Value Stream Team Leader - 1st Shift

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Position Summary

Responsibility for leading operation of one or more plant value streams. Implements under the direction of the Value Stream Manager the Parker Lean system and Win Strategy to ensure a safe work environment, drive quality improvements, provide premier customer service, develop a qualified workforce, reduce operating costs, inventories and lead times through continuous improvements. Oversee day-to-day activities to meet daily, monthly, quarterly and annual expectations.

• Meet with Value Stream associates regularly to reflect on problems, solutions and challenges, creating a culture of continuous improvement.
• Lead the plant value stream(s) in daily operations and continuous improvements, including supply chain, production control, manufacturing priorities and coordination between all shifts in the value stream.
• Assist the Value Stream Manager to create continuous product flow, utilize pull systems, and level the workload.
• Establish the basis for continuous improvement and employee empowerment by ensuring standardized work and processes are followed, necessary adjustments are implemented and the area complies with safety and 5S requirements.
• Instill and maintain a positive team atmosphere; hold regular team meetings, assign tasks, and coordinate support activities from other departments.
• Use PDCA with Tracking Centers and Team Improvement Boards to ensure results.
• Provide effective cross‑training for Value Stream associates and backups from other value streams to ensure seamless operation.
• Work with the Value Stream Manager to develop a future‑state value stream map and manage the plans to achieve it, as documented in the Value Stream Tracking Center.
• Maintain a visually controlled environment to keep problems visible and manageable.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 3‑5 years of management or supervisory experience.
• Background in accounting, PC skills, manufacturing, human resource management and inventory control.
• Team‑building skills; ability to assess and develop individual and team capabilities and drive enthusiasm for challenges; model safety, new ideas and positive change.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Preferred experience with Lean teams or leading Lean teams.

The essential functions are examples of the type of work performed by employees assigned to this job classification. The company reserves the right to modify work assignments and/or make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be an inclusive list of duties and responsibilities; it is intended to describe the general nature of the position.

When you join Parker Hannifin’s Parflex Division, you’re not just working on hoses and tubing—you’re helping power the systems behind some of the most important vehicles, machines, and technologies in the world. From under the hood of U.S. military trucks like the JLTV and HEMTT, to inside the wings of the F‑35 fighter jet and C‑130 Hercules, our thermoplastic and fluoropolymer hose products are trusted in the world’s most demanding applications.

You’ll also find Parker Parflex products supporting wind farms, solar fields, food production plants, and next‑generation hydrogen vehicles. Whether it’s helping to land a Black Hawk helicopter safely or making sure air brake systems on semi‑trucks perform in any weather, our team builds solutions that keep America moving, protected, and growing.

Parflex is part of Parker’s North American Hose Products Group, a global leader in motion and control technologies for over 100 years. At our facility, we focus on innovation, safety and purpose‑driven work. We offer stability, great benefits, and the satisfaction of building parts that truly make a difference.

At Parflex, Every Product We Build Supports Something Bigger – From Military Operations And Infrastructure To The Energy Systems Of The Future. As a Production or Assembly Team Member, You’ll Help Manufacture…