**Job Description Summary** Are you passionate about lean transformation and ready to make a real impact? We're looking for a Lean Leader to join our Aquila Leadership team. In this role, you'll be recognized as a developing lean expert, influencing at the Senior Management level on exciting lean transformation projects. You'll partner with our Commercial Leadership Team, operating as a strategic advisor, to develop operational improvement plans, driving our Zone vision and priorities forward. The Aquila Lean Leader will promote a Lean mindset across the organization, as the capability owner, prioritize and maintain standards, and build Lean capabilities within leadership and the organisation. Our Aquila region is UK&I, Nordics and Netherlands, Eastern Europe and IMI. GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to improve lives in the moments that matter. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world. **Job Description** **Responsibilities** + Leverage strategic vision to lead the region through lean transformation, operationalizing the GE HealthCare Heartbeat (business operating system), emphasizing the importance of leveraging Lean principles through our culture. + Provide overall Lean leadership and coaching; partner with Zone leadership to develop lean strategy and priorities, connecting to the International and Global lean frameworks. + Identify & support key lean projects across the Zone, in partnership with our Commercial Leadership team. Project manage initiatives through to outcome, analyzing data to monitor success. + Train and teach colleagues the culture of continuous improvement and upskill our Leadership team on Lean principles. Develop strategies to upskill our Aquila organisation in this domain. + Initiate sustainable process improvements to exceed customer expectations using lean strategies, driving measurable results and business performance improvement + Develop schedules and facilitate kaizen, value stream mapping sessions, and activities to achieve business results. Lead problem solving, including 5 whys, fishbone, PSR etc. + Be ambassadors for culture change, through creating meaning, purpose and demonstrating value whilst energizing colleagues on the Lean journey. + Create and maintain effective and relevant dashboards and daily management boards in a PowerBI environment; drive for automation and reducing manual work. + Lead change management efforts through culture and project management. + Experience of incorporating AI as part of transformation activities is also preferred. **Qualifications** + **Education:** Bachelor's degree with significant experience operating with lean principles. Proficiency in reporting and the use of MS Office (PowerBI, Excel, PowerPoint), Smartsheet, or similar tools. + **Lean Background:** Strong Lean background and familiarity with Lean methodologies. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of implementing Lean principles to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence. + **Data Analysis:** Ability to envisage and design impactful daily management boards to drive actions. + **Stakeholder Management/Communication:** A dynamic leader who can influence key stakeholders, provide leadership direction, maintain open communication channels, and create feedback loops for improvement. + **Strategic Insight:** The ideal candidate will have experience driving transformation and lean maturity by advancing strategic initiatives, promoting a Lean mindset, and building leadership capabilities. They will be committed to process improvement and developing capabilities within the organisation. They will bring commercial experience to enable this. + **Inspire & Influence:** This person leads through interpersonal influence, has a high degree of humility and displays leadership that inspires and energizes the organization. The candidate will cultivate peer relationships to influence them to drive the adoption of the business system, with strong coaching, negotiation, and listening skills. A change agent with influencing skills. + **Courageous Thinking:** A leader who is results oriented and comfortable addressing difficult issues head-on, facilitating tough problem-solving conversations, and advocating for necessary changes to achieve long-term success. **Desired Skills** + Ability to motivate others and achieve results. + Strong analytical and quantitative skills. + Commitment to process improvement. + Customer-focused in defining quality and establishing priorities. + Experience working with multi-cultural, diverse teams with a strong understanding of how to evaluate and transform initiatives such as turnarounds and integrations + Strong financial acumen and an ability to tie business system performance to the organization’s profitability potential and expectations **Inclusion and Diversity** GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. **Behaviours** We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: 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 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. \#LI-MG1 **Additional Information** **Relocation Assistance Provided:** No