Value Stream Manager

Kristy Cuthbert Recruitment
San Jose, CA

Value Stream Manager - Machining or Sheet Metal

Full-time / Permanent

Onsite, San Jose, CA

Base Salary - $130,000 - $180,000


About Us:  Vantedge Medical is the premier metals-based med-tech solutions partner from concept to full-scale manufacturing. We are at the forefront of precision engineering and innovation, specializing in the development and manufacturing of vital components for medical markets such as Robotic Assisted Surgery, Orthopedics, Surgical Instruments, Dental, and more. Our teams work in unison, collaborating and problem-solving to serve the manufacturing needs of the top Medical Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) around the globe. Making a difference in the lives of patients and their families drives us to go above and beyond every day. With a steadfast commitment to advancing medical technology, we take immense pride in the work we do – and have a lot of fun doing it.

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About the Roles: We have two specialist positions available - Value Stream Manager, Sheet Metal & Value Stream Manager, Machining. The Value Stream Manager will have end-to-end responsibility over the Machining or Sheet Metal departments from work order creation, start, and completion through shared operations at our San Jose, CA based Vantedge Medical site. The role will have responsibility for production, quality, manufacturing engineering, maintenance, continuous improvement, scheduling, and programming in a matrixed environment. This role will need to have a deep focus on building a structured OpEx environment focused on service, quality, lean, manufacturing process, and automation/equipment improvements. We are looking for someone with a positive attitude, who collaborates well with others, has attention to detail, can aggressively drive improvements, takes ownership, and has high internal expectations.

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Responsibilities:

Production / Value Stream Execution

  • Drives work order and material flow through multiple operations using dispatch reporting, tier management, and WIP tracking.
  • Holds production teams accountable to work order prioritization, transactional discipline, and productivity.
  • Proactively solves production issues by identifying root causes and driving corrective actions.
  • Understands and utilizes Value Stream data and metrics to remove bottlenecks and drive improved production execution.
  • Fully responsible for proactive labor and equipment capacity plans including CapEx requests, headcount requests/adds, and collaboration with recruiting.
  • Quickly addresses NCs through reflow of rework and root cause investigation.
  • Owns performance of Value Stream.

Operational Excellence

  • In alignment with OpEx program management, identifies and drives OpEx projects in service, quality, lean, manufacturing process, and automation/equipment improvements driving significantly improved KPI performance and cost savings.
  • Actively manages value stream resources to prioritize and execute top identified initiatives.
  • Drives a lean and continuous improvement culture using VOS (Vantedge Operating System) principles.

Customer Focus

  • Lead, participate, and collaborate with key customers on improvement efforts, service discussions, and long-term partnership.
  • Quickly respond to customer needs by proactively preparing and presenting applicable data, metrics, and improvements.
  • Collectively own customer on-time delivery for site.

People

  • Supervision of value stream matrix, Supervisors/Leads, and 125+ direct labor.
  • Drives cross-functional collaboration, accountability, clear roles/responsibilities, and ownership of value stream actions, deliverables, and countermeasures.

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Requirements & skills

  • Bachelor’s degree in operations management, engineering, or related field required.
  • 10 years’ experience in operations management leading mid to large size manufacturing.
  • 5+ years’ experience in machining preferred.
  • Prior experience in an OpEx environment deploying OpEx initiatives.
  • Highly collaborative individual able to work cross-functionally to drive performance.
  • Ability to use data to drive improved decision-making.
  • Ability to travel up to 5%.

Benefits:

  • Medical – Dental – Vision – Life Insurance
  • Vacation and Sick Pay
  • 401k
Posted 2025-12-18

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