Operational Excellence Manager

Role Overview

The Operational Excellence Manager is a strategic leader within the plant, accountable for defining, implementing, and driving the operational excellence process to include World Class Manufacturing (WCM) methodologies. This position delivers measurable operational improvements by leading loss identification and eradication initiatives, coaching pillar leaders, and ensuring sustainable business impact. The manager champions cultural change, challenges the status quo, and aligns improvement efforts with the company’s corporate strategies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive implementation of operational excellence initiatives to deliver measurable results in Net Manufacturing Savings (NMS), productivity gains, and waste reduction.
• Facilitate Steering Committees to align safety, quality, delivery, cost and people site priorities, review progress, and ensure accountability to KPIs.
• Own and maintain the Deployment Plan and Roadmap, integrating pillar activities with the plant’s strategic objectives and driving overall project execution.
• Lead Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Kaizen events, and problem‑solving workshops to eliminate chronic losses.
• Coach and mentor pillar teams to enhance technical expertise, delivery capability and drive overall results.
• Champion the use of performance tracking tools (e.g., Project Tracker, dashboards) to ensure transparency and informed decision‑making.
• Collaborate with OPEX leadership to communicate progress, escalate barriers, and align with corporate strategies.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement at all organizational levels.
• Share and implement best practices across the network to accelerate deployment maturity.
• Own the site 5S program to ensure all areas of the plant meet standards.
• Execute, deliver and sustain NMS‑Net Manufacturing Savings improvements and validated cost savings.
• Reduce chronic losses and achieve measurable improvement in key plant KPIs.
• Enhance engagement, capability, and support for pillar teams and engineers.
• Lead activities from the plant’s internal assessment with OPEX and TIP NA support to ensure effective implementation of actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Business Administration (preferred) and High School Diploma or GED (required).
• 5–10 years of experience in manufacturing, process engineering, or technical project development (required).
• 5+ years of experience leading teams (required).
• Proven experience teaching WCM methods and techniques (required).
• Ability to multi‑task across multiple projects.

About CertainTeed

Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm’s slogan “Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed” inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, insulation, drywall and ceilings. A subsidiary of Saint‑Gobain, one of the world’s largest and oldest building products companies, CertainTeed employs more than 6,300 people and operates over 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. www.certainteed.com

Benefits

• Health and Wellbeing – supporting your wellbeing so you can thrive in life and work.
• Medical, prescription drug, vision, and dental insurance.
• Healthcare Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
• LiveWell Wellness Program.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Paid Time Off and paid parental leave.
• Retirement and protection benefits to help shape your future.
• 401(k) with company match, Retirement Accumulation Plan (RAP), and Cash Balance Pension Plan.
• Company‑provided life insurance, AD&D, and short‑term disability.
• Voluntary employee and dependent life insurance, long‑term disability, critical illness, and accident insurance.
• Group legal services.
• Identity theft protection.
• Auto and home insurance options.
• Pet insurance and discounts.
• Back‑up child and elder care.
• PerkSpot employee discount program.