Lean Leader - Visual

Lean Leader – Visual

Are you passionate about driving transformation and operational excellence in a global organization?

Do you enjoy leading change, improving processes, and building a strong continuous improvement culture?

Partnering with the best

As the world leader in non‑destructive testing (NDT), Waygate Technologies offers a comprehensive portfolio of industrial inspection solutions. These include radiography, computed tomography (CT), remote visual inspection, ultrasound, and eddy current technologies. We help ensure safety, quality, and productivity for customers across major industries worldwide.

Fueling your passion

As a Lean Leader, you will demonstrate strong leadership, analytical thinking, and a passion for operational excellence.

• You will lead the Lean transformation agenda within the Visual Inspection business unit.
• You will drive a culture of continuous improvement across operations.
• You will partner with cross‑functional teams to deliver productivity, quality, and growth outcomes.
• You will support strategy deployment and execution aligned with business priorities.

As a Lean Leader, you will be responsible for:

• Leadership & Strategy: Defining and executing the Lean roadmap for the Visual Inspection business, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and strategic priorities.
• Lean Transformation: Leading Lean initiatives across operations, enabling breakthrough improvements in key business processes.
• Process Optimization: Working with process owners to map, analyze, and continuously improve critical processes to enhance efficiency, quality, and productivity.
• Continuous Improvement: Facilitating Kaizen events and Lean projects to achieve measurable business outcomes and sustained improvements.
• New Product Introduction (NPI): Driving simplification and efficiency from NPI through delivery using Lifecycle Management (LCM) processes.
• Performance Management: Tracking and reporting project progress, outcomes, and impact to stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Strategy Deployment: Supporting strategy deployment through A3 methodology, ensuring alignment and execution across all stakeholders.
• Operational Excellence Culture: Implementing and sustaining a strong 6S culture across operations.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university OR a High school diploma with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in manufacturing or Lean process.
• Have a minimum of 7 years of experience in manufacturing, operations, or Lean processes.

Skills:

• Proven experience in process change, lean implementation and strategy deployment is preferred.
• Ability to work in a cross-functional matrixed organization
• Strong communication, influencing, interpersonal and leadership skills
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Lean training is preferred
• Ability to develop and execute priorities and plans for yourself and others
• Strong business acumen
• Strong oral and written communication skills

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

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are stronger when our people are developed, engaged, and empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We invest in wellbeing, capability development, and leadership growth across all levels.

Working for you

Our innovations have transformed the energy industry for over a century. To continue progressing, we look for individuals who embrace change and contribute to building the future.

Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
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