Performance Area ManagerSaint-Gobain

At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.

Performance Area Manager - Mill, Active Storage and Finishing:

Consistent with CertainTeed Gypsum Vision, Mission, Values, and Objectives, the Performance Area Manager provides the leadership for employees to implement a continuous improvement culture throughout the site. This will be done through direct leadership of the Performance Team and collaborative efforts to provide process support, directly or through subordinates using Lean/Continuous Improvement principles & WCM tools. As a member of the plant management team, they will lead performance improvement efforts in a manner to achieve maximum productivity and operating efficiencies within safety, quality, service, and cost standards. The Performance Area Manager will be responsible for the team's performance and is accountable for improving the applicable standards in the plant. The Performance Area Manager reports to the Sr. Plant Manager. Reporting directly to the Performance Area Manager is a team of engineers. Below are some of the responsibilities this person will be asked to perform.

• Directs and coaches Performance Team Engineers by coaching for optimal performance and providing leadership and information needed to empower employees to achieve corporate, plant, department, and individual goals, from both an immediate and long-term perspective.
• Act as a plant change agent, leading & coordinating the Company's Lean, WCM, and Continuous Improvement transformation.
• Guides Performance Team to teach and promote the use of Lean principles & WCM tools.
• Develop and report key metrics that track the progress of Continuous Improvement initiatives versus goals.
• Development &/or customization of training materials for classroom & factory floor settings.
• Collaborate with plant teams to utilize visual Management.
• Participate in new product development projects as it pertains to the plant.

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering, science, industrial Management, or related technical discipline preferred; Five (5) years of equivalent experience that provides a comprehensive working knowledge of the laws, regulations, practices, and procedures of a lean/world-class manufacturing operation may be substituted for a degree.
• Six to eight (6-8) years of applied professional experience working in a manufacturing environment.
• Three to four (3-4) years of direct or indirect supervisory experience.
• Prior Lean experience with a working knowledge of the Toyota Production System and World-Class principles and practices.
• Ability to provide leadership and innovation at all levels of the organization utilizing different styles of Management as the situation arises.
• Project Management skills.
• Change management skills.