Value Stream Supervisor - Renewal by Andersen : Job Details

Maintain high level of visibility with associates. Use hands-on approach to communicate daily and involve associates in problem solving.

• Promote safety and ensure a safe work environment and safe associate work habits.
• Develop a high performance work team with high levels of associate engagement morale, satisfaction, and performance.
• Create and maintain a respectful work environment by listening, seeking facts to support decisions, managing one's own reactions, and addressing unacceptable behavior.
• Help associates succeed through performance management. Provide coaching and performance communication to support development.
• Ensure the desired product quality levels are achieved through use of standard work and training to those standards, training in operation and inspection techniques, and use of tools/data.
• Support and implement new, customer-focused processes in accordance with lean principles and practices. Provide training and coaching to improve standard work, work center organization (5S), and housekeeping. Actively provide change leadership as required.
• Support and foster an environment of continuous improvement by encouraging associates to challenge existing processes and implement solutions that enhance the overall effectiveness of the operation.
• Support associates in understanding company policies and practices.
• Take notice of process related problems and support associates in taking corrective action to improve the overall performance of the team.
• Communicate with and listen to associates on a daily basis regarding work center/team performance, strategic initiatives, policy changes, safety, quality, etc.
• Communicate with other supervisors and appropriate personnel regarding equipment, safety, work center schedules, company policies and practices, performance improvement plans, etc.

Qualifications - External

• 4 year degree or equivalent
• 2 - 4 years of supervisory or work center lead experience
• Previous experience in a logistics operation with demonstrated ability to acquire and apply continuous improvement, lean, and manufacturing system principles a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to work with and motivate people.

Business acumen and knowledge:

• Basic business knowledge about how a business runs and makes decisions.

Communication:

• Listening skills
• Effective communicating 1:1 and in groups
• Presentation skills

Leadership:

• Results Orientation
• Able to motivate associates
• Bias for action
• Displays energy for the business
• Supports and communicates difficult decisions
• Collaborates with associates at all levels
• Effectively supports change
• Developing skills in coaching production associates
• Able to maintain a respectful and safe work environment
• Able to support a continuous improvement culture