Senior Manufacturing Transfer & Industrialization Leader

Job Description Summary The Senior Manufacturing Transfer & Industrialization Leader will provide strategic and technical leadership for complex manufacturing transfers, New Product Introduction (NPI), factory setup, localization, and manufacturing industrialization across production sites. This role will lead the end-to-end transfer of products, manufacturing processes, equipment, and technical capabilities between facilities, ensuring successful production readiness, ramp-up, and operational stabilization. The position will focus on establishing scalable manufacturing processes, optimizing factory and production-line layouts, improving material flow, developing local manufacturing and supplier capabilities, and delivering sustainable improvements in safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, and productivity. The leader will also identify opportunities to introduce automation, robotics, Special Purpose Machines (SPMs), and advanced manufacturing technologies to improve manufacturing efficiency and support long-term factory development. Working closely with cross-functional teams, the role will help define future-state manufacturing capabilities while ensuring successful execution of immediate transfer and industrialization priorities. 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. Job Description Roles & Responsibilities: Manufacturing Transfer & NPI Leadership Lead end-to-end manufacturing transfer programs, including product and process transfers between manufacturing sites, localization initiatives, and NPI industrialization. Develop transfer strategies, project plans, manufacturing readiness milestones, risk mitigation plans, and execution frameworks to ensure successful transitions. Coordinate the transfer of manufacturing processes, equipment, tooling, technical documentation, quality requirements, and manufacturing knowledge between sites. Partner with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Sourcing, and Operations teams to ensure smooth execution of transfer programs. Lead manufacturing readiness reviews, pilot production, ramp-up activities, and operational handover to achieve stable manufacturing performance. Factory Setup, Process Engineering & Industrialization Lead manufacturing process development and industrialization activities for transferred and newly introduced products. Develop and optimize factory layouts, production-line configurations, workstation designs, material flow, manufacturing sequences, and equipment placement. Apply Lean Manufacturing principles, Value Stream Mapping, line balancing, cycle-time analysis, and capacity planning to establish efficient manufacturing operations.