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Sr Quality Manager Lean Sensei - Operational Excellence

Do you enjoy driving cultural transformation and operational excellence through Lean principles?

Are you passionate about mentoring leaders and enabling sustainable performance improvements across global operations?

Partner with the best

As change makers in our industry, at Baker Hughes and IET we create new ways to collaborate with our colleagues, customers, suppliers, and the communities in which we operate.

The Business System, Lean and Quality Office aim to lead IET deep transformation and position our Company for the Future. IET Business System is the enterprise initiative that is changing the way the business operates across the entire value chain to deliver value to our Customers and Stakeholders.

Fuel your passion

As the Sr Quality Manager Lean Sensei - Operational Excellence, you are acting as a senior expert and coach, driving operational excellence across the organization through Lean principles and methodologies. You are partnering with business leaders to identify opportunities, leading strategic Kaizen events, and mentoring teams in deploying Lean tools and behaviors. You are assessing organizational maturity, building internal capabilities, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement while ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and KPIs.

As a Sr Quality Manager Lean Sensei - Operational Excellence, you will be responsible for:

• Acting as a trusted advisor and coach to senior leaders on Lean thinking and enterprise transformation.

• Designing and facilitating high-impact Kaizen events, value stream mapping sessions, and problem-solving workshops.

• Assessing organizational maturity and readiness for Lean transformation and developing tailored roadmaps.

• Building internal capabilities by mentoring Lean leaders, facilitators, and change agents.

• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement through structured coaching, training, and hands-on support.

• Leading diagnostics and benchmarking to identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities.

• Ensuring alignment of Lean initiatives with strategic business objectives and KPIs.

• Sharing best practices across business units and contributing to the evolution of the Lean operating system.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a bachelor's or master's degree in Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related field.

• Have 10+ years of experience in Lean transformation, preferably in industrial or manufacturing environments.

• Have certification as Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent; Shingijutsu or Toyota Production System experience is a plus.

• Have a proven track record of leading enterprise-level Lean initiatives with measurable results.

• Have strong facilitation, coaching, and change management skills.

• Have excellent communication and interpersonal abilities across all organizational levels.

• Have willingness to travel to Minden, NV & as needed to support global operations.

Desired Characteristics (Preferred):

Have experience in enterprise transformation and cultural change initiatives.

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:

• Starting early / finishing early

• Starting late / finishing late

• Flexibility within the day or week to get the job done

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. 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

• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

Candidates for this role (office-based/ hybrid/ remote) must be located in or near the locations displayed above. The pay range/scale displayed above represents Baker Hughes' good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum for this position at the time of this posting and applies to the possible locations for this position. Baker Hughes will issue a non-bias competitive offer; the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hires, full-time salaries in some U.S. locations, not including equity or benefits. Where an applicant will ultimately fall within the pay range/scale depends on a variety of factors, including, for example, geographic work location, skillset, qualifications, internal pay alignment, level of experience, and demonstrated performance over time. Please keep in mind that the range stated above is the full base salary range for the role and does not include other forms of compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the pay range for this position during the hiring process.

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.