Value Stream Manager

Position Title: Value Stream Manager, Gallatin Operations Beretta USA is seeking an accomplished Value Stream Manager for Gallatin Operations to strengthen production flow, inspire cross-functional teams, and accelerate lean manufacturing, operational excellence, and customer-focused results. This role offers the opportunity to shape value stream performance, develop capable teams, and contribute directly to the continued growth and success of the business. Operational leadership: The role oversees the value stream from raw-material procurement through product delivery, coordinates production, quality assurance, and supply chain activities, and leads continuous improvement through lean methods. Performance and improvement: Core priorities include daily metric-based analysis, budget accountability, rapid problem solving, standard work, annual budgeting, cost-saving projects, and focus on safety, quality, delivery, cost, growth, and people metrics. People and culture: The Value Stream Leader will build an engaged, capable, and accountable team by developing employees, providing relevant training, recognizing contributions, strengthening collaboration, and creating an environment where people can grow while continuously improving customer and business outcomes. Candidate qualifications: Requirements include a bachelor’s degree, eight to ten years of measured global manufacturing experience in a high-mix, low-volume environment, strong financial, analytical, negotiation, communication, and project-management skills, advanced Excel and systems knowledge, and familiarity with artificial intelligence supplemental supply chain tools such as ChatGPT and Copilot. Responsibilities Summary: Reporting to the Vice President of Supply Chain and Manufacturing, the Value Stream Manager owns the end-to-end performance of assigned Gallatin value streams. The role integrates people, materials, equipment, quality, cost, and continuous improvement to achieve Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Growth, and People objectives. The Value Stream Manager is accountable for the safe, efficient, and reliable performance of assigned value streams from material availability through product delivery. This leader directs cross-functional execution, removes barriers to flow, develops people, and drives measurable improvement in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Growth, and People performance. Leadership and Supervision: Lead and unite cross-functional teams around clear operational goals, strengthen collaboration and accountability, and create the conditions for employees to contribute ideas, solve problems, and achieve continuous improvement together. Process Optimization: Oversee the entire value stream process from raw material procurement to product delivery, implementing lean manufacturing principles to enhance efficiency and reduce waste. Collaboration: Build strong partnerships across production, quality assurance, and supply chain to maintain smooth operations, resolve issues quickly, and deliver successful outcomes for employees, customers, and the business. Establish, review, and act on value stream KPIs for Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Growth, and People. Use daily management routines and fact-based analysis to identify performance gaps, assign corrective actions, escalate barriers, and verify sustained results. Training and Development: Create and implement practical development programs that expand team capabilities in lean manufacturing and other relevant areas, support employee growth, and build a strong pipeline of talent for the organization. Represent customer requirements in value stream decisions by translating feedback, quality performance, and delivery expectations into priorities for product, process, and operational improvement. Develop current- and future-state value stream maps, identify constraints and waste, prioritize improvement opportunities, and lead implementation plans that improve flow, capacity, quality, and delivery pe…

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