Site ManagerSaint-Gobain

Saint-Gobain North America, one of the world's largest building materials companies and a manufacturer of innovative material solutions, helps create great living spaces by combining comfort and sustainability. For more than three-and-a-half centuries, Saint-Gobain has been enhancing the well-being of people everywhere, whether it's by addressing climate change, delivering true sustainable development, advancing the information revolution, participating in medical breakthroughs, or playing a vital role in space exploration. Focusing on the intersection of people, innovation, and purpose, Saint-Gobain helps to address the needs of today and the challenges of tomorrow - offering employees the opportunity to invent themselves and reshape the world.

At Saint-Gobain North America, 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.

This position manages all aspects of the Huntsville facility to achieve operational & financial targets set forth by the company. The incumbent plans production to ensure product quality, customer service, and safety. They are expected to implement & manage quality assurance systems & measures. They are also expected to interact with vendors as well as customers as the need arises.

This position is responsible for supporting the manufacturing operation through direct participation and commitment to World Class Manufacturing, focusing on continuous improvement in the areas of safety, cost, quality, and delivery. Position will drive cost reduction, quality, and overall continuous improvement through the supervision of the site's World Class Manufacturing program. The position is responsible for being the point of contact for all manufacturing-related Ingot product line communications and customer interactions.

Essential Function:

• Manage major aspects of plant operations to ensure on-time delivery of quality products globally while minimizing cost, inventory, and waste. Implement programs for continuous improvement of customer service, product quality, process yield, reduction of variable & fixed costs, & reduction of inventory. Pursue synergies with other Abrasive Materials sites & implement best practices.
• Manage plant financials such as budgets, purchasing, capital, etc., to meet/exceed business expectations. Prepare appropriate plant information needed to complete Company financial requirements, such as strategic plans & budgets. Implement key financial indicators to proactively monitor the plant's progress. Report on financial information required by the business to complete monthly financials, strategic plans, and budgets. Types of financial information required include, but are not limited to, variable & fixed manufacturing variances, inventory, and capital.
• The incumbent is the highest-level manager at Huntsville. Therefore, concise communication is required with the incumbent's supervisor and other key business staff to ensure that the key strategic objectives of the business are met in an ever-changing business environment. Furthermore, continuous involvement with various Market/Business Managers, Customers, Sales Representatives, and Research & Development is ongoing to provide value-added products to the marketplace.
• The incumbent is responsible for major operational decisions made at the site including: labour levels & allocations, material utilization, purchasing approvals, maintaining budgets (both fixed and variable), inventory levels, capital expenditures, safety programs, maintaining financial control, ensuring all corporate policies and procedures are followed, ensuring OHSA/EPA, local, state and federal guidelines are followed as well as affirmative action guidelines.

• Bachelor's Degree in the Engineering discipline, or a related field of science required
• 5+ years' experience in managing technical and/or production in manufacturing required
• Demonstrated understanding of manufacturing processes
• Demonstrated strong organizational, interpersonal, management, and team-building skills
• Demonstrated strong communication skills