Operations Manager
Owens CorningLocation(s): Savannah, GA, US, 31408 Function: Manufacturing Audience: Experienced Professional Work Arrangement: On Site Requisition ID: 70751 Job Band : 5A Hiring Manager: Christopher Ashley Daniel HR Rep: Kristina Marie Welm The Operations Leader has primary responsibility for managing production operations at the manufacturing facility. This salaried leadership role directs the work of Front Line Supervisors, Operations Coordinators, and assigned operations personnel and exercises independent judgment in establishing priorities, allocating resources, managing performance, and delivering business results. The Operations Leader implements organizational strategies, standards, and practices to achieve best-in-class performance in the following areas: Environmental, Health & Safety – Ensuring that our employees live injury-free lives and being a model for Safer Together Quality – producing zero defects or failures to customer requirements Production surety - executing the operations strategy, meeting customer demand, and making risk based decisions on material availability Talent – Attracting, developing, and retaining the professionals for our future Cost – ensuring that the business targets are met or exceeded The position reports directly to the Plant Leader and serves as the senior leader accountable for production operations at the plant. The Operations Leader is a member of the Natural Leadership Team (NLT), which includes leadership from Maintenance, EHS, Quality, Supply Chain/Warehouse, Finance, and Human Resources. Job Responsibilities Safety & Environmental Leadership Lead a culture where safety is a core value, ensuring a safe, secure, clean, and environmentally compliant workplace for employees, contractors, and visitors. Provide the leadership, resources, training, and systems necessary to drive toward zero injuries and environmental non-conformities. Establish clear safety expectations and accountability while recognizing and reinforcing safe behaviors. Utilize safety metrics, near-miss reporting, assessments, and incident trends to identify risk and continuously improve performance. Operational Excellence Lead manufacturing operations to achieve objectives for safety, quality, service, productivity, cost, and environmental performance. Lead Autonomous Maintenance (AM), TPM, Lean, Six Sigma, standardized work, and continuous improvement to improve equipment reliability, operating efficiency, quality, and cost. Optimize labor, materials, equipment, and resources while ensuring production schedules, customer specifications, and quality requirements are consistently achieved. Establish measurable performance expectations, analyze operating results, and coordinate front-line leadership to deliver plant objectives. Strategy & Business Results Translate plant strategy into clear operational priorities and lead execution of short- and long-term business plans. Develop and manage operating and capital plans, including manpower, production, capital investments, and resource requirements. Apply data-driven decision-making to improve productivity, eliminate losses and defects, control costs, and strengthen overall plant performance. Partner across plant functions and customer-facing organizations to align priorities, meet customer expectations, and achieve business objectives. People, Culture & Employee Relations Create an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing workplace characterized by trust, accountability, teamwork, open communication, and recognition. Promote employee ownership of business results and strengthen engagement through consistent leadership and communication. Maintain positive employee and labor relations through consistent application of company policies, labor agreements, and applicable requirements. Monitor engagement, retention, employee feedback, and organizational effectiveness to identify opportunities to strengthen the workplace. Talent & Leadership Development Build organiz…