Value Stream Manager
Quick Summary
Production Manager leading day-to-day manufacturing execution, staffing, safety, quality, and continuous improvement across assigned value streams at a contract manufacturing company.
Skills & Keywords
Responsibilities
- Lead daily production operations for an assigned manufacturing value stream from material release through final shipment.
- Own production staffing, scheduling, labor allocation, throughput, output, and daily execution against the production plan.
- Lead and develop Production Supervisors and their teams across a production organization of approximately 25–100+ employees.
- Establish clear expectations and accountability for frontline leadership and production employees.
- Maintain a strong presence on the manufacturing floor, identifying issues and driving timely resolution.
- Ensure production priorities are aligned with customer requirements, manufacturing schedules, and business objectives.
- Monitor production performance and adjust labor, priorities, and resources as conditions change.
- Drive consistent execution across shifts and ensure effective communication between production teams.
- Own production performance across Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost (SQDC) within the assigned value stream.
- Maintain OSHA compliance and reinforce a visible, hands-on safety culture throughout production.
- Partner with EHS to identify risks, implement corrective actions, and improve shop-floor safety performance.
- Partner with Quality to address defects, rework, nonconformances, and recurring production issues.
- Drive on-time execution while maintaining established quality and safety standards.
- Monitor labor efficiency, overtime, scrap, rework, productivity, and other key production cost drivers.
- Establish and track production KPIs to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for improvement.
- Identify and eliminate production bottlenecks that impact throughput, cycle time, and customer delivery.
- Drive manufacturing throughput optimization across the assigned value stream.
- Apply Lean Manufacturing principles to improve production flow and operational performance.
- Lead and participate in Value Stream Mapping, Value Stream Maps, Kaizen events, root-cause problem solving, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Improve material flow, work sequencing, floor utilization, and handoffs between manufacturing disciplines.
- Support organizational streamlining and Value Chain Management initiatives that improve end-to-end manufacturing performance.
- Partner with Manufacturing Engineering to improve standard work, production processes, tooling, and manufacturing efficiency.
- Drive production readiness for new product introductions and manufacturing ramps.
- Partner with Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Program Management to identify production risks before products reach the manufacturing floor.
- Ensure labor, tooling, work instructions, materials, processes, and production capacity are prepared to support launch requirements.
- Identify manufacturability and execution concerns early and drive cross-functional resolution.
- Support production ramp-up and stabilization of new customer programs.
- Metal Fabrication – production sequencing, capacity, priorities, and handoffs into downstream operations.
- Welding Operations – scheduling, production requirements, quality, and downstream handoffs.
- Mechanical & Final Assembly – production flow, staging, labor coordination, and final execution.
- Manufacturing Engineering – process improvements, production readiness, tooling, standard work, and NPI support.
- Quality Operations – defect resolution, rework reduction, corrective actions, and quality performance.
- Material Flow / Supply Chain – inbound material timing, shortages, production staging, and material availability.
- Program Management – customer priorities, program milestones, schedule requirements, and manufacturing execution.
Required Qualifications
- 7–10 years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, including direct experience leading Production Supervisors and frontline manufacturing teams.
- Demonstrated experience managing production organizations of approximately 25–100+ employees.
- Experience within contract manufacturing, including EMS, industrial manufacturing, engineered-to-order, or similarly complex production environments.
- Experience with complex, engineered-to-order products and manufacturing processes.
- Strong working knowledge of metal fabrication, welding, mechanical assembly, and final assembly operations.
- Demonstrated ability to manage production staffing, scheduling, throughput, capacity, labor utilization, and output.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing throughput optimization and constraint management.
- Experience partnering with Program Management on customer-driven manufacturing programs.
- Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Value Stream Mapping, Value Stream Maps, Kaizen, root-cause problem solving, material flow optimization, organizational streamlining, and Value Chain Management.
- Experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI) and manufacturing readiness activities.
- Working knowledge of OSHA requirements and manufacturing safety practices.
- Experience working within ERP/MRP systems; SAP experience preferred.
- Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth manufacturing environment with changing customer and production priorities.
Nice to Have
We are particularly interested in manufacturing leaders with experience producing complex, integrated, engineered products, including:
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Engineering, Operations Management, Business, Supply Chain, or a related discipline preferred.
- Experience supporting high-volume manufacturing within an engineered-to-order environment.
- Formal Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma training/certification preferred.
- Experience utilizing production KPIs and ERP/MRP data to drive operational decision-making.
- Experience working within a rapidly scaling manufacturing organization.
- Modular Data Centers
- Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
- Power Distribution Equipment
- Electrical Enclosures
- Switchgear
- Industrial Equipment
- Energy Infrastructure
- Modular Power Systems
- Engineered Industrial Assemblies
Compensation & Benefits
Total rewards package
GTI offers a competitive compensation and benefits package designed to support employees and their families while providing long-term career growth opportunities within a fast-growing manufacturing organization. Benefits may include:
Benefits eligibility and offerings may vary based on position, location, and employment classification.
Benefits included
GTI promotes a diverse and inclusive workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, marital status, or any other Federal or State legally-protected classes. We also value the safety of all employees and work hard to maintain a Drug Free Workplace.
Cross-Functional Value Stream Leadership
The Production Manager is a production leadership role and does not directly manage every manufacturing discipline supporting the value stream. Fabrication, Welding, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Supply Chain maintain their own functional leadership.
However, Production sits at the center of execution, and the Production Manager is expected to have significant cross-functional influence over how these teams work together.
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