Plant Leader-Grove City

Job Title: Plant Leader – Grove City

Job Code: MGU 504

Band: 5A

PRIMARY PURPOSE

The Plant Leader has overall responsibility for all areas of operations at the Grove City Manufacturing Facility. The person in this position leads the development and implementation of organizational strategies, standards and practices to achieve best-in-class performance in the following areas:

Safety – Our employees live injury-free lives

Manufacturing and Technical excellence – Our plants are continually improving world class manufacturing environments

Quality – We produce zero defects or failures to customer requirements

Environmental – We operate with zero non-conformities and zero waste streams

Cost – We are the competitive cost leader

Talent –Our employees are engaged and empowered and own the success of the business

TPM - Lead the Grove City Plant through the TPM journey & actively participate in deployment of TPM within the plant

Inclusion and Diversity- Support I&D action plans for plant leadership and culture focus from the I&D assessment

In addition, the Plant Leader collaborates closely with other Plant Leaders and leadership across the business to leverage One Company best practices focused on eliminating waste, serving our customers and growing and developing our people. The Plant Leader is also an active member of the community and represents Owens Corning’s interest in local affairs.

The Plant Leader owns the Safety, Quality, Delivery and Financial performance of the site and is responsible for developing a vision for the plant and articulating a roadmap to get there. He/she is also an integral partner in executing the operations strategy for the business.

REPORTS TO: This position reports to Regional Operations Leader

SPAN OF CONTROL: This position includes 3 direct reports on the Leadership Team.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Leading safety and security for an injury free work environment

Ensures a safe and secure work environment for all employees, contractors and visitors

Shows passion and caring for our people, leads from our safety stand and treats safety as the first priority

Allocates resources and identifies investments required on systems, focused programs and leadership to strive for zero injuries

Ensures a clear and effective measurement system is established and implemented to drive results; rewards and celebrates safe behaviors and achievements as well as ensures accountability

Knowing the business and our customers

Continuously builds insight into the business’s market, customer base and strategies

Develops relationships with customers to understand what it takes to ensure high quality products as defined by our customers and develops solutions to better serve our customers

Ensures the supply of consistent quality products in a timely manner and superior customer experience that fosters customer loyalty and strong relationships; operates with a zero-defect mindset

Directing operations to drive towards manufacturing excellence

Provides guidance to the technical leadership in the plant

Communicates strategic direction to employees across the organization and how it fits with the day-to-day actions and results being driven

Identifies and drives continuous improvement efforts through both the personal use and promotion of standardized work to cut cost and improve productivity and quality

Drives cost leadership by engaging employees across the organization, identifying improvement opportunities and executing against them

Sets clear and measurable performance expectations, in line with division and corporate goals; proactively analyzes and manages all relevant operations performance metrics

Oversees the development of a comprehensive annual capital budget and operations plan; initiates timely and appropriate capital requests to maintain or enhance plant performance necessary to meet customer needs

Operates with zero environmental non-conformities to applicable company, government and regulatory policies

Continuously improves the plant operations environmental footprint consistent with company goals and community interests

Developing a positive employee relations environment

Ensures a positive, creative, diverse and collaborative work environment where employees own the success of the business

Selects talent based on business needs; ensures the proper trainings, tools, processes and systems are in place to empower our people to deliver against performance expectations

Creates an environment where all employees are engaged, empowered and focused on serving our customers

Monitors labor activities and leverages labor relations resources as appropriate to ensure compliance with all company policies and governmental regulations

Establishes OC as an employer of choice in the local market

Builds a facility worthy of being used as marketing and communications platform, both internal and external

Maintains productive relationships with key political and community decision makers and represents the company in relevant community matters

Leading and Developing Talent

Creates “complete” jobs with strong accountability and development opportunities

Creates an environment where talent is developed, and their full potential is realized

Effectively builds a diverse team with competent people using the appropriate mix of internal promotions and external recruitment to satisfy both near-term performance and long-term succession needs as well as ensure the sustained success of the business

Invests in the growth and development of direct reports and other identified talent in the organization; Be engaged in personal development as well

Ensures alignment with functional leadership (e.g., finance, safety, human resources) on performance management and talent development

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent and demonstrated experience required

5+Yrs. Minimum work experience

A minimum of five years’ experience in leading people in a cross-functional and complex environment

Demonstrated project or process management skill

Highly organized and self-motivated

EXPERIENCE

Exposure to cross-functional team leadership or participation outside of manufacturing

A history of hiring, growing and promoting talent within an organization

Six Sigma formal training and Lean manufacturing experience a plus

Demonstrated ability of coaching and guiding for results

Demonstrated success of engaging others

TPM Experience Preferred

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Sufficient computer skills to utilize OC systems and the software necessary for this role

Able to utilize data and data collection system as well as Six Sigma, or other problem-solving methods for decision-making to eliminate manufacturing losses and unnecessary costs

Able to create and implement strategic and operations plans

Able to influence and engage people across the plant and the company

Effective verbal & written communication skills

Business and Financial acumen

Strong planning, resourcing and delegation skills

Able to engage and care for others starting with safety

Able to achieve results fast both individually and through teams

Able to collaborate and foster teamwork

Customer orientation: Has an external perspective and understands that all business opportunities start with knowing customers’ needs as well as competitively executing against costumer expectations

Proven ability to develop people

Embraces and helps drive division initiatives throughout the business unit and is willing and able to take on additional division type assignments as needed

Able to competitively drive results

Able to inspire and energize others

Excellent performance management skills and be able to differentiate rewards based on the performance of individuals

Able to engage self and others in learning