Site Lean Deployment Leader

GKN Aerospace -
Trollhättan

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About the Role

We are looking for a driven and experienced Lean Deployment Leader to lead and accelerate our continuous improvement journey across Material Solutions within Sweden. In this role, you will be responsible for driving Lean initiatives, building capability, and embedding a strong Lean culture across multiple sites.

You will work closely with leaders and teams to enable sustainable improvements, enhance operational performance, and support day-to-day business through structured Lean methodologies.

The role will be either based in Trollhättan or Hallstahammar, and work will be split between the sites.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and drive Lean improvement initiatives across the business area
Coach and support leaders and team members in Lean culture, principles, and tools
Plan, coordinate, and facilitate Lean improvement events across different sites
Act as a change agent to embed continuous improvement thinking into everyday work
Support daily operations with problem-solving and improvement activities
Facilitate workshops, Improvement events, and other structured improvement sessions
Ensure consistent deployment of Lean practices and standards across the organization
Collaborate with leadership teams to identify improvement opportunities and priorities

Key Accountabilities

Role modelling a culture that is aligned to the GKN Aerospace “Great Place to Work” value drivers and Culture Principles
Exemplifying a safety-first mindset and ensuring that the GKN Aerospace Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards are applied across GKNA and that all locations are a model of a world class healthy and safe working environment
Ensuring the correct allocation of resources to make the Lean capability development a success, and making problems immediately visible, allowing problem solving to take place
Delivering significant improvement in People, Safety, Quality, Delivery, Inventory and Productivity (PSQDIP) targets, meeting their site’s customer and stakeholder commitments, driven by significant improvements in Lean Maturity
Developing deep Lean and Problem-Solving Expertise across their site, ensuring that all employees become self-sufficient in running and improving the business daily

Qualifications & Experience

Proven experience working with Lean methodologies and tools (e.g., Improvements, Value Stream Mapping, 5S, problem-solving techniques)
Strong ability to facilitate workshops and lead improvement events
Experience coaching and developing leaders and teams within Lean principles
Demonstrated ability to drive change and influence stakeholders at all levels
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Structured, proactive, and results-oriented mindset, BSc degree, or equivalent, in an Engineering or Science discipline
Minimum of 10 years’ relevant business experience
Thorough understanding of Lean Thinking and Lean Leadership
The demonstrated ability to influence the site Leadership Team
Ability to lead, coach and mentor highly skilled and experienced team members

Desirable

Second or advanced degree in Business
Previous and significant experience in Lean Transformation
A Lean Certification from a reputable certifying body or benchmark company
Aerospace supply chain experience
Communication skills in Swedish

Application

Travel Requirements:
Up to 50% within Sweden and occasionally international

Location: Trollhättan, Hallstahammar

Application deadline: 2026-08-30. Due to the summer holiday period, candidate screening and feedback will take place after the summer break.

The position requires that you undergo and be approved according to the current regulations for security protection. For positions where GKN's customer has requirements for security classification, this may, in some cases, involve specific citizenship requirements.

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