Lean Value Stream Manager, Driveline Production

Join a Team That Moves the World

At GKN Automotive, we enable leading automakers with cutting-edge conventional, AWD, and electrified driveline solutions. Our technologies are designed, developed, and manufactured for over 90% of the world’s car brands.

The Impact You’ll Make

• Own performance for a defined value stream—from schedule adherence to quality outcomes.
• Coordinate people, materials, and equipment to meet daily and weekly production goals.
• Ensure full compliance with health, safety, and environmental requirements.
• Apply lean principles to remove waste, reduce variation, and boost throughput.
• Coach team members, aligning cross-functional work and sharing best practices.
• Authorize overtime, optimize shift patterns, and manage staffing to demand.
• Drive quality initiatives in partnership with quality engineering and operations.
• Facilitate clear communication channels so insights travel quickly and effectively.

What You’ll Do

• Lead a cross-functional team to deliver operational excellence across your value stream.
• Manage production schedules, materials flow, and resource allocation.
• Identify process constraints and execute continuous improvement actions using lean toolsets.
• Champion HSE standards and embed them into daily routines.

Must-Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 3–6 years of manufacturing or operations leadership with supply chain emphasis
• Proven organizational and performance management capability
• Knowledge of health & safety regulations and quality assurance standards

Nice-to-Haves

• Hands-on experience leading cross-functional teams in a fast-moving environment
• Working knowledge of lean manufacturing and CI methodologies
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Demonstrated success in change management and innovation

How You’ll Grow

• Expand your influence by owning a value stream with visibility and impact.
• Develop as a people leader through coaching, mentoring, and daily Gemba practice.
• Build broad capability by partnering with supply chain, quality, maintenance, and HSE.

What We Value

• Collaboration — trust, partnership, and shared success.
• Principled Leadership — integrity, accountability, transparent communication.
• Drive — focus on what matters and deliver meaningful results.

Your Toolkit

• High-level operations analysis
• Manufacturing environment experience
• Process development

Ready to Lead?

If operational excellence, team leadership, and continuous improvement energize you, step into a role where your work fuels the future of mobility.