Materials Lean Leader: Drive Lean Supply Chain Excellence

GE Vernova; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 105,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Tuition assistance

Paid holidays

Disability benefits

Life insurance

Adoption assistance

Job summary

GE Vernova seeks a Materials Lean Leader to drive a roadmap for the materials organization, coordinating with production and suppliers to reduce lead times and inventory while improving delivery performance.

The role emphasizes coaching across the organization, implementing lean material systems, and leading projects to align with business targets and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 10+ years manufacturing experience with a high school diploma.
• Minimum 5 years in Lean and/or Materials.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the lean roadmap for the materials organization, ensuring alignment and synergy between internal materials planning and operations.
• Collaborate with planners to integrate them into Pull/replenishment systems, aligning with internal processes.
• Facilitate regular communication between internal factory and external suppliers to apply lean principles.
• Own priorities for parts on pull and schedule attainment aligned with business targets.
• Responsible for continuous improvement plans for materials lean systems including VSMs.
• Coach teams from front line to executives on lean materials systems.
• Plan and deliver projects and initiatives aligned to the roadmap.

Skills

Lean principles

Supply chain

Cross-functional collaboration

Change agent

Six Sigma Green/Black Belt

Education

Bachelor's Degree

High school diploma/GED with 10+ years manufacturing

Tools

Value Stream Mapping (VSM)

Kanban

Job description

GE Vernova seeks a Materials Lean Leader to drive a roadmap for the materials organization, coordinating with production and suppliers to reduce lead times and inventory while improving delivery performance.

The role emphasizes coaching across the organization, implementing lean material systems, and leading projects to align with business targets and continuous improvement initiatives.