Value Stream Manager

Job Summary/Objective:
The Value Stream Manager is a leadership role that will be primarily focused on ensuring a safe work environment for all team members, while maintaining continuous operational execution and production of quality products that are delivered on-time to customers within established cost targets.
The Value Stream Manager will focus on eliminating waste developed in the value stream process, identifying business growth opportunities, understand the importance of customer value created by the company, maximize capacity to grow sales and driving lean continuous improvement.
Strategically focused and leading/driving team members in Kaizen events, problem solving activities, owning the value stream.

Key Responsibilities
* Manage all value stream related KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) (SQDCI)
* Drive Southwire Culture of Zero within the manufacturing/distribution environments by demonstrating Safe and Quality conscious work habits and ensuring that all team members are following our Culture of Zero policies for Safety and Quality.
* Co-leads recordable or significant case investigations including root-cause and corrective actions.
* Responsible for ensuring the execution of findings of accident investigations and safety alerts within their value stream.
* Ensure policies and processes are deployed uniformly throughout the value stream
* Actively leads the Southwire DHP (DAILY HUDDLE PROCESS) process and can share information related to value stream as needed.
* Lead problem solving events and follow-up with corrective actions for completion.
* Create a standard for value stream process and ensure entire team are properly trained, resourced, supplied, and managed to attain the objectives.
* Drives Team Member engagement within value stream
* Develop a highly motivated and committed workforce with emphasis on the development of skills needed to accomplish safety, quality, on-time delivery, and product cost goals.

Safety Management

• Manage all value stream related KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) (SQDCI)

• Drive Southwire Culture of Zero by demonstrating Safe and Quality conscious work habits.

• Co-leads recordable or significant case investigations including root-cause and corrective actions.

• Responsible for ensuring the execution of findings of accident investigations and safety alerts within their value stream.

• Ensure policies and processes are deployed uniformly throughout the value stream.

Human Capital

• Provide leadership, guidance and direction to Supervisors, Planners and Leads.

• Drives employee engagement within value stream

• Develop a highly motivated and committed workforce with emphasis on the development of skills needed to accomplish safety, quality, on-time delivery, and product cost goals.

• Perform regular training needs assessments to identify training needed for all employees.

• Determine manpower needs and staffing levels to achieve budget.

Operational Excellence

• Actively leads the Southwire DHP (DAILY HUDDLE PROCESS) process and can share information related to value stream as needed.

• Lead productivity improvement teams and projects to eliminate losses and improve manufacturing operations.

• Lead problem solving events and follow-up with corrective actions for completion.

• Create a standard for value stream process and ensure entire team are properly trained, resourced, supplied, and managed to attain the objectives.

• Highlight and action critical issues in value stream to Plant Leadership.

• Execute lean tools and procedures within value stream to minimize process variation.

• Ensuring that a current state value stream map is created of the end-to-end value stream(s).

• Preparing a future state map that uses lean techniques to eliminate waste and improve process value in the short to mid-term.

• Coordinates with other managers and guarantees workflow with other departments.

• Must be flexible and willing to accept responsibilities that are outside the traditional scope.

• Any other activities as directed by the Plant Leadership.

• Ability to work flexible hours and shifts

• Bachelor's degree

• Minimum of 5 years in manufacturing or distribution operations with a least 2 years in a leadership/management role

• Statistical and analytical problem solving; database management skills

• Ability to demonstrate quantitative, visual, mechanical, and spatial skills related to manufacturing knowledge and technical skills in addition to logical reasoning.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and experience with SAP, Advaris is a plus.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication abilities along with outstanding interpersonal and leadership skills required.

• Must have a clear understanding of OPS, the DHP principles and applications.

• Demonstrated ability to work in a matrix organization and positively influence strategies and outcomes.

• Must be able to work in an environment with exposure to heat/cold conditions and levels of noise, and potential exposure to various industrial liquids, oils, gases, etc.

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• The employee is regularly required to talk and listen. This position is highly active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing for potentially extended periods of time. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items 50 pounds or less. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

• Professional Certification: Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt preferred