Value Stream Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Responsibilities

· Overall responsibility for profitability and performance of assigned areas.

· Provides the leadership needed to assure the understanding and use of constraint management in a connected process.

Specific Duties:

· Ensures a safe working environment in the department by holding supervisors accountable for compliance with all safety policies & procedures, prompt accident investigations, and corrections and closures of identified safety issues.

· Promotes continuous improvement in safety and environmental areas.

· Responsible for resolution of customer concerns.

· Develops annual business plan (including capital and expense spending, labor, scrap, and supply spending).

· Provides leadership for continuous improvement to the process and the employees.

· Contributes to establishment of policies and procedures.

· Plans and directs with the assistance of subordinate supervisors the manufacture of required quantity and quality of products necessary to fill customer orders.

· Develops and establishes adequate controls and procedures relative to production activities.

· Analyzes, evaluates, and integrates various controlling reports concerned with production quality and quantity and budget expenditures.

· Reviews major expenditure requests for tools, fixtures, etc.

· Makes recommendations for and requests purchase of capital expenditure equipment.

· Responsible for safety and good housekeeping in the manufacturing area.

· Keeps informed of current developments in production management techniques and incorporates developments applicable to plant activities.

· Administers personnel policies within the department.

· Selects, trains, and develops subordinates.

Education

· 4-year college degree preferred. Master’s degree preferred.

Experience

· Five years of experience in Manufacturing/Manufacturing Management.

Key Competencies

· Oral and written communication skills.

· Coordination and planning skills.

· Interpersonal skills.

· Conflict Resolution skills.

· Achieves sustainable results.

· Challenges self and others.

· Catalyst for change.

· Action Oriented.

· Drives innovation.

· Embraces lean principles.

· Builds functional and operational excellence.

· Customer focused.

· Understands the business.

· Makes sound objective decisions.

· Communicates with vision and purpose.

· Develops self and others.

· Shows integrity and trust.

· Promotes and improves health and safety.

· Impressive communications.

· Respects, appreciates, and recognizes others.

· Relates to others and builds strong relationships.

Note: This position description describes only the general nature and level of work encompassed by this job. This description is not a comprehensive listing of all responsibilities, duties, and skills of associates at this level. The company may, at Management discretion, alter the minimum job requirements listed here based on the candidate’s qualifications and/or modification to job responsibilities.

Automotive manufacturing

Company Description

Automotive manufacturing