Value Stream Manager

Value Stream Manager
Location: Tenneco - Blacksburg, VA

About the Role

As a Value Stream Manager, you will have overall accountability for the profitability and operational performance of your assigned production area. You'll drive excellence through leadership, lean principles, and continuous improvement in a safe and efficient manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Profitability & Performance:
  Ensure the assigned area meets financial and operational targets.
  Provide leadership to instill constraint management in a connected process flow.
  
  
• Safety & EH&S Compliance:
  Promote and enforce workplace safety. Hold supervisors accountable for safety policies, lead timely accident investigations, and ensure corrective actions are implemented.
  
  
• Continuous Improvement & Lean Practices:
  Champion Lean tools (e.g., Kaizen, value stream mapping, SMED) to drive waste reduction and productivity. Foster a culture of innovation and improvement.
  
  
• Customer & Quality Focus:
  Resolve customer concerns promptly. Maintain production quality and timeliness to meet customer expectations.
  
  
• Business Planning & Resource Management:
  Develop and manage annual business plans encompassing capital, expenses, labor, scrap, and material usage.
  Review and recommend capital expenditures for tools and equipment.
  
  
• Production Oversight & Controls:
  Lead scheduling and execution of manufacturing to meet quantities and quality standards. Implement controls and procedures for production activity efficiency.
  Monitor performance through analysis of production, quality, and budget reports.
  
  
• Policy Development & Staff Leadership:
  Contribute to policies and procedures. Administer personnel policies, and select, train, and grow your team.
  
  
• Operational Excellence:
  Stay current with production management trends and integrate relevant techniques into plant operations

Key Competencies

• Strong verbal and written communication
• Skilled in coordination, planning, and problem-solving
• Conflict resolution and interpersonal effectiveness
• Change leadership and innovation mindset
• Lean manufacturing principles/deployment
• Operational excellence and customer focus
• Sound, objective decision-making
• Team development and integrity-driven leadership
• Health, safety, and environmental stewardship
• Relationship-building and recognition of others

Why Join Tenneco at Blacksburg?

• Opportunity to lead and drive tangible operational improvements in a manufacturing setting.
• Work in a continuous-improvement-focused culture with advanced safety and lean practices.
• Be part of a global automotive solutions company known for quality, innovation, and employee development
• Schedules, budgets, and capital needs
• Build and coach high-performing teams
• Continuously embed industry best practices across operations

Qualifications:

• BS required; MS preferred
• 5+ years in manufacturing management
• Demonstrated lean leadership and operational excellence
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills