Value Stream Manager

Position Summary

The Value Stream Manager at the STERIS St. Louis, Missouri facility manages and directs a lean Value Stream in an ISO 13485 certified manufacturing facility that supplies specialty cleaning chemicals to Healthcare and Life Science customers throughout the world. The Value Stream Manager is responsible for the planning, organizing, and production of the highest quality products, and ensuring they meet the delivery requirements of our customers.

This is a first shift position 7:00am to 3:30pm Monday– Friday with some Saturday hours based on business needs.

What You'll do as a Value Stream Manager

• Ensure safety for employees and customers.  Initiate and participate in efforts to improve safety, ergonomics, and the environment. 
• Ensure quality to meet Customer’s requirements.
• Implement lean activities to meet product cost goals.
• Prepare and submit budget for value stream. Identify and implement capital expenditures. 
• Strategically align operational and capital budget to improve St Louis manufacturing facility.
• Manage value stream needs to operate within budget.  Identify, implement, and track cost saving initiatives. 
• Select, schedule, lead, train, discipline, and evaluate the value stream team. Coach, develop, motivate employees and remove barriers to their success.
• Maintain/Improve labor cross-training and flexibility.
• Ensure support of Corporate and facility missions, goals, philosophies, and directives. 
• Prepare periodic value stream performance reports.  Meet all administrative deadlines as specified by Director of Operations.
• Ensure communications within value stream.  Keep value stream team informed as to company/facility plans and progress. 
• Develop, plan and facilitate a value stream quarterly communication meeting.
• Research, analyze, and arrive at sound business decisions for the value stream.  Be comprehensive, creative, and innovative in defining alternatives and options. 
• Plan, coordinate, supervise and control the manufacturing operations, ensuring cost effectiveness and adherence to production output plans as well as Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP).
• Prepare submissions to PIPC (Product Prioritization Improvement Committee) for product improvement needs in the assigned value stream.

The Experience, Skills and Abilities Needed

Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree, required.  
• Strong leadership and decision-making skills.
• Minimum of 10 or more years of manufacturing leadership experience in a regulated medical device or pharmaceutical environment.
• Strong management, communication, and organizational skills.
• Possess a continuous process improvement mindset with the ability to effectively lead and manage change.
• Strong verbal, analytical, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Experience with MRP/Kanban environment
• Microsoft Office Skills required.
• Proven ability to recruit, train, and develop talent. A track record of proven success.

Preferred: 

• A four-year degree in business management or engineering, preferred.
• An advanced degree such as an MBA is a plus.
• Minimum of 3 or more years of lean experience preferred.
• Oracle experience preferred.

What STERIS Offers

We value our employees and are committed to providing a comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, wellbeing, and financial future.

Here is just a brief overview of what we offer:

• Market Competitive pay
• Extensive Paid Time Off and added Holidays
• Excellent Healthcare, Dental and Vision benefits
• Long- and Short-Term Disability coverage
• 401(k) with a company match
• Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Additional add-on benefits / discounts for programs such as Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement and continuing education programs
• Excellent opportunities for advancement in a stable long-term career

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