Manager Operations

At GAF, we cover more than just buildings. We cover each other. Under this roof, you will have the tools and resources you need to grow and develop in your career. You will experience our incredible culture and will be empowered to support your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we define the future while leading the present through our deep well of experience and our responsibility to the future to drive improvements and innovation in our products. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

We are looking for an Operations Manager who will function as a key member of the Minneapolis leadership team and Residential network. Responsible for leading and developing the maintenance and production staff, driving a safe and reliable work environment, and working with the leadership team in achieving annual and long term operational, quality and financial objectives. The successful candidate for this role is someone who is open to mobility, both in career progression and location.
Essential Duties

• Partner with the EHS team to ensure the plant is compliant with all state, federal, and local regulations regarding safety, to include but not limited to OSHA and EPA regulatory standards. Serve as a leading advocate for safety initiatives within the plant, cultivating a mindset that priorities safety throughout the organization’s culture.

• Foster a culture committed to ongoing continuous improvement across the Operations team by initiating various projects, such as 5S events, the application of lean principles, kaizen events, and cultivate continuous process improvement. Establish explicit objectives, supply necessary resources, and motivate staff to welcome and drive change.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, positive reinforcement, open communication and employee engagement. Proactively pursue ideas and incorporate relevant suggestions from teams.

• Leverage information to evaluate outcomes, pinpoint improvement opportunities, and drive decisions with data-backed insights, guaranteeing enhancements are founded on empirical evidence rather than conjecture.

• Responsible for building a robust talent portfolio within the Operations function, to include but not limited to, performance management and succession planning, creation of development plans, and identifying and addressing talent gaps within the organization.

• Lead, mentor, and maximize the production and maintenance teams with a One Team mindset.

• Partner with cross-functional teams by providing guidance and training to foster a unified dedication towards maintaining safety, production and quality standards.

• Manage operational systems, workflows, and infrastructure to identify opportunities for enhancements or modifications.

• Implement strategies for refining work procedures to enhance machine uptime in a cost effective manner. Guide the maintenance team’s efforts towards maximizing machine efficiency and reliability.

• Partner with Plant and Operations leadership to establish clear performance, safety, quality, and engagement standards for the Operations network. Hold the team accountable for meeting and/or exceeding established metrics and expectations.

• Provide an analysis of company KPI objectives and pinpoint opportunities for enhancement.

• Identify and lead activities to ensure achievement of budget spending goals by improving efficiency and reducing costs while maintaining quality standards, meeting production delivery requirements, machine reliability and overall repair costs. Establish and implement best practices including preventative measures that continuously improve machine performance.

• Set strategy for large-scale capital implementations while balancing product demand by working cross functionally.

• Implement lean methodology to reduce waste and drive cost efficiencies within the site and across Residential network.

• Participate in budget and business planning activities for the site.

• Utilize reporting to inform teams and identify opportunities for process and reliability improvements.

• Plan and execute outages effectively with functions and plant teams.

• Understand and ensure compliance of terms within collective bargaining agreement(s)

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s Degree In Engineering (Chemical or Mechanical preferred) or in another discipline that is coupled with extensive manufacturing experience. Required

• A minimum of 5 years of demonstrated manufacturing management experience in direct management of production and/or maintenance.

• Understand and ensure compliance of terms within collective bargaining agreement(s)

• Experience in high volume manufacturing operation, preferably continuous web process or continuous manufacturing process

• Demonstrated ability to lead/influence/manage people.

• Adept at being both a leader and a team player - positive interactions and participation on teams.

• Willingness to embrace change and champion change effectively.

Qualifications Preferred

• Ability to relocate as part of career progression.

• 5+ years experience in leading both production and maintenance teams in a manufacturing environment.

• Experience leading supply chain or logistics.

How We Protect What Matters Most:1. We offer a wide range of health insurance options that include medical, dental, and vision for you and your family. 2. Our Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood. 3. Our robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions. 4. Other exciting programs and perks are available to help employees achieve work-life balance, including (but not limited to) a wellness program, free financial coaching, a referral program, and product rebates when purchased for an employee’s primary residence. 5. Professional growth and development are very important to us! We offer internal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program. 6. We put diversity and inclusion into action with our Employee Resource Groups, which unite employees based on common perspectives, identities, demographic factors, or out of a desire to be an ally.

GAF complies with federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR Services at 833-HR-XPERT.

We believe our employees are our greatest resource. We offer competitive salary, benefits, 401k, and vacation packages for all full time permanent positions. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and GAF, Standard Logistics, SGI, and Siplast are proud to be affirmative action employers. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. If applying for positions in the U.S., must be eligible to work in the U.S. without need for employer sponsored visa (work permit).