Vice President of Operations
Position Summary
The Vice President of Operations, Retail is responsible for leading all manufacturing and operations activities across the Gibraltar Building Products Retail Manufacturing Operations locations. This role provides end-to-end operational leadership for a multi-site, multi-brand manufacturing footprint, ensuring safe, efficient, and scalable operations that deliver high-quality finished products to retail customers on time and at competitive cost.
Key Responsibilities
Serve as a core member of the Gibraltar Building Products Operations leadership team, contributing to business strategy, operating plans, and long-range objectives.
Translate business unit strategy into clear operational priorities, performance targets, and execution plans.
Establish a consistent operating model across plants while respecting product, customer, and regional requirements.
Provide oversight and leadership for all manufacturing operations, including safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity.
Ensure operations meet or exceed customer requirements, regulatory standards, and Gibraltar quality expectations.
Drive Lean manufacturing principles, waste reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives across all facilities.
Establish and monitor operational KPIs tied to safety, service, cost, margin, and asset utilization.
Lead safety culture aligned with Gibraltar values, ensuring compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations.
Ensure consistent quality systems, processes, and controls are implemented across all manufacturing sites.
Champion proactive risk identification and mitigation across operations.
Own the manufacturing operating budget, including labor, overhead, inventory, and capital expenditures.
Lead capital planning and prioritization in partnership with Finance and Engineering, ensuring disciplined ROI-based investment decisions.
Drive inventory optimization, plant loading, and workforce planning to support service levels while managing working capital.
Identify and implement process improvements, automation, and enabling technologies to improve uptime, throughput, and cost performance.
Partner with IT and Engineering to implement and optimize ERP, manufacturing, and operational systems.
Lead and develop Regional Operations Directors and Plant Managers, setting clear expectations and accountability.
Build a high-engagement, performance-driven culture that is consistent with Gibraltar’s values and leadership principles.
Ensure robust talent development, succession planning, and performance management across operations.
Lead manufacturing and operations integration for acquisitions, including system alignment, process standardization, and cultural integration.
Drive standard work, best-practice sharing, and operational consistency across the Building Products platform where appropriate.
Direct leadership of plant facing operations leaders with indirect influence of site leadership teams.
Functional oversight of Manufacturing Operations, Engineering, and Materials/Supply Chain Management.
Education & Experience
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
15+ years of progressive manufacturing operations leadership experience; metals manufacturing strongly preferred.
Proven experience leading multi-site operations with full P&L, capital, and workforce responsibility.
Demonstrated success driving Lean transformation, standardization, and margin improvement at scale.
Experience integrating acquired operations is strongly preferred.
Knowledge, Skills & Competencies
Strong operational, financial, and analytical acumen with the ability to balance strategy and execution.
Effective communicator who can lead through influence in a matrixed environment.
Collaborative leadership style with a track record of building strong teams and developing leaders.
Growth mindset with a continuous improvement orientation.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools and experience with ERP systems (e.g. Oracle, SAP).
Travel & Work Environment
Approximately 50% domestic travel required.
Combination of office, manufacturing plant, and field environments.
About Us
Gibraltar is a leading manufacturer and supplier of products and services for North American agtech, renewable energy, residential, and infrastructure markets. By building solutions that make life better for people and the planet, Gibraltar advances the art and science of engineering, science and technology to shape the future of comfortable living, sustainable power, and productive growing. Guided by an inclusive, values-driven culture that celebrates and rewards different perspectives, we work together to create lasting positive impact on everyone our business touches.
What We Offer
Health & Welfare: Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for employees and dependents; Health care & dependent flexible spending plans; Free Life and AD&D coverage with supplemental coverage options; Employee assistance programs focused on mental health.
Financial Wellbeing: Competitive compensation; Bonus opportunities; Generous 401(k) plan; Flexibility & Time Off: Paid time off, including vacation, bereavement, jury duty, sick leave, disability, holidays.
Community & Personal Development: Donation matching and time off to volunteer; Educational reimbursement.
Disclaimer
The information in this description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.