Value Stream Manager

About the Role

Broad responsibility and leadership for the 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. Oversees day-to-day activities to meet daily, monthly, quarterly, and yearly expectations.

Responsible for developing and managing Team Leaders and associates, including quality, budgets, employment decisions, and performance assessments of the Value Stream.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of Value Stream P&L’s, including cost analysis, product line margin, PPV goals, and manufacturing productivity.
• Responsible for POP implementation and long-term manufacturing strategies.
• Operational leadership, including successful Lean implementation resulting in productivity gains.
• Meets with Value Stream Leaders regularly to reflect on problems, solutions, and challenges, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Leads daily operations and continuous improvements, such as supply chain production control, establishing manufacturing priorities, and coordinating activities with off-shift management and order shipments.
• Emphasizes continuous product flow, utilizing pull systems where flow is not possible, and works to level the workload.
• Ensures standardized work/processes are followed, countermeasures are implemented, and the area complies with safety requirements to create a foundation for continuous improvement and employee empowerment.
• Instills and maintains a positive team atmosphere, holding regular team meetings and assigning tasks while coordinating support services.
• Utilizes PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) in conjunction with Tracking Centers and Team Improvement Boards to ensure results.
• Ensures Value Stream Leaders provide effective cross-training for associates, including backups from other areas, to maintain smooth operations and a culture of fixing problems for first-time quality.
• Works with Division Staff to develop future state value stream maps and manages plans to achieve them, as documented in the Site Tracking Center.
• Maintains Team Improvement Boards (TIB) and ensures a visually controlled environment where no problems remain hidden.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
• 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 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.
• Capable of assessing and developing individual and team skills and capabilities.
• Able to create and maintain enthusiasm for new and challenging goals.
• Serve as a role model by promoting new ideas and positive change.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience leading or being involved in LEAN process improvements/implementation preferred.