Value Stream Manager

Position Summary

Broad responsibility and leadership for overall operation of a value stream. Implements the Parker Lean system and Win Strategy to ensure a safe work environment, maximize profitable growth, drive quality improvements, provide premier customer service, develop a technically qualified workforce, reduce operating costs, inventories and lead times through continuous improvements. Oversee day-to-day activities to meet daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly expectations.

Essential Functions

• Develops and manages Production Supervisors and associates, budgets, employment decisions and performance assessments of the Value Stream.
• Manages all aspects of the Value Stream to include: developing associates, ensuring team consensus is used to thoroughly evaluate decisions, ensuring decisions are rapidly implemented, budget planning, employment decisions related to associates and performance assessment of all direct reports, production supervisors, team leads, and associates.
• Owns Value Stream P&L’s including cost analysis and opportunities, product line margin, PPV goals and manufacturing productivity.
• Owns POP implementation and long-term manufacturing strategies. Operates with operational leadership including successful Lean implementation resulting in productivity gains.
• Meets with Production Supervisors regularly, reflecting on problems, solutions, and challenges, thereby creating a culture of continuous improvement and contributing towards becoming a learning organization.
• Leads the Value Stream in daily operations and continuous improvements which include but are not limited to supply chain production control, establishing manufacturing priorities, coordination of activities with off-shift management and order shipments.
• Emphasizes the creation of continuous product flow, utilizes pull systems where flow is not currently possible, and works to level the workload.
• Creates the basis for continuous improvement and employee empowerment by ensuring that standardized work/processes are followed, countermeasures implemented, and the area is compliant with safety requirements.
• Instills and maintains a positive can-do team atmosphere within the Value Stream; holds regular team meetings and assigns team members tasks and coordinates support services needed outside the team.
• Utilizes PDCA in conjunction with the Tracking Centers and Team Improvement Boards to ensure results.
• Ensures Production Supervisors provide effective cross-training for the Value Stream Associates, including backups from other areas, to assure a continuous smooth running Value Stream.
• Works with the other members of Staff to develop the future state value stream map and manages the plans to achieve it, as documented in the Site Tracking Center. In addition, the VS Manager works with the Production Supervisors to maintain the Team Improvement Boards (TIB).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; Masters preferred.
• 3-5 years of major professional accomplishments, including increasing responsibility and leadership of projects and teams of considerable size, scope and complexity.
• Previous P&L ownership experience preferred.
• Sufficient experience and background in accounting, PC skills, manufacturing, human resources management, inventory control and strategic planning.
• Demonstrated teamwork and team building skills in producing results by meeting organizational objectives.
• Able to assess and develop individual and team skills and capabilities.
• Able to create and maintain enthusiasm for new and challenging goals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Involved with or lead a team in LEAN process improvements/implementation preferred.