Value Stream Manager

2 weeks ago


Newington, United States Hanwha Aerospace USA Full time

Value Stream Manager - Exempt

Hanwha Aerospace USA has long been recognized as a leader in the development and supply of flight critical Aerospace/Defense components and assemblies. Operating out of four state of the art facilities located in Connecticut, Hanwha Aerospace USA offers growth and career development opportunities to enrich your talents. We are always seeking to hire talented, hard-working, and committed individuals for roles in Operations (CNC Machining, Tool Making, and Fabrication/Assembly), Engineering, Quality and other Support Roles. 

Reporting to the Director, Operations, the Value Stream Manager (“VSM”) is charged with leading a dedicated cross functional team comprised of Engineering, Quality, Production Planning, Supply Chain, Production Support and highly skilled Machinists in the manufacturing of aerospace components. The VSM manages and leads the team towards achieving daily and long-term key performance indicators tied to financial and operational metrics. This role also drives continuous improvement of the value stream at all levels and acts as liaison with other functions and the external customers.

Location: Newington, CT

Reports to: Senior Operations Manager

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform.

Provide strategic direction for value stream including long and short-range resource planning (labor, equipment) to ensure effective and profitable line function, adjusting to changing customer or business needs as required.

Ensure that Safety, Health and Environmental compliance is included as part of everyday activities while working cooperatively with the EH&S Manager to improve employee engagement in safety, health and environmental initiatives.

Execute the manufacturing schedules based on information and requirements to plan production on-time delivery of products while meeting quality standards, and at the lowest possible cost.

Manage the external supplier network which includes machining, coating, and grinding. Ensure the suppliers meet or exceed target performance for delivery, quality and cost.

Achieve and maintain a cooperative working relationship with the customer. Ensure any issues relative to achieving Customer schedule are resolved in as short a time as possible to mitigate any impact to the Customer

Champions Lean Manufacturing efforts within work cell(s)/value stream(s) to improve established metrics.

Lead process improvement efforts that achieve highly capable processes and world class yield rates. 

Communicating across the organization to gain information and receive feedback and suggestions and provide updates and information.

Supervising production employees, including participation in selection, performance management (including evaluation and discipline), coaching, training and employee development, and ensuring compliance to legal and company requirements.

Reporting and pro-actively escalating issues to senior management that may impact business objectives.

Perform other duties or responsibilities as requested or required, whether or not specifically mentioned in this job description.

ISO 9002 Authority:

Is not authorized to initiate, record, verify or implement corrective actions or solutions to problems relating to product, process or quality system, but may recommend.

Various other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Participate in training as required

5-10% Domestic Travel required

Job Qualification Requirements:

Must be a “US Person” as defined by US Government and able to work without restriction with ITAR related data.

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or other related field required

Masters degree in Engineering or Business preferred

Six Sigma Black Belt/Green Belt or AME Silver, or equivalent Lean Manufacturing Certification preferred

7+ years experience in engineering or product management

8+ years experience in a production environment

5+ years in Aerospace Manufacturing management/Program Management/CI Management

5+ years experience leading and managing a team in a production environment

Demonstrated ability to think strategically and develop operational plans and knowledge of business finance linking financial outcomes with operations actions and strategy

Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement

Experience leading operational transformation combined with organizational

Communication and leadership skills to communicate effectively and persuasively to individuals at all levels and to cross-functional group

Extensive experience with Microsoft Office products for the purpose of data analysis and preparing presentations.


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