Value Stream Leader (Manufacturing Leader)

About Us:

Alliance Machine Systems International, LLC is a privately held company with over 35 years of history dedicated to providing corrugated box manufacturing machines and services to the changing industry. As the paperboard packaging industry's premier global supplier of productivity-enhancing process machinery and systems, we supply innovative designs, intelligent automation, and optimized workflow, coupled with highly responsive parts and service support. Our United States and Europe based engineering, manufacturing, sales and service operations provide a global support system covering the full product portfolio of Alliance, Serco, TEI, ASC, Pallmac, J&L and Tanabe machines.

 

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

 

Job Description:

THIS IS AN ON-SITE POSITION LOCATED IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

The Sr. Manufacturing Manager/ Value Stream Leader provides leadership to Supervisors or teams of professionals and is accountable for both short and long-term functional strategies and operational direction of departments. The role is to lead subordinate leaders by championing Barry-Wehmiller’s Truly Human Leadership approach, where success is measured by the way we touch the lives of our co-workers and team members.

The Sr. Operations Manager must be a leader who can develop others, be a strategic thinker, and be influential. This leader is an analytical person with a prominent level of ownership and the ability to communicate with executive leadership and provide recommendations when necessary.

This individual should be well organized, disciplined, initiative-taking, and able to balance multiple priorities related to operations and organization. The ideal candidate will be an initiative-taking communicator and have a level of professionalism and business acumen that allows communication with company personnel as well as external customers.

This position will be a critical team member in identifying and organizing improvements and sustaining efforts focused on improving the plants’ schedule, quality, and customer satisfaction key performance indicators (KPI). This role is the owner or co-owner of all plant Quality, Continuous Improvement, and Plant Housekeeping/ flow projects.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Daily & Weekly Task:

• Responsible for the execution and conformance to the schedule of sub-contracted Assembly or Sub-Assembly work. Coordinates Manufacturing, Engineering, and Shipping efforts and reports statuses daily.
• Communicates applicable Key Performance Indicators statuses through various forums to all levels of leadership and constituents.
• Promotes an environment of teamwork and ensures necessary systems are in place to confirm alignment of plant operations across Engineering, Manufacturing, and Inventory teams.

• Verified labor hours are accounted for accurately for Project Accounting.
• Supports procurement process of materials and other equipment to achieve schedules or improve shop performance.
• Supports daily, weekly, and monthly skills and safety training.
• Attends Company level meetings regarding scheduling, project financials, and staffing; ensures plans are in place to align with Company plans and strategies.
• Contributes to the plant Gemba and Continuous Improvement efforts.

Leadership responsibilities:

• Demonstrate vital leadership behaviors (employee-centered and value-based) of Barry-Wehmiller’s Truly Human Leadership model.
• Drives the manufacturing teams’ culture of participation and collaboration with subordinate leadership.
• Understanding how to develop an organizational culture that can support the strategies and plans of Alliance and Barry-Wehmiller is essential.
• Possesses strong people skills, is emotionally intelligent, and can develop the Supervisors and lead difficult conversations with employees.
• Manage, Review, and evaluate the performance of Manufacturing Supervisors through the BW Elevate/ Performance Cycle program.
• Works with Plant Manufacturing leadership to manage the appropriate shifts Skills Matrix by assessing team member skill levels and identifying, planning, and executing employee training.
• In coordination with Human Resources (CPD), the Sr. Operations Manager approves candidates, subordinate leaders’ inter