Career Opportunity
Value Stream Manufacturing Manager
Category
Manufacturing
Location
Farmingdale, New York
Salary
$130,000 - $140,000
Job Reference
247571
Value Stream Manufacturing Manager
Precision Machining | Medical Device, Aerospace & Defense Components
Location: Long Island, NY (Onsite) ***Open to relocation with assistance provided***
Compensation: $130k to $140k base plus 10-15% target annual bonus (tied to goals, delivery, and company performance)
Reports to: Director, Manufacturing Operations
Team: 3-4 direct reports (Team Leaders) over approximately 85 associates across two shifts
Departments Overseen: CNC Milling, Turning, Grinding, Gear Cutting, and Manual Machining
Required
- Minimum 5 years in an industrial manufacturing environment, preferably precision machining, assembly, medical device, aerospace, or another highly regulated industry
- 2-3+ years of direct, non-union supervisory experience, including assigning work, setting expectations, and managing performance
- Six Sigma Green Belt certification required or strongly preferred; Black Belt preferred
- Strong working knowledge of lean tools: value stream mapping, standard work, visual management, Kaizen, SMED, cellular flow, root cause analysis
- Demonstrated ability to use KPIs and operational data to drive measurable improvement in safety, quality, delivery, and cost
- Experience in managing capacity, labor planning, WIP, bottlenecks, and schedule attainment in a fast-paced environment
- Comfortable partnering with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Maintenance in a hands-on environment
Nice to Have
- Experience in a private equity-backed or actively acquiring manufacturing platform
- Familiarity with complex assemblies for medical, aerospace, or government end customers
- A repeatable playbook from a best-in-class manufacturing operation for improving utilization and throughput
- Existing ties to Long Island or the greater NYC metro area
The Opportunity
Our client is a decades-old precision manufacturer of tightly toleranced metal components for medical devices, aerospace, and defense customers, including several Fortune 500 names. A major private equity firm backs the company and was recently named the founding company of a new growth platform under new executive leadership with a track record of exponential growth. This role is the manufacturing architect who designs, implements, and sustains the lean systems needed to close that gap, from customer order through shipment, in a precision machining and assembly environment.
What You'll Do
Value Stream Leadership & Daily Management
- Lead daily execution of the value stream, ensuring customer demand, backlog, schedules, and shipment commitments are met
- Sponsor and run daily Tier 1 and Tier 2 performance meetings, and conduct regular Gemba walks to observe the floor, solve problems, and reinforce standard work
- Monitor safety, quality, delivery, WIP, labor utilization, and machine capacity to identify risks and improvement opportunities before they impact customers
Flow, Capacity & Constraint Management
- Build and maintain value stream maps to reduce lead time and eliminate non-value-added activity
- Manage bottlenecks by prioritizing labor, tooling, maintenance, and machine availability at constrained operations
- Balance labor and machine capacity across the value stream to support level loading and schedule adherence
- Partner with Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Quality to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability
Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement
- Plan and lead Kaizen events targeting measurable gains in safety, quality, delivery, cost, lead time, and productivity
- Eliminate the seven wastes and improve setup/changeover performance using SMED, standard work, visual management, cellular flow, and mistake-proofing
- Implement and sustain visual management systems, including performance boards and escalation processes
Quality & Problem Solving
- Drive first-pass yield improvement and scrap/rework reduction across the value stream
- Lead root cause investigations using structured problem-solving and ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained
- Partner with Quality and Engineering to resolve nonconformances and improve process capability
Production Planning & Execution
- Plan, coordinate, and assign department activities to hit production targets and customer commitments
- Estimate labor and capacity needs and adjust plans with Supply Chain based on equipment, priorities, and business needs
People Leadership & Team Development
- Lead, coach, and develop Team Leaders and associates within the value stream
- Build a flexible, cross-trained workforce and foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement
- Provide onboarding, technical guidance, and training for new and current employees
Why This Role Is Different
This is not an advisory seat. The person here owns a full section of the shop floor, its people, safety, quality, and output, every day. Our client is the founding company of a new private equity-backed growth platform, with real customer wins already in hand and a clear productivity mandate. For someone who has already solved this exact problem elsewhere, this is a chance to bring a proven playbook to a company building toward something much bigger.
Culture & Growth
Our client's manufacturing leadership team is being built out as the company scales, creating real room for this role to grow. Leadership wants someone building a career chapter here, not passing through: someone who respects the shop's institutional knowledge while bringing the urgency and Lean discipline the next phase requires.
