Manufacturing Manager and Value Stream Leader

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Overview

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Value Stream Leader (VSL) Manufacturing Manager leads a multi-disciplined manufacturing Operations team for all production activities. The VSL, in partnership with program management, plans, manages, and balances special programs operations supporting program deliverables.  In addition to leading the manufacturing operations team, the role interfaces with program management, manufacturing and design engineering, quality, supply chain, suppliers, and other partners.  The VSL exhibits overall ownership of manufacturing operations, leadership, and direction in all strategic and daily tactical activities including other functions reporting into the value stream (ie QE, QT, Production & Material Planning, Mfg Eng, Supply Chain).

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead daily management standards for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Employee, Cost (SQDEC)

• Leads a multi-disciplined manufacturing operation team.

• Conducts periodic performance reviews for staff.

• Perform regular 1:1 with direct reports.

• Ownership for effective hand-offs through all functional and process center areas.

• Execute and continuously improve daily management processes and communicate/escalate key issues to leadership and throughout the organization.

• Collaborate and coordinate with functional value streams, process centers, functional leaders (manufacturing engineering, quality, production planning and material control) and business support functions (program managers, finance, contracts, and human resources) to achieve product and site goals via sharing of resources, tools, equipment, and processes.

• Develop value stream hiring plans, onboarding, retention, and training plans in support of business needs.

• Ensures staffing needs are identified in conjunction with program management

• Works with functions to ensure appropriate staffing is assigned

• Works with program management and the functions to reconcile resource conflicts

• Identify and develop business cases for capital project plans to support the value stream execution and growth, in collaboration with programs and manufacturing engineering functions, and ensure continuous monitoring of projects to achieve performance/quality, delivery, and budget commitments.

• Own Value Stream operations resource management, escalation, prioritization, and conflict resolution decisions.

• Review NPI and CI process releases for implementation feasibility, effectivity, applicable training requirements, and rollout plan.

• Strengthen the manufacturing operations team through strategies, providing coaching and personnel development with a focus on ownership, leadership and employee development, ensuring disciplined approaches are defined and executed.

• Support customer proposals through generation of estimates, identification of operational risks & opportunities, and identification of resource conflicts to ensure defendable basis of estimates for labor and schedule durations.

• Plans, organizes and responsible for production schedules.

• Provides direction to process improvement activities impacting the Value Stream

• Oversee direct reports training requirements.

• Travel as needed to support programs, training, or other needs (Generally< 10%)

• Drive the Value Stream Quality Management (Corrective Action Boards, Counter Measures, and RCCAs)

• Report monthly Value Stream Health Check (KPI) to senior leadership

• Participate in monthly Program Reviews

• Manage overhead and direct labor yield (DLY) rates

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with at least 9 years of manufacturing operations and/or program leadership experience: OR 7 years' experience with a Masters degree. An additional 4 years experience may be considered in lieu of a degree

• Experience managing or leading a team

• Proven track record and drive for achieving manufacturing and operational results, financial results; and effective and timely decision making

• Root cause problem solving and continuous improvement skills

• Knowledge and experience with executing process standards and risk management identification and mitigation

• Requires experience creating a culture of engagement and inclusion, continuous improvement and teamwork

• Experience in the Aerospace Industry

• US Citizenship is required

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM discipline and/or Business Administration

• 10 years of experience in manufacturing operations

• Experience transitioning products through the product lifecycle from development to full rate production