics to drive informed decision-making across teams and all assets.
• Manage talent and performance, ensuring priorities align with business strategies, development objectives to grow skills and knowledge, and performance feedback.
• Drive EHS and Quality compliance, incorporating critical safety, quality, and environmental elements into projects and strategies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• 5 years of experience leading Lean programs at the site level.
• Proven project and program management skills, including experience leading Kaizen and Lean projects.
• Proficient in Lean principles such as 3P concepts, Problem Solving (using PSP), DMS, and VSM.
• Staff leadership and management experience.
• Proven mentoring and coaching skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with employees at all levels of the organization. Strong oral and written communication skills in English.
• Advanced computer skills, primarily with MS Office software programs, i.e., Excel and PowerPoint.

Desired Characteristics

• Master’s degree, or bachelor’s degree, in an engineering or related technical field.
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in Lean management, process improvement, or operational excellence roles.
• Proven track record of leading successful Lean transformations in large organizations, establishing a sustainable Lean culture, and driving significant improvements in quality, productivity, and cost reduction.
• Experience leading and developing a team consisting of technical roles.

Total Rewards

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.

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).

We offer a generous relocation package.

Responsibilities:

• Support multiple value streams as a recognized expert and resource leader, delivering significant simplification results.
• Provide overall Lean leadership and coaching; partner with site leadership to develop lean strategy and priorities; own lean framework reporting to Lean COE.
• Train and teach all employees the culture of continuous improvement.
• Initiate sustainable process improvements to exceed customer expectations using lean strategies.
• Develop schedules and facilitate kaizen, value stream mapping sessions, and activities to achieve business results.
• Drive consistent Lean Transformation standards and model the GE Lean Operating System.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 2 years of progressive work experience in a manufacturing environment, or a high school diploma/GED with 7 years of work experience.
• Demonstrated experience in LEAN and participation in Kaizen events and 5S's.
• Proven experience in influencing and leading teams to drive change.
• Strong coaching, negotiation, and listening skills. A change agent with influencing skills.
• Proficiency in reporting and the use of MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint), Smartsheet, or similar tools.

Desired Characteristics:

• Ability to motivate others and achieve results.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Commitment to process improvement.
• Customer-focused in defining quality and establishing priorities.

**This role must be located 100% on-site in our Florence, SC location. We are unable to sponsor or transfer employment visas for this position.

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.