Value Stream Leader

POSITION SUMMARY

The Value Stream Leader coordinates all activities associated with a specific value stream with the relevant functional stakeholders to ensure the value stream meets or exceeds customer requirements. Utilizing an understanding of the value stream and process capabilities, the VSL will eliminate waste in overall operations from start to finish. The VSL will utilize Lean tools to facilitate communication, execution, and accountability. Within the value stream, this role drives implementation, alignment, and execution of business processes to ensure maximum benefit is derived.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:  

Own and maintains the Value Steam Map for a start to finish defined product family. Responsible for achieving the financial requirements of the value stream by way of operational output (sales), margin performance and overhead budget (profit), and on time delivery (cash).

Responsible for the daily coordination of all production activities and continuous improvement efforts in an assigned value stream.

Drive performance within the value stream utilizing lean process activities (daily accounting process, leader standard work, managing systems, standard KPIs, 6S, and troubleshooting techniques) – works to improve operational discipline

Collaborate with Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Human Resources to ensure achievement of high quality products, production plans to meet customer service, manufacturing cost objectives, new product commercialization launches, machine reliability and performance improvements, and to best recruit and retain new and existing associates.

Perform GEMBA Walks with other stakeholders to develop learnings and best practices and to define opportunities for improvement

Executes the operational team plan identifying the key actions required during the fiscal year to ensure operational goals and commitment are met

Maintains value stream informational boards and prepares informational reports and daily status updates as required. Attends and participates in daily meetings with the Operations Team and in other meetings as scheduled.

Ensures that material is being planned and requisitioned to meet the production schedule. Also ensures that inventory is accurately maintained and issued, and that variances are properly managed.

Partners with customers to understand customer needs and issues and ensure that the customers receive satisfactory standards of services.

Additional REQUIRED Qualifications/Skills: 

Bachelor’s degree in organizational development, Process Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).

5 years of successful leadership experience with increasing levels of responsibility in manufacturing.

5 years of successful Continuous Improvement experience using Lean Six Sigma tools and visual factory.

Strong computer skills including MS office specifically proficient in Excel application; ability to quickly learn new systems

Experience driving Lean manufacturing principles and implementation/understanding of production systems, including setting and maintaining meaningful metrics to drive improvement

Experience interacting with customers at high levels of the organization

Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

Facilitation and coaching skills, particularly cross-functions

Ability to overcome resistance to organizational change, influence both hourly and salaried employees to embrace it, and lead the change initiative.

Requires high level of plant floor presence to establish extensive knowledge of processes and opportunities for

Improvement, engaging employees at all levels in identifying solutions.

Additional PREFERRED Qualifications/Skills:  

Lean Certified / Six Sigma Blackbelt preferred

Experience in high volume production environments

Knowledge of films extruding and/or converting is preferred

Experience in medical device manufacturing and with cGMP