Job opportunity description:

This is an opportunity for a skilled Lean Leader - Transformation to coach, drive and lead lean behaviours, principles, and tools across operational and functional areas. Drive cultural transformation resulting in step-change in business performance.

About GE HealthCare

GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organisation where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

With over 100 years of healthcare industry experience, we operate at the center of an ecosystem working toward precision health. We are digitising healthcare, helping drive productivity and improving outcomes for patients, providers, health systems and researchers around the world.

Position Overview

As a Lean Leader, you will be responsible for driving the transformation system of GEHC International, supporting the Gemba Teams and Leadership to focus on the most important aspects of the value stream, owning the Kaizen funnel and roadmap, and ensuring execution on prioritised transformations. You will help accelerate the development of a Lean mindset across International, and act as catalyst of collaboration across functions, product segments and geographical zones.

Essential Responsibilities

• Value Stream: Bring outstanding clarity on the value stream, identifying where we have opportunities for transformation, and crystallising these opportunities into the Kaizen funnel and the enterprise Project Plan. As always in value streams, make that assessment through the eyes of Customers.
• Kaizen Funnel: Maintain the funnel, ensure prioritisation with key stakeholders, move the funnel to execution by aligning the right resources and teams, and provide the relevant coaching and mentoring. Ensure we have to-the-point kaizen charters.
• Kaizen Execution: Support Kaizen leaders and teams with the preparation work. Provide lean leadership during Kaizens; support with the relevant Lean tools, methods and mindset. Ensure a culture of sustainment post-Kaizen, and that transformations are properly handed over to operational teams.
• Transformation Review: Organise and run the transformation reviews with the leadership team of International. Use these reviews to take key decisions, and to accelerate progress. Review the funnel and sharpen the roadmap.
• Lean Practitioners: Actively engage with, inspire and coach a broader bench of talented practitioners to further disseminate Lean across the organisation.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field. Lean certification will be considered a plus but is not a pre-requisite.
• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of experience in a functional role (preferably in FP&A, commercial, services and/or operations) with a proven track record of successful lean practice in a commercial environment and/or operations.

Key Attributes

• Outstanding Customer Focus: Demonstrated commitment to understanding and exceeding customer expectations.
• Lean Mindset: Proven ability to apply a lean mindset effectively in various contexts is a pre-requisite.
• Business Simplification: Proven ability to reduce complexity and to improve efficiency and effectiveness in processes and business cadences.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong interpersonal skills to engage, influence, and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Communication: Comfortable interacting with both field teams and executive leadership.
• Strategic and Hands-On Approach: Strategic thinker with the ability to execute plans in a hands-on manner to achieve tangible results.

Our Culture

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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 organisation with global strength and scale, and you'll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

Job category: Lean Management
City: Dubai
Country: UAE
Schedule: Full-time
Remote work: No
Relocation: No
Position type: Lean Leader - Transformation

Students and Graduates

Apprenticeships

From Junior Technicians to Field Engineers, and many more options, you will find plenty of inspiring and exciting opportunities for starting your career and helping us discover the solutions of tomorrow.

Internships and Co-ops

An internship with us will help give you real world experience while you are still discovering your inner potential. And for our interns and co-ops who show big bold thinking, you could get hired onto our prestigious development program or other entry-level positions.

Development Programs

Our exciting development programs have produced some of our most inspiring senior leaders. Across all facets of our business including engineering, IT, finance and tech, there are world-class programs to help you develop your career and become a future game changer.

Entry-Level

Graduates are the future, which is why we hire this class of candidate into immediately impactful roles. It is our commitment to being ahead of the curve for next generation solutions. Find your opportunity today.

Professionals

Unlocking ambition
Our passionate, caring people are our greatest asset. We foster an environment where we are challenged to be better every day, and where we are encouraged to learn and grow. We unlock ambition so our people can innovate, reach their potential, and deliver transformational care. All so we can change lives and improve wellbeing around the world.

Our culture
We win as one team and seek to create a healthier world through a culture of focus, ownership and trust. Our people are global, diverse and dedicated, operating with the highest integrity and a lean mindset to deliver for our customers and fulfil our ambition, purpose and vision.
We expect all employees to live and breathe our values. To act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership - always with unyielding integrity.

Total rewards
Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from a successful, global organisation, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities within a culture of flexibility and support.

Wellbeing
Caring for each other, our customers and our patients runs through the core of GE HealthCare. We focus on your wellbeing through our flexible ways of working, the benefits we offer and the support you get to achieve your best. We're committed to working with our team members to determine where and how our teams can best work and collaborate. COVID-19 safety practices are rigorously enforced, and we follow all government and local guidelines.

Learning and development
Our size and scale means you’re surrounded by career opportunities that will allow you to reach your potential. We help you be your best so we can be the best. GE HealthCare is a challenging and vibrant environment where every day you’re inspired to grow and learn through the people around you, and the work you do.

Inclusion and Diversity
We’re committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work culture of trust and ownership, to deliver for our customers. We recruit, hire, develop and promote the best talent everywhere in the world. We encourage each employee to be their best selves for the company, customers and community. We are committed to an environment where all employees contribute, and the best ideas win every day.

Additional Requirements

• Business - Operations Management degree
• Stakeholder Management
• Minof 10 years of experience
• FP&A