Senior Director, Value Stream

SCN BestCo; Mooresville (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

SCN BestCo in Mooresville, NC seeks a Senior Director, Value Stream responsible for end-to-end product form; focus on continuous improvement across the supply chain, safety, quality and cost control.

You will partner with engineering, maintenance, planning, QA, and finance to optimize margins, lead a high-performing team, manage budgeting, and drive cross-functional projects from design to launch with 10-20% travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or other technical discipline.
• 12+ years manufacturing experience in a highly regulated environment.
• 10+ years direct people management experience and cross-functional leadership.
• Working knowledge of cGMPs for a highly regulated industry.
• Strong communication and influencing skills; build relationships at all levels.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams to meet business objectives.
• Experience with lean tools, Six Sigma, Kaizen and continuous improvement methods.
• Ability to lead and manage cost, budgeting and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement across product form to improve operational and business outcomes.
• Lead commercialization programs and ensure readiness of end-to-end supply chain.
• Develop short- and long-term models for commercial operations to improve margins.
• Partner with sales and product development to build a margin- accretive portfolio.
• Develop and track KPIs; implement improvements and best practices.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed (10-20%).

Skills

cGMP knowledge

Communication skills

Leadership

Financial / cost management

Lean / Six Sigma

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering or technical field

Job description

The Senior Director, Value Stream has end‑to‑end responsibility for a specified grouping of product forms. The position’s focus is primarily on driving continuous improvement across all areas of the supply chain (i.e., operational productivity, customer service, safety, profit, etc.). The Senior Director, Value Stream develops manufacturing strategies to optimize results across the end‑to‑end product family supply chain. The position works closely with engineering, maintenance, continuous improvement, planning, quality, safety, accounting, and logistics to effectively plan, direct, and coordinate all activities of production to include safety, quality, production, and cost control. The Senior Director, Value Stream ensures that the highest standards of safety are followed to protect employees and that all procedures (SOPs) and practices (GMPs) are strictly followed to ensure product quality and consumer safety. The position also works with commercial and customer service to design and execute strategies and projects to commercialize new products while optimizing the margin structure on the existing portfolio.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement across all areas of the product form that meaningfully improves operational and business outcomes.
• Lead operational aspects of respective value stream commercialization program with support from team while ensuring end to end supply chain and supporting functions are ready and capable of supporting commercial operations through launch and ramp‑up.
• Define short- and long-term models for commercial operations to deliver margin improvement.
• Partner with sales and product development to build a margin accretive portfolio of new products for assigned forms.
• Lead value stream team to deliver daily, weekly, monthly expectations to maintain accurate accounting of operational and commercialization performance.
• Partner with functional leaders to support opportunities, impact analysis, priorities, and resources to achieve overall site and product form objectives.
• Develop and track operational, compliance, and other key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics. Evaluate, develop, and implement continuous improvements and best practices for assigned value stream.
• Work with maintenance and engineering to troubleshoot process problems and identify solutions that reduce downtime in a cost-effective manner. Work to assure that department equipment and technology keep up with ever-changing customer needs while providing return on investment.
• Understand, document, develop, and improve standard work that supports consistent manufacturing performance. Hold all employees accountable for following standard work and meeting company core values.
• Develop and build a high performing, agile team.
• Conduct workforce planning exercises to determine organizational staffing needs while looking for continuous improvement opportunities.
• Actively participate in and contributes to technology transfer, start-ups, design, and implementation of process changes, typically working on cross-functional teams.
• Lead team to deliver on customer service commitments while optimizing production schedules for efficiency.
• Work with finance department to establish and maintain annual department budget to maximize plant profitability. Maintain adequate plant staffing and control labor and other overhead costs. Monitor product margins and actively seeks ways to drive additional profitability.
• Participate on a variety of strategy related cross-functional teams to optimize product development and launch, manufacturing capacity utilization, and organizational development.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed (10-20%).

People Leader Responsibilities

• Supervise work of others, including planning, assigning, scheduling, and reviewing work, ensuring safety and quality standards are met.
• Hire, terminate, train, develop, review performance, and administer corrective action for staff.
• Plan organizational structure, position content and staffing.
• Develop a pipeline of future leaders and develops talent.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or other technical discipline.
• 12 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment in a highly regulated environment.
• 10 years’ direct people management experience, demonstrating the ability to direct, lead, and coach employees within direct span of control, as well as the ability to work cross-functionally with peers and support group resources to achieve results.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities (KSAs)

• Working knowledge of cGMP’s for a highly regulated industry.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills; ability to build and maintain effective relationships at all levels and gain reputation as a trusted leader, advisor, and business partner.
• Proven leader with an excellent track record of achieving operational results in safety, quality, and production utilizing a data driven waste reduction strategy.
• Strong business acumen, analytical, conflict resolution and change management skills.
• Proven track record demonstrating strong financial / cost management skills and the ability to meet budget commitments.
• Proven ability to lead, direct and integrate cross-functional, cross-organizational, multi-disciplinary and/or virtual project teams to meet business objectives.
• Ability to drive and appropriately prioritize requirements and activities.
• Ability to perform a variety of duties often changing from one task to another of a different nature under the stress of frequent interruptions and/or distractions.
• Experience leading significant change management initiatives to successful outcomes.
• Familiarity with lean tools, six sigma, kaizen, and other continuous improvement methods.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Must have the ability to effectively communicate, verbally and written, with internal staff and management. Ability to read, analyzes, and interprets general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Must be able to demonstrate practical problem solving and trouble shooting skills. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in business administration or related field of study.
• Experience, training, or certification in continuous improvement methods (lean, six sigma, Kaizen, etc.).
• Experience in pharmaceutical, food, chemical, or consumer goods manufacturing.