Contract Value Stream Project Leader

Orion Electrotech; Telford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing business is seeking a Contract Value Stream Project Leader for a 6-month project. The role involves managing product groups, ensuring compliance, and driving margin growth while working closely with stakeholders. Ideal candidates will have an engineering background and strong commercial skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-paced environments with complex electro-mechanical products.
• Ability to travel oversees if required.

Responsibilities

• Manage product groups and ensure required build rates are achieved.
• Drive margin growth and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Develop technology and manufacturing roadmaps.

Skills

Commercial Skills

Communication Skills

Customer Facing Exposure

Education

Engineering Background

Manufacturing Background

Job description

Contract Value Stream Project Leader

Contract – 6 months

Immediate start available

Company – Leading manufacturing business producing complex electro-mechanical products for a global customer base.

Exciting opportunity for a Project Leader with an engineering/manufacturing background to undertake a varied program-based role supporting products and key customer accounts for a critical Value Steam.

As Value Steam Project Lead you will work closely with internal and external stakeholders to support a complex electro-mechanical Value Steam and have accountability for specific product groups. This will include driving cost reduction initiatives, identifying and responding to producibility challenges to achieve rate and management of aftermarket implementation to support global markets.

As Project Lead you will interface internally with internal stakeholders in the value stream as well as externally with customers and will have accountability for all product group metrics including revenue forecasting and realisation, quality actions, driving forward improvements in the value stream, margin growth, on time delivery and ultimately ensuring customer satisfaction.

Key accountabilities as Value Steam Project Lead will include:

• Manging product groups and overcoming any obstacles to achieving required build rates.
• Working with the program team to ensure program plans, schedules and budgets are met.
• Working with customer value stream to ensure product groups continue to meet end customer needs alongside growth of new products and/or opportunities.
• Ensuring a robust aftermarket structure is established for spares and repairs.
• Responsible for product group compliance; contract adherence, specification compliance
• Accountability for key financial aspects of the product groups including driving margin growth.
• Working to develop a progressive product strategy, alongside developing technology and manufacturing roadmaps.

To succeed in this diverse Project role, you will ideally have:

• An engineering/manufacturing background coupled with proven experience of supporting projects in a fast-paced environment on complex electro-mechanical or mechanical products.
• First class commercial and communication skills
• Customer facing exposure
• Regulated industry background such as oil & gas, aerospace, automotive or similar ideal
• The ability to travel oversees on occasion if required.

Please apply via the link or contact Alison Kemp @ Orion for further details.

Likely to suit individuals with a background as (but not limited to): Project Leader, Project Manager, Value stream project lead, Product Manager, Commercial manager, value stream co-ordinator, Engineering project manager or similar