Lean Expert

A Snapshot of Your Day

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Lean Expert to join our Grid Technologies Switchgears team and strengthen Lean capabilities across our global factory network.

You will support Lean University, deploy Lean training programs, launch and facilitate ideation campaigns, and provide hands-on on-site support to factories, in case it is needed. Working closely with local teams, you will translate Lean principles into practical improvements, coach teams in structured problem solving, and help turn improvement opportunities into measurable operational impact.

As part of our global Lean community, you will foster a strong continuous improvement culture, strengthen cross-site collaboration, and accelerate the sharing and replication of successful Lean practices.

This is a global role that requires around 50% of traveling

How You’ll Make an Impact:

• Strengthen Lean capabilities across the organization by supporting Lean University and developing practical, business-oriented learning content.
• Deploy Lean training programs across factories and coaching teams to translate Lean principles into sustainable shopfloor practices.
• Launch and facilitate ideation campaigns that engage employees, identify improvement opportunities, and convert ideas into measurable impact.
• Drive Lean knowledge sharing and replication, connecting sites, promoting best practices, and scaling successful solutions across the global factory network.

What You Bring

• Strong hands-on Lean expertise in manufacturing environments, with proven experience applying Lean principles at the Gemba through Kaizen, 5S, waste elimination, flow improvement, standard work and structured problem solving.
• Solid knowledge of Lean methodologies and tools, including Value Stream Mapping, flow and takt design, visual management, problem solving and Continuous Improvement, with the ability to translate Lean concepts into practical shopfloor applications.
• Experience in Lean capability building and training deployment, with the ability to develop, coordinate and deliver practical learning programs, workshops and Gemba-based training to different organizational levels.
• Strong facilitation and coaching skills to engage cross-functional teams, support ideation campaigns, facilitate Kaizen activities and turn improvement opportunities into concrete and sustainable actions.
• Data-driven and results-oriented mindset, with the ability to connect Lean initiatives with operational performance, follow up KPIs, validate improvements at the workplace and coach teams through performance deviations.
• Collaborative and international mindset, with strong communication and stakeholder management skills to work across factories, share and replicate best practices, support the Lean University and strengthen the global Lean community. Willingness to travel around 50% to provide Lean training and hands-on support to global sites.

About The Team You will be part of a global Lean and Operational Excellence community supporting the Grid Technologies Switchgears business. The team works across multiple manufacturing locations around the world, driving continuous improvement, capability building, and operational excellence initiatives. By collaborating with factory leaders, Lean practitioners, and cross-functional stakeholders, the team helps identify improvement opportunities, deploy standardized methodologies, and accelerate the adoption of best practices across the global production network. The role offers a unique opportunity to influence manufacturing performance on an international scale while contributing to Siemens Energy's culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With approximately 100,000 dedicated employees across more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demands of the global community are met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created by our research departments and manufacturing facilities drive the energy transition and provide the foundation for one-sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We have a 150-year legacy of innovation that fuels our search for people who will contribute to our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and the ongoing energy transformation.

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Benefits

• Profit Sharing Program (PPR)
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Optical Assistance: reimbursement for corrective lenses and frames
• Meals: cafeteria or meal allowance card, depending on the work model and location
• Private Pension Plan
• Parking / Company Shuttle / Transportation Voucher (depending on location)
• Gympass
• Childcare or nanny assistance for employee mothers
• On-site banking services or ATMs
• Medical clinic with physicians, nursing staff, and other specialties
• Pharmacy agreement in major Brazilian cities
• Social services support
• Massage therapy
• Extended maternity, paternity, and parental leave

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