Value Stream Supervisor - 2nd shift

Job description

Job Title:                                   Value Stream Supervisor - 2nd shift 

Location of Position:               5951 Clearwater Drive, Minnetonka, MINNESOTA 55343-8990 USA

Posting Number:                     req7343

Description :

Role Summary/Purpose :

The Value Stream Production Supervisor will own and is responsible for key performance metrics in EHS, Quality, Productivity and On-time Delivery goals within the Filters – 2nd shift value stream. This will be accomplished via tracking, analyzing and reporting results; visual management; identifying
risks, problems and issues, fixing and ensuring fixes are sustained; and facilitating continuous improvement enhancements. 

Essential Responsibilities

Safety:

• Always put safety first by setting the example and driving preventative
measures 

• Oversee team member training completion and compliance

• Lead and conduct housekeeping audits; ensuring daily housekeeping checklist
completion

• Manage all follow-up post-incident actions; including incident
investigations, leading learning teams and site reporting 

• Participate in EHS related actions, to improve safety in own area

People:

• Manage value stream staffing and scheduling; considering overall business and
customer impact

• Conduct staffing interviews and provide feedback on hiring
recommendations 

• Ensure skills based training is provided; new hires through cross training
development and advancement

• Provide timely, constructive, documented performance feedback (including
disciplinary) on an ongoing basis to team members 

• Coach and support team member development 

• Foster strong morale and engagement with team members

• Deliver broad range of communications; owning timely response to individual
team member inquiries up through distribution of site wide communications

• Assist in time and attendance administration

Quality

• Work with Quality, Engineering and Product Services to identify root causes
and solve external quality issues while ensuring that ISO 9001 quality system
requirements are met

• Assist with the preparation and maintenance of work procedures and
instructions

• Participate in product improvement projects and processes

Cost:

• Manage variable cost (staffing, hours, OT, etc.)

• Make decisions using overall cost impact; always keeping the big picture in
mind

• Own and drive value streams daily output and productivity

• Facilitate and Participate in Lean / Continuous Improvement initiative (Lead
Action Workouts), and engage Six Sigma tools for process improvements 

• Develop and implement process improvements to reduce costs and cycles 

• Bring new ideas and positive support to the current process 

• Implement productivity actions in order to improve the process and respect
objectives

Delivery

• Prioritize, communicate and implement product build plan and priority based
on customer needs while factoring in variances staffing (ex. Staffing,
equipment down time, etc.)

Inventory

• Track actual vs plan on daily value stream output and identify/implement
action to get back on track

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Management or Engineering from an accredited
college or university

Desired Characteristics

• Manufacturing supervision experience in assembly and equipment operation

• Ability to lead projects utilizing project management skills

• Experience utilizing SAP as a manufacturing resource

• Working knowledge of MS Outlook/Word/Excel

• Operational understanding of work practices, technology and safety risk
analysis (SRAs)

• Experience hiring, training and developing team members

• Experience addressing team member issues in a fair and equitable manner

• Ability to build and lead a team through change

• Ability to plan, communicate and execute effectively

• Ability to work with all levels of the organization, displaying strong
interpersonal and leadership skills 

• Strong oral and written communication skills 

• Prior experience with Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement 

• Ability to analyze problems, identify root causes and provide efficient solutions

Compensation:                         Anual        0.00 - 0.00          USD

Is relocation for this position offered:          No

Number of Job Openings:                           1

Company Grade/Band:                               Lead Professional

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