Job Description
Value Stream Leader/Production Leader
Company: Rieke LLC
Primary Location: 8200 Innovation Campus Way West, New Albany, OH 43054 USA
Employment Type: Salaried | Full-Time
Function: Manufacturing Production / Distribution
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled
Main Duties & Responsibilities
The Value Stream Leader will provide leadership
and supervision to manufacturing operations while maintaining the health of the value stream and safely
accelerate the flow of work from idea to delivery. The VSL manages and
oversees all shift operations in a manner that enhances the plant's
safety, personnel engagement, cost reduction, productivity, quality of
the product, and equipment maintenance.
Primary Duties and
Responsibilities:
Monitor
value stream metrics to identify opportunities for improvement.
Lead
risks and resolve issues that affect production schedule and quality.
Lead
relationships and coordinate work between key team members (assembly,
maintenance, molding, quality, tooling)
Negotiate,
plan and lead all activities within the value stream.
Manage
production to meet business goals for revenue, profit and expenses.
Holds
daily communication meetings with core team and employees working in the
value stream.
Ensures
team members are properly trained for the work and production targets
being asked to perform/achieve. Monitors and reports the on-the-job
training process for new and transferred employees. Makes
recommendations to management on employees who've proven the aptitude to
be cross-trained to maintain workforce flexibility.
Lead
5S program to ensure that housekeeping GMP and safety issues are resolved
in a timely and systematic manner.
Voice
and face of leadership and responsible for ensuring all communication is
conducted respectfully and with the focus of safety first. Confers with
management and team members to resolve personnel issues and supports the
coaching/development as necessary to achieve company targets.
Communicates
product quality and productivity performance to team members so they are
able to self-correct during the shift. Supports as necessary and
communicates with Human Resources and Management on situations where
corrective action is necessary
Ensures Hourly/Daily production reporting is accurate and daily product quality and production goals are achieved. Works with maintenance when machine/tool issues negatively impact the production schedule.
Accountable
for ensuring a smooth transition between the shifts.
Ensures
the production schedule is completed as scheduled and reports issues
negatively impacting the schedule to the Scheduler and Management as
appropriate.
Ensures
completion of daily job orders, employee assignment and time-off
requests.
Maintains
a "visual workplace" - using production boards, equipment status boards,
etc.
Immediately
addresses and/or resolves off-schedule situations, lost time and
production targets that are off-standard.
Communicates
opportunities for improvement to Engineering and/or Management.
Performs
other duties as assigned by the Manager.
Qualifications
3-5 years of supervisory experience in manufacturing environment required.
Proven people management skills and ability to develop
and/or maintain a team.
Excellent English verbal and written communication
skills.
Computer skills (ERP, Microsoft Office Outlook, Word,
Excel)
Technical background in injection molding, steel
manufacturing, paint lines and/or high speed assembly is highly preferred
Lean or Six Sigma qualification is preferred
