Value Stream Manager

SunSource•Odessa, TX

About The Position

The Value Stream Manager leads the daily performance of the hydraulic and industrial hose department at McCarty Equipment, a SunSource company. This is a hands-on leadership role overseeing hose fabrication, testing, inventory, order staging, and local logistics, while ensuring work is completed safely, accurately, efficiently, and on time. The manager sets daily priorities, maintains schedules, develops employees, ensures inventory accuracy, coordinates pickups and deliveries, and ensures completed testing work is documented and billed promptly. The role leads a hose fabrication team of approximately 3–5 employees and coordinates a logistics team of approximately 1–2 employees. It manages production schedules and customer projects, assigns work based on workload and capability, and prioritizes testing according to customer requirements, promised dates, and available resources. The manager is also responsible for department inventory accuracy, cycle counts and reconciliation, receiving and storing stock, and investigating and correcting inventory variances. McCarty Equipment is a value-added hose distributor and fabricator with 17 locations across North America, providing hose, valves, gaskets, fittings, tools, and related industrial and MRO products and services.

Requirements

Strong organization, scheduling, project-management, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple customer orders and deadlines while adjusting to changing priorities.
Strong attention to inventory accuracy, order details, job documentation, and billing.
Ability to set expectations, coach employees, and respectfully hold the team accountable.
Comfort using operating data and KPIs to make decisions and improve performance.
Clear communication skills and ability to coordinate across branch functions.
Hands-on leadership style and willingness to assist in the operation when needed.
Ability to stand for an extended period.
Occasional heavy lifting of up to 50 pounds may be required.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience leading, supervising, or coordinating a small team.
Experience in hydraulic hose, industrial hose, fabrication, manufacturing, distribution, oilfield supply, or a related industrial environment.
Mechanical aptitude and willingness to learn hose products, applications, fabrication, and testing.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a hose fabrication team of approximately 3–5 employees.
Oversee daily hydraulic and industrial hose fabrication activities.
Supervise hose testing activities and coordinate a logistics team of approximately 1–2 employees.
Maintain visibility of open, in-process, and completed testing jobs.
Prioritize testing work based on customer requirements, promised dates, and available resources.
Ensure testing jobs are completed safely, accurately, and with required documentation.
Confirm completed testing work is billed to customers accurately and promptly.
Manage production schedules, customer projects, priorities, and on-time completion.
Create and maintain production schedules based on customer requirements, promised dates, labor and material availability, and order priority.
Build team knowledge of hydraulic and industrial hose construction, applications, fabrication, and testing.
Assign work based on workload, operator capability, job complexity, and customer deadlines.
Oversee order staging, customer pickups, local deliveries, job documentation, and testing billing.
Maintain department inventory accuracy and accountability for material handling and system transactions.
Plan, complete, and review cycle counts and inventory reconciliation activities.
Oversee incoming stock and ensure materials are received, identified, stored, and available for production.
Investigate inventory variances, correct errors, and address underlying causes.