Value Stream Manager

Career Area:

Manufacturing

Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Manages the day-to-day operations of all shifts for an entire Value Stream in a large facility or multiple manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities

- Managing staffing, development, and performance management programs for operations staff; managing, motivating, and developing management team.

- Overseeing operations activities, ensuring that safety, and schedules and performance requirements are met and system resources are used effectively.

- Driving improvements for overall operations performance and implementing production safety, cost, and quality control mechanisms.

- Ensures the compliance of all regulatory guidelines and forges a safe and sound manufacturing environment.

Degree Requirement

Degree or equivalent experience desired

Skill Descriptors

Process Management: Knowledge of business process improvement tools and techniques; ability to understand, monitor, update, control, or enhance existing business or work processes.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Helps others learn the tools and techniques for process value analysis.

- Carries out process evaluation, diagnosis, and optimization.

- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of a major process flow, its components and issues.

- Synchronizes the efforts of, and resource requirements for, several teams within a process.

- Makes the business case for new processes, including their cost-benefit ratios.

- Possesses knowledge of tools and techniques for designing and implementing new processes.

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.

- Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.

- Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.

- Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.

- Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

- Quantifies the costs, benefits, risks, and chances for success before recommending a course of action.

Planning and Organizing: Knowledge of the process of planning and arranging tasks and resources; ability to plan and organize both time and resources to get things completed while structuring and maintaining work in a systematic and highly methodical way.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Updates stakeholders on potential changes; re-negotiates requirements as necessary.

- Identifies the critical goals and tasks required to meet daily objectives.

- Develops contingency plans or to improve processes and to avoid problems before they occur.

- Evaluates linkages and interrelationships when prioritizing multiple responsibilities.

- Manages conflicting priorities effectively.

- Tracks the implementation of plans closely to ensure that desired outcomes are achieved.

Performance Management: Knowledge of successful performance management techniques; ability to apply organization's performance management system, practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Gives continuing feedback, recognizes achievement, and recommends improvement.

- Participates in the salary planning and administration process.

- Defines and agrees upon performance goals and objectives with associates.

- Identifies performance problem areas early on and defines specific improvement activities.

- Adjusts and communicates performance objectives as necessary for team objectives.

- Publicly shares accolades and recognizes and rewards top performers.

Lean Manufacturing: Knowledge of the philosophy, principles and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Manages the adoption of lean manufacturing principles across the organization.

- Teaches others about how lean approach integrates operations, customers, logistics and product development.

- Consults on work cell design and plan layout in support of lean principles.

- Consults on the use of lean approaches across multiple functions.

- Trains others on key lean measurements and tools and techniques for measuring performance.

- Participates in detailed planning for implementing and monitoring lean manufacturing.

Manufacturing Operations: Knowledge of manufacturing operations; ability to perform day-to-day operations of a manufacturing plant or facility for products.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Monitors organizational adherence to policies and procedures.

- Facilitates communications across departments to ensure a smooth workflow in the plant or facility.

- Evaluates the risks and safety hazards present in manufacturing operations.

- Recommends key industry benchmarks of manufacturing operations and relates to own organization.

- Supervises daily operations to ensure production targets and forecasts are achieved.

- Employs tools and techniques for anticipating demand and assuring capacity.

Manufacturing Safety: Knowledge of manufacturing safety; ability to identify work-related hazards and perform necessary activities to meet regulatory requirements for the safety and protection of workers, environment and site.

Level Extensive Experience:

- Consults on the use of new tools and techniques for safety protection.

- Performs safety inspections to assure compliance with OSHA requirements.

- Designs and implements emergency response processes and procedures.

- Promotes workplace safety among supervisors and workers; communicates safety rules and regulations.

- Assesses and reports unusual or new safety hazards or violations; initiates corrective action.

- Ensures that all employees and contractors comply with relevant safety policies and regulations.

Production Scheduling and Control: Knowledge of procedures and tools for scheduling and controlling production runs; ability to utilize knowledge of daily manufacturing processes to assure quality deliverables.

Level Working Knowledge:

- Follows existing procedures to set up, stage and ensure proper job completion.

- Identifies demand patterns; implements demand management processes.

- Coordinates appropriate production documentation and authorizations.

- Confirms production requirements and lead times beforehand; assists in setting up production jobs.

- Diagnoses and addresses production problems using established guidelines.

- Coordinates appropriate production documentation and authorizations.

- Confirms production requirements and lead times beforehand; assists in setting up production jobs.

- Diagnoses and addresses production problems using established guidelines.

Relocation is available for this position.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of “essential job functions” as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

This position requires working onsite five days a week.Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Posting Dates:

October 7, 2025 - October 21, 2025

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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