BBF Complex Leader

Owens Corning•Kansas City, KS

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Owens Corning is investing in excess of $200 million to transform their Kansas City Fiberglass Insulation Plant, adding jobs, expanding capabilities, and shaping the future of manufacturing. The BBF Complex Leader is accountable for supporting a 24/7 manufacturing operation, shift leaders, and associated processes. This role requires a strong commitment to the business and customers, the ability to foster teamwork, and effective communication across all organizational levels. The BBF Complex Leader must build a culture of trust, respect, and accountability in a Union environment, while implementing organizational strategies and practices to achieve the Plant’s business strategy and deliver results.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or related discipline required
Minimum of 3 years manufacturing experience
Minimum 2 years leading people in a complex manufacturing environment or successful completion of the Manufacturing Leadership Program
Advanced knowledge of the people, process and equipment for the hot end operation of the plant
Business and financial acumen
Ability to compile and utilize data and/or Six Sigma methods for problem-solving and decision-making to eliminate manufacturing losses and unnecessary costs
Creating and implementing strategic and operations plans
Leading and motivating peers, direct reports and primary workforce
Effective with verbal and written communication
Strong planning, resourcing and effective delegation skills
Able to engage and care for others starting with safety
Capable of achieving results fast both individually and through teams

Nice To Haves

Experience leading in a Union environment
Manufacturing Engineer experience preferred
Six Sigma certification and Lean manufacturing experience preferred
Willingness to relocate in the future with OC
Experience driving TPM and 5S preferred
Experience in managing environmental compliance programs, preferred

Responsibilities

Promote a strong safety culture where safety and sustainability are core values and personal responsibilities.
Ensure manufacturing processes, control plans, and work instructions are designed and executed to protect employees, contractors, and visitors.
Identify and drive continuous improvement efforts through standardized work to improve cost, grow year-over-year productivity and reduce quality related issues for our customers.
Lead operations in the hot end area of the plant to include the Batch, Binder, and furnace processes.
Partner with Manufacturing Engineers (Line & Furnace) to identify and drive continuous improvement efforts through standardized work to improve cost, grow year-over-year productivity and reduce quality related issues for our customers.
Set clear and measurable performance expectations, in line with plant goals; communicating and ensuring results are achieved for self and direct reports.
Proactively analyzes and manages all relative operations performance metrics making improvements to efficiencies, quality and cost.
Assign and coordinate work in a manufacturing department to include supervising first line leaders.
Operate with zero environmental non-conformities to applicable company, government and regulatory policies.
Ensure the quality systems are utilized to provide a consistent product that meets manufacturing specifications.
Ensure effective deployment of employee/labor relations practices (building strong partnership).
Set clear and measurable performance expectations for self and direct reports aligning with the Kansas City Plant, Division and Corporate goals.
Establish an engaged workforce characterized by mutual trust, open communications, teamwork, and recognition.
Create and sustain a culture where talent is developed through effective performance management, talent evaluation and utilization of people.
Maintain documentation, track, counsel and execute coaching and corrective action when performance issues occur.
Create work standards for the hot end and partner with the Learning & Development Lead to execute training for employees in the BBF group.
Partner with peers, manufacturing engineers, process engineers, etc. to clearly understand process and customers FFUs so Kansas City can meet/exceed customer expectations.
Assists in driving to zero defects or failures to customer.