Plant Leader

As the Site Leader for the greenfield startup in Prattville, Alabama, responsibility will include working with the Startup Program Manager. While the Program Manager will lead the startup project, the Site Leader will be involved in the construction, commissioning, vertical start up, ensuring project timelines and milestones are met for operation of the new manufacturing facility. The Site Leader is accountable to implement an inclusive culture, organizational strategies, standards, practices, leading business changes and the continuous growth and development of the Prattville Asphalt and Roofing Plants. The Site Leader owns the financial performance of the site and is responsible for plant cost. The Site Leader is also an integral partner in executing the operations strategy for the business. They are expected to lead from an outside-in perspective, understand what is necessary for the customer to be successful and manage and oversee all operations through the TPM Operating System - providing vision, strategy, and leadership to achieve and maintain the highest standards of Safety, Engagement, Cost, Productivity, Efficiency, Quality, Talent Development and Customer Service.

In addition, the Site Leader collaborates closely with other Site 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 Site Leader is also an active member of the community and represents Owens Corning’s interest in local affairs.

Reports to : Operations Director – East

Span of Control : This position has 6 direct reports and overall responsibility for approximately 135 primary employees in this start up facility.

JOB

• •Involvement with the Capital Delivery Team who will ultimately have accountability for the construction and commissioning of the new manufacturing facility.
• •Collaborate with capital delivery and engineering teams to ensure the facility is designed and built to meet production

• •Continuously builds insight into the business’s market, customer base and strategies
• •Creates an environment where all employees are focused on serving our customers
• •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
• •Gains alignment and relationship with commercial and sales team.

Executing business strategy and directing operations to drive towards manufacturing excellence

• •Leads with a clear view of where the organization needs to be in 1-3 years; communicating strategic direction to employees and how it fits with the day-to-day actions and results being driven
• •Provides guidance to the technical leadership in the plant
• •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

• •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 employee 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 ke