Lead Lean Manufacturing Specialist

General Electric (GE)

UAE

Ref: KP132-1576

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Role Summary:
Drive lean initiatives across the respective Manages the value stream map(s) for the site and is responsible for working with the Plant Leadership team to establish a customer-based process improvement strategy, which drives safety, customer responsiveness, lead time reduction and quality improvement in line with business/functional objectives.

Essential Responsibilities:
• Create the Lean vision and implement a Lean strategy to reduce inventory, lead time, and waste
• Lead the Lean implementation at the plant and drive cross-functional results.
• Lead and develop Lean Facilitators. Build and develop a moonshine team and moonshine shop.
• Support early integration of Lean principles in product design & process development for New Product Introductions.
• Drive measurable improvements in lead-time, customer delivery, productivity, inventory and product flow.
• Develop value stream maps for the Organization and eliminate process waste through implementation of Lean techniques
• Guide plant teams in developing and executing Lean plans to monitor and increase overall productivity managing multiple value streams, serving as a recognized expert and resource leader for focus areas, process rigor, and delivering significant simplification results
• Establish and drive a Gemba walk methodology that drives cross functional focus on the production line and quickly solves impediments to flow.
• Assist in Lean plan execution by leading Action Work Outs (AWOs) developing simple solutions
• To the elimination of “monuments”, developing pull systems where flow is not possible, training personnel, and other activities to achieve world-class process flow
• Prepare Lean review presentations and pitch to business leaders on Lean business reviews.
• Prepare operational budgets to fund Lean annual activities and estimate productivity gains.
• Coach, train and mentor site leadership on the fundamentals and principals of Lean Manufacturing

Requirements

Qualifications/Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering or related technical discipline from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in manufacturing or services operations
• Formal Lean Training/certification
• Hands-on experience in Lean deployment and driving changes in production shop floor through strategic projects
• Ability and willingness to travel 10-20% of the time, as required

Desired Characteristics:
• Previous shop floor operational/leadership experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects
• Six Sigma/Lean Green or Blackbelt Certification
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Able to effectively interface with all levels of the organization
• Effective problem identification and solution skills
• Knowledgeable of repair methods, procedures, and planning.
• Experience leading & organizing cross functional Global Teams
• High-Energy, independent thinker; data/fact driven decision maker

About Us:
GE (NYSE:GE) drives the world forward by tackling its biggest challenges. By combining world-class engineering with software and analytics, GE helps the world work more efficiently, reliably, and safely. GE people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and passion to fulfill GE’s mission and deliver for our customers.

About the Company

GE is a diversified technology, media and financial services company, dedicated to creating products that make life better. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, medical imaging, television programming and oil and gas, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs over 300,000 people worldwide.

GE's Oil & Gas business is a leader in the development and delivery of advanced product and service offerings for the global oil and gas industry. As a consequence of the rapid expansion of its technology base, GE's Oil & Gas is capable of addressing the largest and most complex engineering and application challenges entirely from its own worldwide resources. So whether it's the world's largest LNG compression trains, re-injection of high sulfur gas, enhancing the safety and productivity of the world's oil and gas pipelines, or equipment for the production of oil and gas from harsh environments, GE is leading the charge.

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