Value Stream Manager

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the ongoing development of a continuous improvement culture for the Value Stream
• Assist employees in efforts focused on driving employee involvement and empowerment
• Drive operational excellence using Lean tools, best practices, and continuous improvement
• Study existing processes to identify opportunities to drive out waste and improve profitability and process efficiency within the Value Stream
• Provide relevant training and coaching to ensure employees are effective at meeting daily production goals and providing the best product for our customer
• Continuously review and improve operational productivity
• Facilitate problem solving within the Value Stream

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & COMPETENCIES:

• Possess ability to provide motivation, leadership, communication, and coaching to Value Stream employees
• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills
• Apply effective problem-solving skills as required
• Analytically minded and data-driven
• Possess effective project management skills
• Possess proven track record of creating, implementing, building, and sustaining an effective Value Stream work environment to include good feedback, accountability, and team stability

Leadership:

• Verifiable experience as a workplace leader who has managed a team in a manufacturing environment
• Prefer three to five years of manufacturing leadership.
• Prefer practical experience in problem solving training, leading teams, Lean manufacturing, and quality improvement processes. Prefer advanced knowledge of departmental technical requirements.

Value Stream Manager Standard Work

Daily Activities

• Lead team start-up meeting
• Review, adjust production plan based on previous shift
• Manage production start up
• Post tracking sheets
• Attend shift meeting
• Complete improvement task assignments
• Work on improvement plan
• Set next day labor plan
• Update Metrics boards
• Train team members to understand and facilitate daily start-up processes
• Provide follow-up coaching and development, as required, to ensure start-up best practices, including pre-shift safety talk, start-of-shift checklist, review required quality checks and review standard work requirements
• Ensure effective delegation of responsibility throughout the team.
• Provide coaching and feedback as required to rotate responsibility for daily start-up activities among department team members.
• Use Kaizen, decision making, and conflict resolution processes to drive continuous improvement of the daily start-up process, safety check, and all daily KPI monitoring to make sure the Value Stream continues to meet and exceed its daily safety, quality, and production goals.

Lean Application

• Train team members to facilitate and drive continuous improvement
• Ensure that best practices manage the daily process and provide coaching/feedback on individual growth with and effective use of all lean tools/resources
• Ensure efficient delegation of Lean responsibilities to team.
• Lead Kaizen events and train team members in Lean concepts and application to our organizational culture

Technical Support

• Possess high level department and process knowledge
• Teach all team members to facilitate and drive continuous improvement in workflow and process throughout the day to ensure that daily goals are met.
• Coach development and maintenance of standard work documentation and reporting so all members are involved in timely and accurate schedule tracking to ensure daily goals are being met.
• Encourage teamwork and cross-training by coaching team members with train-the-trainer techniques and
• Provide consistent feedback on team progress to support individual as well as team growth and development.
• Drive all safety, quality and performance goals for the team and keep all team members engaged every day.

Communication

• Train and develop team members to ensure that excellent communication skills are practiced throughout the team.
• Coach communication methods and techniques and appropriate use and give feedback on individual as well as team progress.
• Conduct plant tours for customers, suppliers and/or other external visitors and participate in customer or supplier on-site visits as required.

Share Data and Present Metrics for Value Stream Tracking

• Train/coach team members in the use of Microsoft Tools to manage daily work functions and provide top-level tracking of safety, production, and quality performance of the work area.
• Train/coach members in development and presentation of Power Point presentations to internal and/or external groups to explain department or team safety, quality, and production metrics.

Safety

• Ensure all Value Stream employees are practicing safe work habits
• Demonstrate knowledge of sound safety practices and provide support and guidance necessary to ensure safety of all team members
• Be able to conduct safety training for team members, and
• Train team members in how to conduct effective safety audits.