Value Stream Manager - Carrollton, United States - Ask Staffing

Description

Job Title: Value Stream Manager


Location: Carrollton, GA


Duration: Permanent


Salary Range: $87,000 to $109, 000


Job Description:

The Value Stream Manager is a leadership role that will be primarily focused on ensuring a safe work environment for all employees, while maintaining continuous operational execution and production of quality products that are delivered on-time to customers within established cost targets.

The Value Stream Manager will focus on eliminating waste developed in the value stream process, identifying business growth opportunities, understand the importance of customer value created by the company, maximize capacity to grow sales and driving lean continuous improvement.

Strategically focused and leading/driving team members in Kaizen events, problem solving activities, owning the value stream.


Description of Duties and Responsibilities:

Safety Management

Manage all value stream related KPIs (SQDCI)

Drive by demonstrating Safe and Quality conscious work habits.

Co-leads recordable or significant case investigations including root-cause and corrective actions.

Responsible to ensure of executing findings of accident investigations and safety alerts within their value stream.

Ensure policies and processes are deployed uniformly throughout the value stream.


Human Capital

Provide leadership, guidance and direction to Supervisors and Leads.

Drives employee engagement within value stream

Develop a highly motivated and committed workforce with emphasis on the development of skills needed to accomplish safety, quality, on-time delivery, and product cost goals.

Perform regular training needs assessments to identify needed training for all employees.

Determine manpower needs and staffing levels to achieve budget.


Operational Excellence

Actively leads the DHP process and be capable of sharing information related to value stream as needed.

Lead productivity improvement teams and projects to eliminate losses and improve manufacturing operations.

Lead problem solving events and follow-up with corrective actions for completion.

Create a standard for value stream process and ensure entire team are properly trained, resourced, supplied, and managed to attain the objectives.

Highlight and action critical issues in value stream to Plant Leadership.

Execute lean tools and procedures within value stream to minimize process variation.

Ensuring that a current state value stream map is created of the end-to-end value stream(s).

Preparing a future state map that uses lean techniques to eliminate waste and improve process value in the short to mid-term.

Coordinates with other managers and guarantees workflow with other departments.

Must be flexible and willing to accept responsibilities that are outside the traditional scope.

Any other activities as directed by the Plant Leadership.

Ability to work flexible hours and shifts


Qualifications and Experience Requirements

Bachelors degree required, preferably engineering or business degree.

Minimum of 5 years in manufacturing or distribution operations with a least 2 years in a leadership/management role


Professional Certification:
Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt preferred

Statistical and analytical problem solving; database management skills

Ability to demonstrate quantitative, visual, mechanical and spatial skills related to manufacturing knowledge and technical skill in addition to logical reasoning.

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with SAP, Advaris is a plus.

Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities along with outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills required.

Must have clear understanding of OPS, the DHP principles and applications.

Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix organization and positively influence strategies and outcomes.

Must be able to work in an environment with exposure to heat/cold conditions and levels of noise, and potential exposure to various industrial liquids, oils, gases, etc.

Must-Haves

1 7 years manufacturing

2 2 years management or leadership role

3 Manufacturing background must