Lean Value Stream Leader – Manufacturing Excellence

Web Industries Inc; Fort Wayne (IN); Vor Ort; USD 85.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Web Industries Inc in Fort Wayne, IN is seeking a Value Stream Leader to coordinate a defined product family from start to finish, using Lean tools to eliminate waste and improve delivery, cost, and quality. You will lead production activities, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering and HR to meet customer expectations.

The role requires 5+ years of leadership in manufacturing, extensive Lean Six Sigma experience, excellent Excel skills, and strong

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in organizational development, process engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years leadership experience in manufacturing.
• 5+ years continuous improvement experience using Lean Six Sigma and visual factory.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to learn new systems.

Aufgaben

• 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).
• 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).
• 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 launches, machine reliability and improvements, and to recruit and retain 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.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Continuous Improvement

Lean Six Sigma

Communication skills

Facilitation

Coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Change management

Customer interaction

Problem solving

GEMBA walks

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in organizational development or process engineering

Tools

Excel

Jobbeschreibung

Web Industries Inc in Fort Wayne, IN is seeking a Value Stream Leader to coordinate a defined product family from start to finish, using Lean tools to eliminate waste and improve delivery, cost, and quality. You will lead production activities, drive continuous improvement, and collaborate with Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering and HR to meet customer expectations.

The role requires 5+ years of leadership in manufacturing, extensive Lean Six Sigma experience, excellent Excel skills, and strong