Role: Value Stream Manager
Location: Bedford
Salary: £45,000 - Depending on Experience
Proactive are currently in search of a Value Stream Manager in Bedford to start work as soon as possible. This is an exciting opportunity working for a market leader in the design and manufacturing of industrial braking solutions.
As a Value Stream Manager, you will be responsible for eliminating waste in the overall supply-chain from start to finish, for a defined product family and ensuring that the value stream meets/exceeds the customer's expectations. You will also manage the materials related functions including but not limited to Production Scheduling, Purchasing, and Inventory Control.
Responsibilities:
Ensuring that a current state value stream map is created of the end-to-end value stream.
Conducting fact-based analysis of the current state map.
Preparing an ideal state map showing what the value stream could look like in the long term.
Defining the product family by conducting product routing analysis and appropriate groupings.
Preparation of a future state map that uses lean techniques to remove waste and improve process value in the short to mid-term.
Leading the day to day activities within the value stream to ensure that current commitments are achieved while improvements are being made.
Managing the activities of the shop floor within their value stream, machining processing and assembly, under the direction of the Director of Operations a...