Kaizen Business System Leader

  • GE OIL & GAS, INC
  • Grove City, Ohio
  • Full Time
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Baker Hughes offers the broadest portfolio of industrial inspection solutions. Our solutions include pipeline in-line inspection, radiography and computed tomography (CT), remote visual inspection, ultrasound and eddy current technologies. We ensure safety, quality and productivity for our customers across major industries around the world.

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The role is a major contributor to the strategic plan of the organization and will be responsible to coach, implement and lead the lean enterprise deployment. The role will incorporate the enterprise lean approach to all levels of the business and drive and facilitate lean events, concepts, and tools adoption by the teams. This individual will be an expert in the application of lean across the enterprise and will help support the senior leadership team to develop the vision and strategic approach to dramatically drive business performance.

As a Kaizen Business System Leader, you will be responsible for:

Focusing on the business system implementation and lead lean projects/process improvement to ensure that our Lean enterprise culture is developed gradually.

Focusing on implementing a culture that moves toward a coordinated lean approach cross functionally.

Leading the business system deployment including specific high impact projects with a goal of enhanced performance and the development of people.

Making important decisions which have direct impact on business results of the broader organizational unit and/or advising business & functional leaders about their strategic approach.

Demonstrating an ability to quickly understand the broader implications for the entire organization unit.

Coaching and facilitating lean events such as Value Stream Design, Daily Management, standard work and being an expert in coaching the lean concepts (A3 Thinking, Strategy deployment, Value Stream Transformation etc.).

Developing a clear vision and plan on the Lean Business System implementation journey keeping business leaders accountable and being in close interaction with business leadership at all levels.

Leading the team by example, overcoming complex cultural challenges.

Delivering very complex specialized transformational work delivered by multi-layered regional or global teams.

Handling complex challenges with the ability to coach and facilitate teams and individuals through their own Learning Journeys at every level of the organization.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

Have a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.

Have 10+ years of experience in Lean application and process improvement across the enterprise not just operations.

Possess demonstrated experience in executive and leadership coaching.

Demonstrate the ability to drive Lean Enterprise business system implementations across multiple businesses with diverse product portfolios.

Be able demonstrate the ability to lead programs/projects.

Possess impressive oral and written communication skills, influential interpersonal and leadership skills.

Possess demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve complex business challenges.

Be able to travel to support businesses through the lean transformation process.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

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Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are d
Job ID: 481184153
Originally Posted on: 6/14/2025

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