What are the responsibilities and job description for the Value Stream Manager position at DwyerOmega?
Job Type
Full-time
Description
Position Summary: The Value Stream Manager plays a key role in the Omega Operations team. Value Stream Manager engages with their team to improve supply chain performance using lean methodologies and problem-solving skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Minimum Educational Requirements
Full-time
Description
Position Summary: The Value Stream Manager plays a key role in the Omega Operations team. Value Stream Manager engages with their team to improve supply chain performance using lean methodologies and problem-solving skills.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Develops and Drives Value Stream operations strategy in alignment with business strategic objectives and improvement priorities.
- Lead development of current and future state value stream maps and continuous improvement plans.
- Drives success of day-to-day production activities within value stream using lean daily management approach.
- Champion, Lead and participate in self-directed Kaizen events.
- Plans production operations, establishing priorities and sequences for manufacturing products.
- Prepares operational schedules and coordinates manufacturing activities to ensure production and quality of products meets specifications.
- Reviews production and operating reports and resolves operational, manufacturing, and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and prevent operational delays.
- Responsible for developing/managing departmental budgets for expenditures for supplies, materials, or human resources, ensuring that materials, labor, or equipment are used efficiently to meet production targets.
- Engage in SIOP process to align supply/demand and identify resource gaps.
- Ensures effective employee relations. Provides employee coaching and development. Confers with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances.
- Change agent to promote employee engagement in hands-on problem solving.
- Responsible for employee training plan for process operations and safety procedures.
- Develop and deliver complete, fair, accurate and meaningful employee performance reviews.
- Develops and/or implements metrics and analytics for; safety, quality, delivery, cost to drive improvement.
- Development of capital plan for Value Stream
- Consults with engineering on opportunities for product improvement and rationalization.
- Support design engineering staff on NPI and Custom Engineered products.
- Sets and monitors product standards, examining samples of raw products or directing testing during processing, to ensure finished products are of prescribed quality.
- Experience leading a production team in a Lean manufacturing environment
- Ability to build, develop and retain a high-performing team through assessment, recruiting, coaching, and developing others
- Strong background working with ERP systems and tools
- Demonstrate a process-oriented, data-driven mindset for decision making
- Ability to leverage metrics and other tools to drive performance
- Ability to communicate at all levels and translate technical language for clarity
Minimum Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in operations, engineering or applicable discipline, MBA strongly preferred
- 7 years progressive experience in a manufacturing environment, including 3 years of managing others
- Lean/Six Sigma Certification – preferred