Senior Director for Women's Health and X-Ray Productivity

Job Description Summary

Leads Variable Cost Productivity and Cost of Poor Quality improvement across the Women's Health and X-Ray SBU, including all categories, including design, deflation/sourcing, production, logistics, installation, warranty, and service. Works cross functionally to drive focus and impact to exceed our targets.

Job Description

WHXR Productivity Director

Job Description Summary

The Productivity Director will serve as a strategic partner to Product, Regional, Finance, and Imaging VCP teams. As an integral member of the WHXR Integrated Supply Chain and Engineering Leadership teams, he/she will collaborate with functional leaders to achieve Variable Cost Productivity (VCP) and Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ) targets.  This role reports to the WHXR COO/VP Integrated Supply Chain.

This role is accountable for delivering VCP & CoPQ objectives to the WHXR Strategic Business Unit (SBU), enhancing profitability through effective cost management and project execution. This includes identifying cost-saving opportunities and leading cross-functional operations globally.

The geographic location for this role can be remote North America (preferred), France, or India.

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

• Funnel Building, Financial Analysis and Reporting:
  • Guide the Product & Function teams, as well as the Business Data Analysts to leverage large data sets for actionable insights.
  • Oversee Cost Data Analytics (Overall Spend by Category, Costed BOMs, I&W Cost per unit, Cost to Serve, Service Records, outliers, trends, region-specifics, etc.).
  • Use analytics to influence funnel development and ensure a robust pipeline for future VCP initiatives.
  • Sponsor cost work-out events such as Kaizen, Gemba Walks, and data-driven workshops.
  • Identify funnel projects to activate and collaborate with the Leadership to staff these. Coordinate efforts to identify additional staffing opportunities.
  • Approve VCP projects’ business cases/ROIs and validate their savings across WHXR and sub-segments (Fixed XR, Mobile XR, Fluoroscopy, Mammography, and Bone Metabolic Health (BMH)).
  • Scrutinize VCP financial estimates from central Functions and Regions.
  • Advise Leadership team on Risks & Opportunities and recommend actions to improve profitability.
  • Confirm the benefits’ impact on P&L and EBIT improvements, in alignment with Finance teams.
  • Develop reporting presentations for monthly and quarterly Senior Leadership Reviews.

• Operational Rigor and Cost Management:
  • Oversee the consolidated project lists across all portfolio’s product lines and cost categories: Deflation, Design, Factory, Logistics, Install, Warranty & Services, across various Source-of-Truth tools.
  • Drive operational rigor to secure ongoing projects’ VCP impact and overcome potential misses and/or headwinds such as execution delays, volume fluctuations, rate/tariff increases, unfavorable allocations, …
  • Ensure accurate project tracking (Annual Savings, ROI, CY/FY as well as the quarterly impact, Savings Start Date, DOI Stage, …). Identify gaps, if any, and share with owners for corrections.
  • Ensure financial reporting consistency, analyze variances and address gaps/inconsistencies, if any.
  • Track major products’ total landed cost spends.
  • Leverage VCP projections to set FY Standards (by product, site, and region).
  • Release & communicate the VCP budget timely for the future year(s), based on funnel size by DOI Stage, COGS by Category & Sub-segment Risk & Opportunities.

• Programs/Projects’ Support:
  • Part of the Program Management Office (PMO), the VCP Director reviews Programs & cross-functional projects driving productivity.
  • Influence scoping decisions to drive continuously Total Landed Costs down and reduce Cost of Poor Quality (CoPQ).
  • Monitor execution risks with Project Leaders/Program Managers & clear roadblocks.

• Lean & Problem Solving
  • Apply Lean methodology to collect data (Gemba Walks).
  • Facilitate DCW / Kaizen events to generate funnel ideas.
  • Use structured problem-solving methodology to address performance gaps.

• Strategic Alignment:
  • Champion the alignment of franchise VCP metrics and calculation methodologies across Strategic Business Unit (SBU) operations and beyond.
  • Prioritize high ROI activities and recommend reprioritization of low-impact projects.
  • Collaborate with Chief Engineers and the CTO on Design-to-Cost initiatives and cost-inclusive WWTP.
  • Partner with Senior Leadership team (CEO, Segment GMs, CTO, COO, CFO & CMO) as part of the yearly WWPP & LTS processes to ensure Total Landed Cost strategy is aligned with the Future Years’ productivity goals.

• Stakeholder Partnership:
  • Collaborate with WHXR Product & R&D Leadership teams, as well as the Finance team, on investments, trade-offs and ROI analysis.
  • Provide operational and business insights, recommendations to the WHXR Leadership teams on VCP Projects, Programs & initiatives.
  • Interact with Imaging, Finance & Region Leadership teams to echo WHXR SBU needs and identify the process-related initiatives that need to be managed across Imaging Business Unit & Regions.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and/or Finance.
• 10+ years of operational experience, preferably within the medical device industry.
• Prior experience in New Product Introduction (NPI) and/or process improvement.
• Extensive experience managing cross-functional operations.
• Proven collaboration with global and regional teams.

Desired Characteristics

• Strong influence skills to ensure proper operational execution in various functions and product teams.
• Strong execution rigor with the ability to prioritize tasks, meet tight deadlines, and manage multiple cross-functional projects simultaneously.
• Enjoys thriving in a fast-paced, highly visible, intellectually challenging environment.
• Superior analytical ability with excellent process skills.
• Superior analytical methodology to share real-time progress of all our projects and their financial impact, at WHXR level, at Sub-segment level, by category and by quarter.
• Knowledgeable of Lean principles.
• Leadership skills with the ability to motivate cross-functional teams and analyze/resolve problems.
• Strong negotiation and persuasion skills to push through challenging targets and decisions.
• Ability to work with remote and cross-functional/cultural teams, in a matrixed environment.
• Proficient use of financial systems, analysis tools, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to drive standardization, digitization (Power BI), and process improvements across our segments.
• Strong critical thinking and capable of challenging senior and line management in a constructive & balanced way, offering solutions and fresh thinking.
• Ability to play a pivot role across segments and functions to share best practices & funnel opportunities and retire risks.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

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We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. For U.S. based positions only, the pay range for this position is $173,600.00-$260,400.00 Annual. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience and location. In addition, this position may also be eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). GE HealthCare offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement.

Additional Information

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.

Application Deadline: November 07, 2025