Value Stream Leader

Web-Industries-; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Web-Industries- Fort Wayne, IN is seeking a Value Stream Leader to coordinate a start-to-finish product family and drive Lean improvements. You will manage daily production, implement standard work, and lead cross-functional teams to meet customer requirements while controlling costs.

Experience with Lean Six Sigma, strong communication, and the ability to influence both hourly and salaried staff are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in organizational development or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years leading manufacturing teams with increasing responsibility.
• 5+ years of Continuous Improvement using Lean Six Sigma and visual factory.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Experience driving Lean manufacturing principles and meaningful metrics.
• Experience interacting with customers at high levels of the organization.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication.
• Facilitation and coaching across functions.
• Ability to lead organizational change and overcome resistance.
• High level of plant floor presence and process knowledge.
• Engaging employees at all levels to identify solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the Value Stream Map for a start-to-finish product family.
• Coordinate daily production activities and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead lean process activities, standard work, KPIs, 6S, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering and HR to meet objectives.
• GEMBA Walks to develop learnings and opportunities for improvement.
• Execute the operational team plan to meet annual goals.
• Maintain value stream boards and daily status reports; participate in daily operations meetings.
• Plan and requisition materials to meet production schedules and manage inventory variances.
• Partner with customers to understand needs and ensure service standards.

Skills

Leadership

Continuous Improvement

Lean Six Sigma

Excel

Lean manufacturing

Customer interaction

Communication

Facilitation

Change management

Plant floor presence

Engagement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in organizational development or related field

Job description

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Full Time G&A Fort Wayne, IN, US

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

• Experience in high volume production environments
• Knowledge of films extruding and/or converting is preferred
• Experience in medical device manufacturing and with cGMP