Manufacturing Process Excellence Lead - Lean & Digitalization

GE Vernova; Stafford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Vernova in the United Kingdom is seeking a Manufacturing Excellence professional to establish standard work, governance, and cross-functional process alignment across GSI Operations and Manufacturing Units.

You will drive Lean initiatives, support digitalization of operational tools, and develop SOPs, process maturity assessments and continuous improvement roadmaps to ensure lessons learned are implemented across sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering, Business Management, Project Management, or related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in manufacturing, operational excellence, or process improvement.
• Ideal: experience in multi-site manufacturing with standardization and cross-functional alignment.

Responsibilities

• Establish standard work and governance.
• Identify process gaps and improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate cross-functional process alignment.
• Drive continuous improvement / Lean initiatives.
• Establish process compliance and maturity assessments.
• Support digitalization and standardization of operational tools.
• Ensure lessons learned are implemented across Manufacturing Units.
• Develop SOPs, process frameworks, and governance models.
• Produce process maturity assessments and continuous improvement roadmaps.

Skills

Lean methodologies

Governance & standardization

Digitalization

Process auditing

Change management

Data-driven decision making

Systems thinking

Facilitation

Strategic planning

Analytical / data-driven

Education

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Business Management, Project Management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

GE Vernova in the United Kingdom is seeking a Manufacturing Excellence professional to establish standard work, governance, and cross-functional process alignment across GSI Operations and Manufacturing Units.

You will drive Lean initiatives, support digitalization of operational tools, and develop SOPs, process maturity assessments and continuous improvement roadmaps to ensure lessons learned are implemented across sites.