Value Stream Manager

What You'll Do

• Lead all aspects of value stream performance, including safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, productivity, and employee engagement.
• Provide leadership and direction for manufacturing operations, maintenance, production planning, and a small manufacturing engineering team to ensure alignment with business priorities and customer requirements.
• Develop and execute operational strategies that improve throughput, optimize resources, increase capacity, and support business growth.
• Drive performance through KPI management, visual controls, data-driven decision making, and disciplined operating reviews.
• Ensure equipment reliability and asset performance through effective maintenance strategies, preventive maintenance programs, and continuous improvement of maintenance processes.
• Lead capital investment, equipment acquisition, workforce planning, and capacity planning initiatives.

Continuous Improvement

• Champion Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives across the value stream.
• Lead problem-solving, waste elimination, and process improvement efforts that improve productivity, lead times, inventory performance, and profitability.
• Implement and sustain manufacturing technologies, systems, and best practices that enhance operational performance and customer satisfaction.

Quality, Safety & Compliance

• Foster a safety-first culture and ensure compliance with all environmental, health, safety, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure quality systems and processes consistently meet customer expectations and business objectives.
• Maintain accountability for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and the effectiveness of internal controls within assigned areas.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, and Customer Service teams to optimize end-to-end value stream performance.
• Lead supply chain and inventory strategies that balance customer service, material availability, inventory investment, and working capital objectives.
• Lead New Product Development (NPD) launches activities within the value stream, ensuring manufacturing readiness, capacity planning, process validation, resource alignment, and successful transition from development to production.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to support product enhancements, manufacturability improvements, process optimization, and long-term operational scalability.

Talent Development

• Build, coach, and develop high-performing teams and future leaders.
• Create a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous learning.
• Lead organizational change initiatives and effectively communicate priorities, expectations, and results across all levels of the organization.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Operations Management, Business, Supply Chain, or related field; MBA preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success leading a value stream, manufacturing operation, or business unit with accountability for safety, quality, delivery, cost, inventory, productivity, and people performance.
• Proven track record of driving measurable improvements in productivity, throughput, capacity utilization, inventory optimization, lead times, and operational profitability.
• Experience leading a manufacturing operation through significant growth, transformation, operational turnaround, business integration, or cultural change.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including manufacturing operations, maintenance, production planning, and engineering functions.
• Experience supporting or leading New Product Development (NPD) launches, including manufacturing readiness, production ramp-up, and cross-functional project leadership.
• Demonstrated success improving equipment reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and overall asset utilization.
• Demonstrated history of building accountability and improving performance through frontline leadership development, standard work, performance management systems, and disciplined operating rhythms.
• Experience leading salaried leaders and supervisors in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in a high-mix, mid-volume manufacturing environment.
• Strong Lean Manufacturing, Operational Excellence, or Toyota Production System (TPS) experience.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and execute strategic initiatives.
• Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to connect operational performance to business results.
• Experience in leading capital projects and operational improvement initiatives.
• Experience in manufacturing metal products is preferred.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic and results-oriented leader
• Strong coach and developer of people
• Effective communicator and collaborator
• Data-driven decision maker
• Change agent who drives accountability and execution
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment while balancing competing priorities

Benefits

• 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Wellness programs
• Health savings account, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Company paid short-term disability and long-term disability
• Company paid employee basic life and AD&D insurance
• Supplemental employee and dependent life insurance
• Optional accident, hospital indemnity and critical illness insurance
• Adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits and assistance
• Commuter benefits
• Parental, military, jury duty, and bereavement leaves of absence
• Paid time off
• Business travel services
• Employee discounts
• Employee assistance program that includes company paid counseling sessions and legal services

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