Job Description Summary
As a member of the Nuclear leadership team, you will be an active contributor to operationalizing the business vision/strategy into tactical actions. You will serve as Chief Problem Solver,” mobilizing change to achieve business results, and building sustainable business improvements. Deliverables include lean maturity for the business and its leaders, and SQDC improvements through kaizen events, problem solving and coaching. This role will require you to coach leaders at all levels, lead problem solving, kaizens, operations reviews, etc.
Job Description
Success in this role looks like:
- Assessing current organizational competency and developing the Nuclear Lean/Business System transformation roadmap.
- Supporting Nuclear in achieving their SQDC objectives through the deployment of the Hoshin Kanri, MOR and Leader Standard Work.
- Progressing and maturing the adoption of lean tools as a part of the operating philosophy including value stream mapping, standard work, kaizen, visual and daily management.
- Establishing yourself as a subject matter expert by demonstrating experience deploying lean principles and tools to impact business metrics and employee morale.
Who You Are:
- You are someone who demonstrates the GE Vernova Way, brings clarity of thought and consistency of messages and uncompromising integrity.
- You have significant experience in operations or general management and deep business acumen (business literacy, analysis, insight and design.)
- You love to solve problems.
- You have advanced experience with kaizen, problem solving, coaching and daily management.
- You are able to facilitate, coach and direct (up, down and across) the full value stream to drive the most effective solutions.
- You can debate and influence other leadership team members on the path and plan to achieve results.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Execute the GE Vernova / Nuclear lean system within the organization and provide ‘voice of customer’ feedback for improvement.
- Run operating reviews, including Monthly Operating Reviews and Daily Management.
- Coach, facilitate, and drive maturity in the Operating Review process and execution.
- Participate in or coach a Hoshin Kanri improvement priority workstream, facilitate HK related problem solving.
- Lead implementation of Daily Management and Problem Solving in the business; Coach, facilitate, and drive maturity in the process and execution.
- Coach key kaizen roles (ES, PO, TL, F); facilitate kaizen events.
- Deliver process improvements that improve customer outcomes, KPIs and leadership behaviors.
- Demonstrate influence on SQDC and financial performance of the business, influence policies/guidelines
- Develop lean expertise and build reputation within the organization. Link with other segments and functions.
- Interpret business challenges and recommend best practices. Understand industry trends to inform decisions.
- Lead others to find creative solutions for complex problems. Evaluate quality of data, use internal and external resources.
- Communicate difficult concepts and influence others to consider a different point of view.
Basic Qualifications:
- Two-year Associates Degree or equivalent in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Organizational Effectiveness or related field.
- Ten plus years’ experience leading and coaching teams in manufacturing, supply chain, services, engineering, commercial, nuclear operations or related field.
- At least three years of experience as a lean practitioner, including implementing the Systematic Approach to Lean.
Eligibility Requirements:
Relocation to Wilmington, NC.
Desired Qualifications:
- Ability to see, articulate, and then operationalize the business vision/strategy into tactical actions – mobilizing change and achieving business results that impact the P&L and build sustainable business improvements.
- Complex problem-solving skillset and aptitude – Chief Problem Solver”
- Able to facilitate, coach and direct (up, down and across) the full value stream to drive most effective solutions
- You can debate and influence other leadership team members on the path and plan to achieve results.
- Broad experience facilitating kaizens and teaching lean methods
- A change agent, able to make the case for lean and demonstrate immediate impact.
- Comfortable with conflict and debate normally associated with change.
- Practitioner and / or expert of Lean practices.
- Trajectory to move beyond lean leader into key functional and P&L leadership roles.
