Value Stream Leader
Southern Champion TrayAll jobs at Southern Champion Tray (SCT) require Team members to act in accordance with the shared Core Values and Operating principles of the company as they perform specific job functions. These include: Trustworthy – We strive for our actions to match our words in all our relationships. Servant – Hearted – We enable and empower our team to serve the needs of customers, Team members, suppliers and the community. Relational – We aim to build healthy relationships while fostering an environment that promotes compassion, balance, and personal and professional growth. Resourceful – We value strategic insourcing, first looking to create solutions internally, and then looking to apply that knowledge to future opportunities. SUMMARY Responsible for the safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people performance of the assigned value stream, including Printing, Cutting, and Gluing equipment, supporting processes, and assigned production teams. This role provides end-to-end leadership for the operation while developing people, improving processes, and creating a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. The Value Stream Leader serves as the business leader of the value stream and is accountable for operational performance, customer service execution, employee engagement, technical capability development, and long-term system improvements. This leader partners closely with Maintenance, Quality, Scheduling, Supply Chain, Engineering, Human Resources, and Commercial teams to ensure the value stream consistently meets customer requirements while delivering sustainable financial results. The successful candidate will spend significant time on the production floor coaching leaders, removing obstacles, building technical capability, and driving continuous improvement while modeling SCT's values of Trustworthy, Servant-Hearted, Relational, and Resourceful ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Establishes world-class performance in safety, quality, throughput, cost, OEE, labor efficiency, waste reduction, OTIF, and people development across the value stream Ensures strong organization and communication across SCT’s 24/6 production environment Establish a scalable operating system (tiered accountability, daily management, visual management) aligned to safety, quality, delivery and cost Standardize processes and work content to reduce variation, improve yield, and enable predictable staffing models and flexible labor deployment Coach and develop Production Leaders through daily Leader Standard Work, Gemba, and structured feedback Develop Practical tools and structures (dashboards, hour-by-hour boards, skills matrixes) that improve visibility, prioritization and decision speed Drives continuous improvement across the assigned operation to improve equipment flow, reduce changeover time, control waste, increase labor productivity, and provide value to end customers Grow and manage the technical and leadership competencies across their teams to ensure SCT is always ready for growth Functions as a highly visible leader, spending approximately 30% of time on the floor prioritizing continuous improvement, proactive communication and accountability. Drives culture that prioritizes safety through visible leadership, communication, accountability, and hazard elimination Leads root cause investigations and corrective actions to resolve safety, quality, and production issues Partners with Continuous Improvement, Engineering, Quality, and Maintenance to improve productivity, reliability, and manufacturability Develops and maintains technical expertise in equipment, tooling, material behavior, quality systems, changeover practices, and standardized work Drive discipline through 5S and Lean Manufacturing principles Collaborates with Engineering, Maintenance, CI and other resources for capital purchases and new technology adoptions within the value stream Ensures robust succession plans exist throughout the value str…