Plant Manager

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Laurel Plant Leader is accountable for leading business change and the continuous growth and development within the facility. The plant leader is expected to lead from an outside-in perspective, understand what is necessary for the customer to be successful by managing and overseeing all plant operations providing vision, strategy and leadership to achieve and maintain highest standards of safety, engagement, costs, productivity, efficiency, quality and customer service. 

Reports to:  Operations Director, Components

Span of Control:  This position has 9 direct reports.  The facility has approximately 450 employees.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Leading safety and security for an injury free work environment

• Leads from the OC Safety Stand: All accidents are preventable, safety is everyone’s responsibility, working safely is condition of employment.
• 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.
• 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 Our Customers 

• Develop a culture that embraces the realistic goal of zero defects for our customers. 
• Raise the level of our quality systems and service to provide a customer experience that fosters strong relations. 
• Ensure open communication between the facility, the sales team and our customers.
• Ensure customer quality and service concerns are resolved in a timely manner.

Developing and Executing Plant Business Strategy

The plant leader will have responsibility for the development and execution of the plant’s business strategy, aligned with the overall company, business unit, and Doors Operations vision and strategies, consisting of the following: 

• Create an inclusive work environment consistent with Owens Corning’s vision and values.
• Develop plant vision and strategy including annual goals, capital planning and execution strategies.
• Be a leader amongst peers, lead division projects, provide coaching/mentoring to other site leaders and top talent.
• Develop talent at all levels of the organization while creating future leaders.
• Create succession strategies for both primary and salaried positions.
• Drive zero-loss culture through the execution of TPM. Optimizing and continuously improving safety, quality, material conversation, manufacturing costs/productivity through TPM pillars.
• Ensuring coordination of effective strategies, planning, communication and cooperation among all plant functions, suppliers, vendors, contractors or other plants or locations.
• Be a steward of sustainability and environmental compliance.
• Promote Owens Corning’s brand by being a pillar within the community through participation in local business organizations and community outreach programs.

Directing Operations

• Provide effective vision, leadership and direction to plant employees.
• Engage employees and create a work environment in which employees commit to the organization and its bottom line, feeling pride and job ownership.
• Ensure effective deployment of employee relations practices.

• Control/Reduce operating cost. Identify and seize opportunities to enhance efficiencies, streamline processes, and leverage resources.
• Increase revenue through productivity/volume leverage.  Build and drive sustained revenue growth.
• Drive the business toward enhancing product and service quality.
• Ensure effective environmental controls are in place.
• Identify and implement year over year improvements in sustainability.
• Manage large-scale projects in support of improvement initiatives and facility upkeep.
• Ensure consistent compliance with all applicable legal requirements (safety, environmental, financial, etc.).

• Partner with sales and the customer in order to cultivate a customer-focused culture that drives incremental sales from the plant, creates an environment in which products and processes are designed to ensure customer satisfaction and effectively incorporates customer perspectives in all business activities.

Leading and Developing Talent 

• Lead transformative cultural change to drive value creation and innovation.
• Lead with inclusive behaviors that attract and engage a diverse employee base.
• Create and sustain a culture where talent is developed through effective performance management and talent evaluation. 
• Effective staffing of the organization; competent people and the appropriate mix of internal and external talent satisfying both near-term and long-term succession needs.
• Invest in the growth and development of identified high potential talent.
• Build and support the development of a cohesive, high-performance leadership team that enables the success of the plant’s operations. 

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree preferably in Engineering, Science, Operations or Business, Master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of ten years of broadening industrial assignments and experience.
• A minimum of seven years of experience in manufacturing leading people in a cross-functional and complex manufacturing environment.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:   

• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) manufacturing experience preferred.
• Previous experience as an Operations Leader, Controller, Supply Chain Leader
• Business and financial acumen
• Develops high performing team
• Project management

• Strong manufacturing standards, procedures, engineering, and technical abilities
• Able to engage and care for others starting with safety
• Able to achieve results fast both individually and through teams
• People focused leadership style
• Customer focused
• Action oriented approach and demands continuous improvement

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About Owens Corning  

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com. 

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.