Lead Production Team Leader

Job Description Summary

Lead daily manufacturing operations to ensure safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity objectives are consistently achieved. This role is responsible for managing shop floor execution, leading front-line teams, driving operational excellence initiatives, and implementing continuous improvement projects that deliver measurable business results. The position requires strong people leadership, manufacturing expertise, and the ability to collaborate effectively across Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams.

GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. 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.

Roles and Responsibilities

- Lead day-to-day manufacturing operations to achieve safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity targets.

- Manage and develop a manufacturing organization consisting of 2–3 direct-report engineers/supervisors and approximately 50–70 shop-floor associates.

- Build a high-performance culture through coaching, mentoring, performance management, and conflict resolution.

- Drive production execution while ensuring customer commitments are met in a timely, quality-focused, and cost-effective manner.

- Partner with cross-functional teams including Quality, Engineering, Planning, Sourcing, and EHS to resolve operational challenges and improve business performance.

- Identify, prioritize, and execute Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement initiatives across manufacturing operations.

- Lead projects focused on cost reduction, quality improvement, yield enhancement, waste elimination, and process simplification.

- Establish and monitor operational KPIs including productivity, labor utilization, throughput, inventory accuracy, work order completion, customer complaints, and quality metrics.

- Implement and sustain standard work, visual management, problem-solving methodologies, and operational excellence practices.

- Support workforce capability development through structured training and skill-building programs.