Value Stream Manager - Sheet Metal

Vantedge

$130K — $180K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in operations management, engineering, or related field required
  • 10 years' experience in operations management in mid to large manufacturing environments
  • 5+ years' experience specifically in sheet metal manufacturing preferred
  • Prior experience deploying Operational Excellence (OpEx) initiatives
  • Strong collaboration skills for cross-functional performance improvements
  • Data-driven decision-making capabilities
  • Ability to travel up to 5%.

Responsibilities

  • Drive work order and material flow through multiple operations using various management methods.
  • Hold production teams accountable for prioritization and productivity.
  • Proactively solve production issues by identifying root causes and implementing corrective actions.
  • Utilize Value Stream data to eliminate bottlenecks and enhance production execution.
  • Manage proactive labor and equipment capacity plans including CapEx and headcount requests.
  • Address non-conformance (NC) issues through rework processes and investigations.
  • Identify and drive OpEx projects for service, quality, lean processes, and equipment improvements.

Benefits

  • Full-time, permanent position
  • Opportunity to work at a premier med-tech solutions partner
  • Focus on advancing medical technology
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Potential for continuous professional development and improvement initiatives.
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Value Stream Manager - Sheet Metal

Full-time | Permanent

Salaried | $130,000 - $180,000

*We are not currently working with third party agencies on this role.

About this Opportunity:

This position will have end-to-end responsibility over the Sheet Metal department from work order creation, start, and completion through shared operations at our San Jose, CA based Vantedge Medical site. The role will have responsibility for production, quality, manufacturing engineering, maintenance, continuous improvement, scheduling, and programming in a matrixed environment. This role will need to have a deep focus on building a structured OpEx environment focused on service, quality, lean, manufacturing process, and automation/equipment improvements. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude, who collaborates well with others, has attention to detail, can aggressively drive improvements, takes ownership, and has high internal expectations.

Responsibilities:

Production / Value Stream Execution
  • Drives work order and material flow through multiple operations using dispatch reporting, tier management, and WIP tracking.
  • Holds production teams accountable to work order prioritization, transactional discipline, and productivity.
  • Proactively solves production issues by identifying root causes and driving corrective actions.
  • Understands and utilizes Value Stream data and metrics to remove bottlenecks and drive improved production execution.
  • Fully responsible for proactive labor and equipment capacity plans including CapEx requests, headcount requests/adds, and collaboration with recruiting.
  • Quickly addresses NCs through reflow of rework and root cause investigation • Owns performance of Value Stream.


Operational Excellence
  • In alignment with OpEx program management, identifies and drives OpEx projects in service, quality, lean, manufacturing process, and automation/equipment improvements driving significantly improved KPI performance and cost savings.
  • Actively manages value stream resources to prioritize and execute top identified initiatives.
  • Drives a lean and continuous improvement culture using VOS (Vantedge Operating System) principles.


Customer Focus
  • Lead, participate, and collaborate with key customers on improvement efforts, service discussions, and long-term partnership.
  • Quickly respond to customer needs by proactively preparing and presenting applicable data, metrics, and improvements.
  • Collectively own customer on-time delivery for site.


People
  • Supervision of value stream matrix, Supervisors/Leads, and 125+ direct labor.
  • Drives cross-functional collaboration, accountability, clear roles/responsibilities, and ownership of value stream actions, deliverables, and countermeasures.


Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in operations management, engineering, or related field required.
  • 10 years' experience in operations management leading mid to large size manufacturing.
  • 5+ years' experience in sheet metal preferred.
  • Prior experience in an OpEx environment deploying OpEx initiatives.
  • Highly collaborative individual able to work cross-functionally to drive performance.
  • Ability to use data to drive improved decision-making.
  • Ability to travel up to 5%.

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