Value Stream Manager
Tenneco · Frankfort, IN
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Lean / CI
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 10+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 11 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management continuous improvement role at Tenneco (automotive) in Frankfort, IN.
- They ask for
- 10+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Lean, Value stream mapping, Tooling
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 9, 2026
Continuous Improvement roles in the US: typical posted base $105k–$150k.
Median of the low and high ends of 162 live postings that list pay, out of 417 continuous improvement openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Indiana plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 11 other live lean / ci postings in Indiana.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (10+ vs 7+)
Similar roles usually ask 7+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Lean 92%
- Kaizen 75%
- Six Sigma 67%
- Root cause 58%
- ✓ Value stream mapping 58%
- ✓ Team leadership 58%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Tooling, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
Pulled from the posting text. If it's not listed here, the posting didn't say.
How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Lean / CI team at Tenneco
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is CI run from the plant floor or from a corporate OpEx group?
- Which metrics does leadership actually watch: OEE, scrap, cost per unit?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
Value Stream Manager at Tenneco in other locations
Tenneco lists this title in 3 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
Full description from TennecoAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
- ◆Ensures and encourages a safe working environment by promoting safety and environmental compliance with all safety rules and procedures.
- ◆Supervises and manages production supervisors, and partners with a staff of engineers and quality professionals by establishing goals and objectives, and determining actions that support the plant’s overall objectives. Does periodic performance reviews with all salaried employees under their supervision, and has responsibility for their training and professional development.
- ◆Ownership of Value Stream P&L’s including cost analysis and opportunities, product line margin, PPV goals and manufacturing productivity.
- ◆Understands and works within the current plant guidelines and policies including a working knowledge of the labor agreement with the local union.
- ◆Acts as the leader and Company representative to set the example for their area of responsibility with regard to all performance related activities.
- ◆Serves as process owner of the Quality Management System process of "Manufacturing and Delivery".
- ◆Understands their customer’s
requirements
and determines how to deploy and manage people, equipment, and tooling to meet those
requirements
and support the plant objectives.
- ✓Performs capacity analysis as required.
- ✓Has the responsibility of identifying methods improvements to continually improve the process of doing work through a lean operations implementation and thought process.
- ✓Has ultimate responsibility for communication throughout the value stream including the hourly workforce, the salaried work force, suppliers, customers, and where necessary the community.
- ✓Has responsibility to see that all business dealings of the value stream are carried out in accordance with all plant, corporate, local, state, and federal laws and requirements.
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 7-10 years of manufacturing (or equivalent combination of formal education and experience) with firsthand experience in at least three (3) of the following areas: hourly supervision, salaried supervision, quality management/engineering, manufacturing engineering, maintenance management, human relations management, financial management, labor contract negotiations, or operations management.
Skills & experience
- ✓Firsthand experience in at least three (3) of the following areas: hourly supervision, salaried supervision, quality management/engineering, manufacturing engineering, maintenance management, human relations management, financial management, labor contract negotiations, or operations management.
- ✓Interpersonal, Organization, Administrative, Computer, Presentation, Oral and Written Communication, Leadership, Initiative, Innovative.
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2845 West State Road 28, Frankfort Indiana
Value Stream Manager
About tenneco
At Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values–radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win–or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.
How do we make it happen? Through the Tenneco Way. Fueled by our Core Values, a winning mindset and a relentless commitment to excellence, the Tenneco Way is how we win. It’s what keeps Team Tenneco bold, driven, and unapologetically focused on pushing past limits and redefining success.
Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.
Want to learn more about who we are? Check out our website to discover the Tenneco Way
We are looking for a Value Stream Manager for our Frankfort, Indiana plant. The Value Stream Manager manages all aspects of a section (or sections) of the total plant by establishing goals and objectives for the business, and managing the assets assigned to that value stream (people and equipment). The position has responsibility for achieving or exceeding the expected performance levels in the areas of safety performance, customer satisfaction, employee productivity, financial performance, quality performance, and work ethic and moral. The position is also part of the plant’s senior management team, and as such required to work with the other senior managers to determine, implement and enforce plant rules and policies.
Our recruiting team is ready to act immediately. You’ll first hear from someone in Talent Acquisition to schedule a phone screen, and then the next step will be a personal interview with our Hiring Manager. We pride ourselves on moving through the process quickly, and you can be sure of transparency and prompt communication.