Value Stream Manager

San Jose, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Value Stream Manager - MachiningorSheet Metal

Full-time / Permanent

Onsite San Jose CA

Base Salary - $130000 - $180000

About Us:Vantedge Medical is the premier metals-based med-tech solutions partner from concept to full-scale manufacturing. We are at the forefront of precision engineering and innovation specializing in the development and manufacturing of vital components for medical markets such as Robotic Assisted Surgery Orthopedics Surgical Instruments Dental and more. Our teams work in unison collaborating and problem-solving to serve the manufacturing needs of the top Medical Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) around the globe. Making a difference in the lives of patients and their families drives us to go above and beyond every day. With a steadfast commitment to advancing medical technology we take immense pride in the work we do and have a lot of fun doing it.

About the Roles:We have two specialist positions available - Value Stream Manager Sheet Metal & Value Stream Manager Machining.The Value Stream Manager will have end-to-end responsibility over the Machining or Sheet Metal departments 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 & skills

Bachelors 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 machining 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%.

Benefits:

Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance
Vacation and Sick Pay
401k

Value Stream Manager - MachiningorSheet MetalFull-time / PermanentOnsite San Jose CABase Salary - $130000 - $180000About Us:Vantedge Medical is the premier metals-based med-tech solutions partner from concept to full-scale manufacturing. We are at the forefront of precision engineering and innovatio...