Sr. Production Manager
Saint-GobainWHY DO WE NEED YOU? Cross-functionallyReady to lead a high-impact manufacturing operation and shape the future of the plant? As the Senior Production Manager , you'll oversee a 24/7 insulation manufacturing facility, leading a large production team and driving performance across safety, quality, delivery, productivity, and cost. Your leadership will directly influence plant success and business results. In this highly visible role, you'll partner with leaders across Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Maintenance, HR, and Finance to deliver operational excellence while fostering a culture of accountability, employee engagement, and continuous improvement. You'll champion World Class Manufacturing (WCM), Lean, and Six Sigma initiatives that improve performance and drive sustainable growth. This is an exceptional opportunity for a proven manufacturing leader who wants to make a lasting impact. In addition to leading plant operations, you'll help develop future leaders, guide strategic initiatives, manage production budgets, and serve as the acting Plant Manager when needed. If you're energized by building high-performing teams and delivering world-class results, we'd love to hear from you. WCM: Can influence across functions to achieve safety, quality, service, and cost targets Drives continuous improvement through the use of WCM, Six Sigma, statistical process control and root cause analysis Creates a culture of execution through streamlined employee engagement, which creates frontline solutions to issues and buy-in for rapid change Safety: Cultivates and models a safety-first culture Understands and executes risk assessments and the MOC (management of change) process to identify and eliminate risks prior to operating. Understands and utilizes the hierarchy of controls in mitigating risks. Is responsible for OSHA, state, federal, and company EHS standards – creating compliance through employee engagement and ownership Operations: Responsible for operational excellence, delivering world-class results in critical manufacturing key performance indicators: Safety, Environment, and Sustainability. OEE - Yield, production rate, Uptime/Reliability, and plant productivity while cultivating a safe and engaged plant culture. Is directly responsible for the 5S program in production areas, the Industrial Efficiency World Class Manufacturing (WCM) pillar, and implementing Industry 4.0 initiatives/roadmap. Is responsible for all technical production components of the budget and monthly forecasts Has ownership for cultivating a continuous improvement culture, and employees understand how what they do impacts business results. Is responsible for the Operational/hourly training department: coordinating team on training plan implementation, updating documentation, tracking training, efficiency. And developing road map focused on priorities and modern techniques/technologies regarding Industrial Training best practices. Assess and support on development of Production Leadership team skills and performance aligned with Saint-Gobain Principles of Conduct and Action and strategy of the company. The Senior Production Manager have as direct reports: Production Managers, Supervisors and Engineers and the majority of the hourly workforce. General Management: Rigorous planning at every level – shift, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly for all operational responsibilities Cross functionally – capacity and volume planning with supply chain, project timelines with engineering, trials with processing and budgets and compliance with plant controller. IS THIS JOB FOR YOU? The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and humid conditions. The empl…