Production Value Stream, Manager

**Location**:
Cartago, Costa Rica, CR

**Job Family**: Manufacturing

**Country/Region**: Costa Rica

**Job Function Summary**:
The Value Stream Leader/Manager will have to lead, plan, control, coordinate all functions within a Value Stream and ensure that products comply with regulations and company requirements.

**Major Areas of Accountability**:
Main task is to manage the production of the area’s product(s) and / or manage the area’s process with the given resources in line with the production plans, with the expected safety and quality, at the lowest cost level. Follow up / maintain the machines, measuring devices from maintenance point of view and ensure the right technical condition. Planning the related processes and resources. Implement and improve Lean processes to achieve the highest utilization of the resources.
The Value Stream Manager is responsible for keeping the fulfilment of all related instructions, standards in the area. Responsible for tracking the related materials and for finding the root cause of scrap and losses. He is responsible for keeping the area’s material handling equipment in a good condition - organize the change if needed.
- Resources:

- Human
- Technical
- Financial
- Processes
- EHS

Tasks / Responsibilities

**Human resources**:

- Ensure the most efficient given human resources to maintain operations within the Value Stream (VS).
- Plan and execute the people development focused on required competencies.
- Scheduled frequent meetings / discussions with team members to inform and manage them.
- Headcount planning and execution of actions.
- Manage disciplinary process when applicable according to Coloplast and legislation.
- Planning and execution of overtime according to the best interests of the company.
- Comply and adhere to Coloplast standard procedures, as well as safety and EHS related rules.
- Responsible for the creation of Job descriptions and Training plans of all direct reports
- Responsible to request all necessary accesses and specific roles to Coloplast systems for direct reports
- Any additional tasks requested by the direct leader

**Technical resources**:

- Ensure the conditions of continuous growth of efficiency / effectiveness.
- Technical parts from warehouse
- Close relation to technical department
- Set actions for issues /problems - execution / implementation.
- Finding sustainable solutions via organizing and leading projects related to improvements.
- Set SMART targets, follow up and manage the team to reach it (Scrap, Down-Time, inventory level, accuracy of bookkeeping, etc).
- Documentation, reporting

**Financial resources**:

- Calculate and plan the resources of needed investments, expenses.
- Making proposals for needed improvements Minimize cost, scrap and labor.
- Follow up on production / storekeeping and maintenance related spending, reporting and forecasting.
- Processes:

- Compliance of production / storekeeping and maintenance process
- Find point of improvements in processes - execute the plan of improvement.
- Cooperation with other departments, harmonizing processes for being more effective.
- Management of risks associated to the sustainability of the operations.
- Keeping area in safe, clean and in order - ready to produce.
- Participation / organization of lay-out meetings
- Compliance with EHS requirements: fire prevention /protection, safety, injury prevention/protection and environmental rules and legislations.

**Responsibility and authority**:
**Responsible for the following within their area**:

- Implementation of requirements in the corporate quality system
- Clearly defining responsibilities and authority for relevant activities described in the quality system.
- Ensure awareness of the Quality policy
- Ensure awareness of their contribution to the effectiveness of the Quality system and the benefits of improved performance
- Ensure awareness of implications for not conforming with Quality requirements
- The identification of needs and preparation of instructions, where necessary.
- Ensuring that the required resources and competences are available.
- Taking action if requirements from the quality system and/or regulatory requirements are not complied with.

**General**:

- All tasks to be fulfilled from superiors except if it is not in line with rules, regulations or the applicable law.
- Performing their job in compliance with the guidelines given
- Drawing attention to the manager to any difficulties in understanding or following the guidelines
- Drawing attention to inefficiency of the system
- Take responsibility for those safety aspects identified for the given position
- Know and act as responsible for the tasks defined in the Quality Manual, within their area

**Essential Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree (B. A. / B.S.) with a Masters degree preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience
- Proven experience managing cross/functional teams and an organization larger than 200 collaborators includin