Value Stream Manager -Stourport-on-Severn Are you ready to lead and innovate in a nurturing manufacturing environment? Do you have a passion for fostering continuous improvement and operational excellence? Join our team at Morgan Advanced Materials, where we are dedicated to delivering high-quality products while ensuring a safe and supportive environment for all. Role Overview: As a Value Stream Manager, you will guide and coordinate all manufacturing activities within a specific product line, ensuring safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity. You will manage resources, empower cell teams, and drive performance improvements through the Morgan Production System (MPS). What You’ll Do: • Lead and manage the entire range of manufacturing activities within your Value Stream. • Ensure compliance with Health & Safety regulations and company policies. • Implement and manage the Morgan Production System to meet customer and company commitments. • Develop processes to improve delivery, quality, and cost using Lean Manufacturing tools. • Support the Sales and Operations Planning (SIOP) process to align customer commitments with current capabilities. • Coordinate between operations and sales to ensure alignment with customer demands. • Develop and manage Strategic Improvement Priorities (SIPs) and report on pro- gress. • Lead continuous improvement events to eliminate waste and improve efficiencies What You’ll Bring: • Team leadership experience with the ability to empower people. • Experience in motivating and getting the best out of people. • Experience in a hands-on engineering function within a lean manufacturing environment. • Strong understanding of Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement methodologies. • Degree or qualification in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field. Why Join Morgan Advanced Materials? • Work for a company with a rich history and a commitment to innovation. • Be part of a team that values safety, integrity, collaboration, and ambition. • Opportunities for professional growth and development. • Engage in challenging and rewarding work that makes a difference Morgan Advanced Materials is a business rich in history and innovation. Founded in the UK in 1856, we have grown into a global organisation with 70 sites in 18 countries. Our model to serve our customers where they need us has led to a diversified product range using our unparalleled expertise in ceramic and carbon materials, which we exploit to solve difficult problems for our customers across a diverse range of markets. We are a purpose driven organisation. Our purpose is to use advanced materials to make the world more sustainable and to improve the quality of life. We deliver on that purpose through the products that we make, and the way that we make them. The Technical Ceramics business of Morgan Advanced Materials engineers high performance functional and structural ceramic materials, components and sub-assemblies to address customer-specific technical challenges. Key Figures: Revenue £1,114.7m (2023), 8,500 employees, manufacturing in 20 countries, and a global customer portfolio. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK. Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index. Morgan Advanced Materials is an EEO/AA/M/W/D/V Employer Ind-1