Operations Leader

Owens Corning Business Title: Site Operations Leader

Job Title: Site Operations Leader  

Band: 4B

Reports to: VP, Design & Product Development

Scope: Team Leader, Percent Travel: 0 – 10%

Revision Date: February 12, 2025 – Kelli Thompson and Brian Houdeshell

Location: West Chicago, Illinois (Owens Corning Doors Division - Masonite Innovation Center - Onsite)

Our Company:

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation.  Our four integrated businesses – Roofing, Insulation, Doors and Composites – provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique material science, manufacturing, and market knowledge 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 2023 sales of $9.7 billion.  For more information visit www.owenscorning.com.

Responsibilities:

Lead the site EHS, Tooling & Die, Maintenance and Facilities function at the West Chicago Innovation Center – Doors Division.  This is an onsite role, supporting the production, environmental and safety needs of the site.  As a leader, this role will have direct roll-up responsibility of 3 direct reports, and approximately 15 – 20 team members.  

The Site Operations Leader is accountable for leading business change and the continuous growth and development within the facility.  A successful candidate will manage and oversee all plant operations providing vision, strategy and leadership to achieve and maintain highest standards of safety, engagement, costs, productivity, efficiency, quality and customer service. 

• Live the Safety standard - build a culture where safety is top priority, ensuring employees are developed and trained to safely perform their jobs

• Lead and support safety initiatives and processes to drive towards zero recordable injuries

• Effectively communicate Owens Corning’s stand on safety throughout the Operations Department to ensure front line leaders (where they exist) and employees believe in and behave in a manner that supports our stand that all accidents are preventable, safety is everyone’s responsibility, and that working safely is a condition of employment at Owens Corning

• Coach, challenge and support managers in their role to develop individual competencies, manage talent, encourage recognition, and support organizational related processes, etc.

• Understand and analyze organizational capabilities to proactively develop and implement organizational design and structure improvements to support delivery of the business strategy

• Identify performance issues and timely, consistently and fairly implement people management solutions

• Ensure proper resource allocation, prioritization, budget, cost-optimization, and capital planning

• Establish operating plans for expansion efforts and implementation of new and advanced technology

• Support identification, specification and qualification of new equipment and production technologies

• Support long-range plan by partnering with internal stakeholders and team members to identify business priorities and needs

• Foster a collaborative and results-driven work environment

• Creates a culture of accountability, delegate in a highly effective manner, and develop leaders to support succession planning and organizational resilience

• Drive disciplined and timely root cause analysis and corrective action in response to production related deviations in quality, efficiency and financial reporting

• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to gauge operational efficiency, track progress, and drive continuous improvement efforts.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field
• 8 -10 years’ progressive experience in manufacturing or similar environment
• Direct people leadership experience required

Experience Requirements:

• Experience leading organizational design (preferred)
• Prior manufacturing experience
• Established leadership experience
• Experience working in cross-functional environment
• Previous experience in Tool and Die machining processes (preferred)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to drive measured improvement in key areas of operations
• Strong technical knowledge and process capabilities
• Business and financial acumen
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills
• Strong communication skills – comfortable engaging all levels of the organization
• High level of resourcefulness and creativity
• Strong integrity
• Comfortable managing high levels of complexity
• Versatile and innovative mindset
• Strong prioritization skills

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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.