Plant Manager 2

Cornerstone Building Brands•Oak Grove, LA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Manager II oversees manufacturing sites, drives improvements, and ensures performance aligns with safety, quality, delivery, and cost expectations. The role leads cross-functional strategies, manages structured change, and balances long-term plans with immediate operational needs. The Plant Manager takes direct responsibility for team safety, builds trust, develops team members, sets high expectations, and communicates effectively with senior leaders. Reporting to the Director of Operations, the role drives site performance and executes manufacturing excellence strategies for the Fortify Building Solutions business. The position develops site strategies for cost of goods sold, manages growth and expansion, optimizes labor and overhead costs, and supports new product and pilot-project implementation. It also leads safety, quality, lean improvement, talent development, labor planning, and culture initiatives. The role requires minimal travel (10%) and is based at 6914 Hwy 2, Oak Grove, Louisiana.

Requirements

At least 5 years of manufacturing experience, including packaging, process engineering, warehousing, or assembly.
At least 3 years of experience in a people-management role.
Proven track record applying lean tools and processes for sustained improvement.
Experience with 5S, 5Y, Fishbone, PDCA, and Kaizen.
Experience leading teams through formal management systems.
Experience with Oracle, MES software, and CPS pillars.
Experience participating on cross-functional teams, driving decision-making, and overseeing operational and financial metrics.
Strong understanding of manufacturing supply chain functions, including planning, logistics, quality, materials management, and inventory control.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office products.
Ability to lift up to 30 lbs.
Ability to spend prolonged periods on feet, standing, and bending.
Ability to work around moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, and in a non-climate-controlled environment, and tolerate high noise levels.
Minimal travel required (10%).
Act consistently with company values of Safety, Integrity, and Inclusion and behaviors and mindsets of Customer-Centricity, Interconnectedness, and Continuous Improvement.
Ability to develop and execute an operations strategy; influence leaders; deliver accountabilities through setbacks; and apply critical thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
Collaborative approach, ability to lead change, systematic working methods, strong communication and presentation skills across organizational levels, and positive energy in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business; alternatively, 10–12 years of relevant professional experience.
Familiarity with AutoCAD and statistical packages.

Responsibilities

Set expectations for respectful and inclusive relationships among supervisors, peers, and employees, and foster work environments that support physical and mental well-being.
Develop site strategies for cost of goods sold and manage growth or expansion.
Achieve year-to-year cost savings by optimizing direct labor and overhead expenses.
Oversee implementation of new products and pilot projects.
Prioritize employee and company-asset safety and security, and address immediate safety concerns.
Create schedules that balance production efficiency, supply delivery, and employee well-being, using overtime strategically as needed.
Ensure compliance with quality standards, including QA Index and Right First Time, and drive TQM activities at the sites.
Reinforce the manufacturing excellence roadmap and hold self and others accountable for performance and leadership commitments.
Implement lean ways of working that promote employee engagement and focus process improvement on reducing operational cost rather than assigning individual blame.
Simplify site processes and help establish project teams for new equipment, defining a Commissioning/Qualification/Verification process approach.
Develop talent and align training with future business needs; provide tactical guidance to operations groups and train leadership and technical teams.
Use qualitative and quantitative methods to forecast labor demand and mix.
Foster a culture aligned with the company mission, values, and success model; use employee engagement survey data to improve culture and implement solutions that support high performance.
Participate in the community, promote manufacturing career opportunities, nurture future manufacturing talent, enhance the company’s reputation, and give back.
Lead and participate in cross-functional projects and business initiatives.
Perform other duties as required.