Sr. Operations Manager (Value Stream Manager)

Position: Sr. Operations Manager (Value Stream Manager)
Reports to: VP Operations
Location: Los Angeles

Looking for a Kaizens guru!

I am currently looking for an Operations Manager (Value Stream Manager) for a client of mine who is a leading manufacturer of valves, pressure switches, temperature switches and transducers

Provides Direction To:  Cell Lead persons; Cell team members; Cell Support Maintenance Technicians; Manufacturing Engineers, Supply Chain Buyers and Material Handling teams within Value Stream.

About the Company
My client is a high growth, fast paced ISO 9001 registered global manufacturer of controls for industrial applications, specializing in the control and measurement of fluids.  They are a world-wide producer of a broad range of engineered control products for demanding and critical applications.  Their products include air suspension and directional control valves, pressure, temperature, level, and solid-state switches, transducers, transmitters, flow controls and instrumentation for industrial niche markets.  They have product leadership within the Oil & Gas, Transportation, Factory Automation, Construction & Mining and Marine markets.

JOB SUMMARY:

Provide the leadership, coaching and project management skills required to improve productivity at our Los Angeles facility through the implementation of continuous improvement programs.  Based on lean thinking through our Corporate System, activities are aimed at value stream linkage, quality and productivity improvements, new product implementations and value engineering projects.

The primary objective is to strengthen business processes in our back-end operations and leverage operational resources to provide profitable sales growth without creating bureaucratic systems or waste. 

Drawing from the internal Operational Excellence (OpEx) team this position is meant not just to assure daily production is built on time to standard work but concurrently provide the direction and leadership to highlight improvement opportunities and then implement them.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS:

• Person is team oriented


• Strong Decision Maker


• Disciplined/ Tenacious


• High Energy


• Ability to Multi-Task-has the experience with City permits, maintenance teams, contractors, etc.


• Has knowledge of Health, Safety, & Environmental fundamentals


• Have Strong Project Mgmt Experience


• Financially savvy- Knows capital planning, cost benefit analysis, understands costing


• Must be able to convert data from our ERP system and turn it into information


• Be process oriented in nature


• Understand and knows quality systems, processes and methodologies Has the ability to manage up and down


• Exhibits a passion for continuous improvement; challenge status quo


• Strong analytical skills and common sense with emphasis on a scientific method of problem solving


• Strong understanding of assembly and production methods


• Direct experience in Kaizen both as a team member and team leader


• Supply chain- familiar with strategic as well as tactical level of detail.  Has knowledge of Kanban and other forms of material replenishment and flow.


• Working knowledge of business Systems and excellent PC skills


• 15-20 years experience working in a manufacturing environment, 5 years minimum experience in a supervisory or management role with proven project management and implementation record 


• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Engineering or Operations Management

DIRECT AND INDIRECT RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Work with direct reports to coordinate an overall strategy of continuous improvement with emphasis on process improvement; we seek no less than 10% improvement per year

- Own the future direction of your Value Streams with Value Stream Maps (VSM) that facilitate our strategic initiatives

- Provide team development and cross-training primarily through kaizen participation, to maintain a culture of continuous improvement; we emphasis visual controls and cell ownership

- Facilitate and own all VS based Standard Work Kaizen’s and provide the input of managing future events through the Kaizen roadmap with the OpEx team

- Facilitate the daily Ready-Meeting in your Value streams and the afternoon Management walkthrough.  This powerful tool takes the highest pareto of non-performance causation and brings it front and center to the management team for action

- Promote all Safety and 5s policies and procedures; run a clean and safe ship

EXPECTATIONS:

STRATEGIC LEVEL

- Act in a leadership role toward productivity improvements that tie the continuous improvement program to the financial statements of the company

- Recommend to the team future Kaizens, training and interpersonal skills that will make to make cells owners proficient in Lean, Continuous Improvement and Process Control

- Own the Safety, Quality, Delivery and Cost (SQDC) metrics of the OpEx for each value stream under your control

- Continuously evaluate the overall effectiveness of the team’s efforts

TACTICAL LEVEL

- Work directly with supervisor and/or cell team leads to improve single piece flow

- Ensure that Standard Work, Standard Relationships and Standard Pathways are implemented throughout the value stream always

- Master the use of the Performance and KPI boards to show team’s overall progress, market team efforts and if necessary, ask for help

- Work all Action Plans (AP) within the root cause of SQDC as well as kaizen newspaper items (actions not yet complete during the kaizen)

TEAM LEVEL

- Be there for your team every day; not as a defender but rather a coach; leader and driver of results

- Assure that you are a team player and always be professional, promote honesty and enforce accountability with the highest degree of integrity
- Support teamwork and practice corporate values

BENEFITS:
Our benefits include dental insurance, medical insurance, and a vision-care plan and we proudly support Affirmative Action. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

COMPENSATION:
100K – 120K, DOE (15% Bonus Potential)