Value Stream Manager

Value Stream Manager

Permanent 

 

 

About Heraeus

Making displays foldable? Help hearts beat with micro-particles? Work on solutions involving precious metals? As a family-owned global technology group we help our customers to always being one step ahead.

About Heraeus Medevio

Heraeus Medevio combines medical technology expertise with collaborative partnerships. Together with medical device manufacturers, we develop and implement solutions for defined applications. As part of the Heraeus Group, we support the professional development of our employees and offer opportunities for career development, depending on the role, location and operational conditions.

To reach our vision of improving 100 million lives every year, we foster a culture of curiosity that thrives on challenge, continuous learning, growth, and the opportunity to try new things. With sites in the United States, European Union, and Asia, and over 2,200 employees worldwide, together, we will meet tomorrow's challenges today.

 

Job Purpose: Lead and optimize the entire production value stream, ensuring the efficient production, training, and industrial engineering areas, assuring the product manufacturing according to the established resources, KPI’s, cost, quality, and specifications of the customer products in order to the delivery date defined. 

Major Responsibilities:

• Ensure the production value stream to maximize efficiency, minimize waste, and ensure the highest quality standards, meeting customer demands and supporting the company's strategic goals through the implementation of Lean principles and continuous improvement initiatives. 
• Accomplish the annual and monthly production budget controlling the main indicators of the business (OEE, OTD, Efficiency, variances, absorption, scrap) in quality and safety environment. 
• Manage overall manufacturing processes, products, and standards for the business lines under their responsibility to get the results and KPIs according to the budget, quality standards and EHS regulations. 
• Align with other areas the resources and internal services from customer services, warehouse, logistic and planning to accomplish the agreement with the customers.  
• Implement and monitor strategies, policies and productions plans to drive results through the organization. 
• Drive Continues Improvement activities for the manufacturing process with controls, process improvements and projects, during and after product introduction and transfer to get the results according to the budget 
• Develop team and deploy technical knowledge to enable the production lines to operate at the level of operational manufacturing excellent.  
• Keep an adequate organizational environment to promote the values and Culture of HMCR. 
• Ensure the resources for the training area to bring the corresponding training to the employees according to the customer requirements 
• Ensure the continuous improvement of energy performance and the implementation of the energy management system in all processes to mitigate the carbon footprint according to sustainability and EHS regulations. 

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with a major in Engineering, finance, business administration 
• Master’s degree (MS) 
• Minimum 5 years of experience in operations in manufacturing companies.   
• Minimum 3 year in manager position 
• Experience in catheter production desirable. 
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs and other techniques to maximize the efficiency of the manufacture and distribution of goods. 
• Excellent bilingual (English/Spanish) verbal and writing communication skills. 
• Advanced computer proficiency 
• Deep understanding of Manufacturing processes, variances and absorption. 
• Proven experience monitoring Production plans and adjusting to changes. 
• Able to operate and thrive under high levels of volume, change and uncertainty. 
• Highly developed leadership competencies 
• Proven experience supervising Engineering Level Professionals. 
• Leading opportunities for continuous improvement and cost reduction. 
• Experience managing budgets, expenses, CAPEX and inventory needs. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in using SAP. 
• Experience in medical companies. 
• Proven experience monitoring projects and transfers adjusting to changes.  
• Project Management Professional. 
• Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. 
• APICS Certifications (CPIM and/or CSCP).