***Relocation assistance is available for candidates with a genuine tie to the area or already based on the East Coast.***
Value Stream Manufacturing Manager
Precision Machining | Medical Device, Aerospace & Defense Components
Location: Long Island, NY (Onsite) ***Open to relocation with assistance provided***
Compensation: $130k to $140k base plus 10-15% target annual bonus (tied to goals, delivery, and company performance)
Reports to: Director, Manufacturing Operations
Team: 3-4 direct reports (Team Leaders) over approximately 85 associates across two shifts
Departments Overseen: CNC Milling, Turning, Grinding, Gear Cutting, and Manual Machining
Required
- Minimum 5 years in an industrial manufacturing environment, preferably precision machining, assembly, medical device, aerospace, or another highly regulated industry
- 2-3+ years of direct, non-union supervisory experience, including assigning work, setting expectations, and managing performance
- Six Sigma Green Belt certification required or strongly preferred; Black Belt preferred
- Strong working knowledge of lean tools: value stream mapping, standard work, visual management, Kaizen, SMED, cellular flow, root cause analysis
- Demonstrated ability to use KPIs and operational data to drive measurable improvement in safety, quality, delivery, and cost
- Experience in managing capacity, labor planning, WIP, bottlenecks, and schedule attainment in a fast-paced environment
- Comfortable partnering with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Maintenance in a hands-on environment
Nice to Have
- Experience in a private equity-backed or actively acquiring manufacturing platform
- Familiarity with complex assemblies for medical, aerospace, or government end customers
- A repeatable playbook from a best-in-class manufacturing operation for improving utilization and throughput
- Existing ties to Long Island or the greater NYC metro area
The Opportunity
Our client is a decades-old precision manufacturer of tightly toleranced metal components for medical devices, aerospace, and defense customers, including several Fortune 500 names. A major private equity firm backs the company and was recently named the founding company of a new growth platform under new executive leadership with a track record of exponential growth. This role is the manufacturing architect who designs, implements, and sustains the lean systems needed to close that gap, from customer order through shipment, in a precision machining and assembly environment.
What You’ll Do
Value Stream Leadership & Daily Management
- Lead daily execution of the value stream, ensuring customer demand, backlog, schedules, and shipment commitments are met
- Sponsor and run daily Tier 1 and Tier 2 performance meetings, and conduct regular Gemba walks to observe the floor, solve problems, and reinforce standard work
- Monitor safety, quality, delivery, WIP, labor utilization, and machine capacity to identify risks and improvement opportunities before they impact customers
Flow, Capacity & Constraint Management
- Build and maintain value stream maps to reduce lead time and eliminate non-value-added activity
- Manage bottlenecks by prioritizing labor, tooling, maintenance, and machine availability at constrained operations
- Balance labor and machine capacity across the value stream to support level loading and schedule adherence
- Partner with Maintenance, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Quality to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability
Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement
- Plan and lead Kaizen events targeting measurable gains in safety, quality, delivery, cost, lead time, and productivity
- Eliminate the seven wastes and improve setup/changeover performance using SMED, standard work, visual management, cellular flow, and mistake-proofing
- Implement and sustain visual management systems, including performance boards and escalation processes
Quality & Problem Solving
- Drive first-pass yield improvement and scrap/rework reduction across the value stream
- Lead root cause investigations using structured problem-solving and ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained
- Partner with Quality and Engineering to resolve nonconformances and improve process capability
Production Planning & Execution
- Plan, coordinate, and assign department activities to hit production targets and customer commitments
- Estimate labor and capacity needs and adjust plans with Supply Chain based on equipment, priorities, and business needs
People Leadership & Team Development
- Lead, coach, and develop Team Leaders and associates within the value stream
- Build a flexible, cross-trained workforce and foster a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement
- Provide onboarding, technical guidance, and training for new and current employees
Why This Role Is Different
This is not an advisory seat. The person here owns a full section of the shop floor, its people, safety, quality, and output, every day. Our client is the founding company of a new private equity-backed growth platform, with real customer wins already in hand and a clear productivity mandate. For someone who has already solved this exact problem elsewhere, this is a chance to bring a proven playbook to a company building toward something much bigger.
Culture & Growth
Our client’s manufacturing leadership team is being built out as the company scales, creating real room for this role to grow. Leadership wants someone building a career chapter here, not passing through: someone who respects the shop’s institutional knowledge while bringing the urgency and Lean discipline the next phase requires.
***Relocation assistance is available for candidates with a genuine tie to the area or already based on the East Coast.***
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