Force Torque Values Stream Manager

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Novanta is the world’s leading developer of robotic end of arm technologies. Novanta end-effectors enhance productivity and flexibility of robotic and automated solutions across a wide spectrum of industries through capabilities such as automatic tool changing, force-torque sensing, material removal, and more. Since 1989, our commitment to engineering excellence, superior quality, and customer-focused support drives us to innovate and continuously improve the most reliable automated solutions available.

Summary

As a Value Stream Manager, you'll oversee manufacturing teams to improve safety, quality, delivery, and cost. You’ll oversee teams of manufacturing professionals or complex operations teams. You’ll ensure performance and results are achieved, develop efficient workflows, and lead through influence.

Primary Responsibilities

• Hiring, training, and managing operations team members to build a high-performing team.
• Managing operations teams to achieve operational goals and objectives.
• Developing and implementing operational policies, procedures, and efficient operational workflows,
• Leveraging daily visual management to identify areas for improvement and implement corrective actions.
• Ensuring compliance with safety and regulatory requirements, as well as industry standards.

General Tasks

• Maintain strict compliance with the quality, environmental and occupational health and safety regulations and implementation of the instructions of the quality, environmental management and/or occupational health and safety officer.
• The People Leader is responsible for maintaining and improving environmental-friendly and occupational health and safety work conditions, the prevention of environmental damage and occupational accidents, occupational diseases and work-related health hazards for his or her area of responsibility.
  Specific tasks include, but are not limited to, protecting the environment, completion of job hazard analysis and risk assessments, and conducting job-specific training.

Required Experience, Education, Skills, Training and Competencies

• Makes and executes decisions regarding work assignments that support KPIs and cross-training. Responsible for developing high-performing, flexible team(s) of direct and dotted line reports.
• Participates in establishing departmental goals relative to labor utilization and department efficiency. Measures factory performance to the standard.
• Tracks all applicable metrics, taking actions as necessary to meet KPI targets. Publishes performance results to key stake holders as required.
• Responsible for Establishing, Sustaining, and improving daily management for production and Tier 1 and Tier 2 levels.
• Identify issues in efficiency and suggest improvements
• Evaluates and recommends work center staffing needs, shift requirements and equipment needs.
• Liaise with other supervisors to formulate objectives and understand requirements
• Assess risks & safety hazards within your departments. Performance will be reviewed through EHS audits.
• Education: Possess a background in operations, manufacturing, or a related field.
• Experience: Ability to set and manage goals, allocate resources, and make high quality, timely decisions.
• Skill: Proven ability to oversee teams, complex processes, or complex programs in a manufacturing environment.
• Skill: Knowledge of lean manufacturing principles and ability to drive continuous improvement.
• Skill: Have excellent leadership, communication skills and skilled in project management and problem-solving.

Outcomes / KPIs

• Throughput rate
• On-time delivery
• Net Profit Margin
• Inventory

Competencies

• Demonstrates Grit & Determination - Initiative: Demonstrates a high level of ownership, leads and mobilizes change. Persistence: Has the tenacity to persist in the face of roadblocks. Resilience: Can tolerate pressure and quickly recover from high-stress situations. Courage: Communicates directly and is real with others, even when it is difficult.
• Builds Inclusive Winning Teams - Eye for Talent: Consistently hires, promotes and exports talented individuals. Mentors & Develops People: Builds organizational capability by investing in the development of people. Manages Performance: Sets clear expectations and holds people accountable for performance. Embraces Diversity: Builds inclusive teams of diverse individuals that find the best solutions together.
• Motivating Others - Creates a climate in which people want to do their best; can motivate many kinds of direct reports and team or project members; can assess each person’s hot button and use it to get the best out of him/her; pushes tasks and decisions down; empowers others; invites input from each person and shares ownership and visibility; makes each individual feel his/her work is important; is someone people like working with for and with.
• Drives and Delivers Impact - Delivers Results: Does what it takes in order to consistently meet expectations. Action-Oriented: Approaches work with a sense of urgency and drive. Prioritize: Identifies the vital few and focuses resources and energy on the most impactful tasks. Executional Rigor: Uses metrics to measure progress and inform decision-making.
   

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