Regional Operations Performance Manager - Prairie

SBP Careers • Big Lake, MN

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About The Position

Specialty Building Products is seeking a Regional Operations Performance Manager for its Prairie Region. The role improves how work is completed across locations by putting company standards into practice, leading improvement projects, supporting local leaders, and improving service, productivity, quality, and cost. The manager works with divisional and regional leadership, branch and operations managers, supervisors, front-line employees, and cross-functional support teams. Success requires strong working relationships, organized project execution, data-informed problem solving, and ensuring improved processes are sustained after projects conclude.

The position also supports major operational changes, including branch openings, site consolidations, acquisitions, and new-system rollouts. It requires 50–70% travel, including overnight travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• At least five years of increasing responsibility in distribution, manufacturing, logistics, or operations across multiple locations.
• Experience leading improvement projects that produced measurable results.
• Ability to analyze operational and financial data using Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to build support and work effectively with executives, managers, supervisors, and front-line employees, including people who do not report directly to this role.
• Ability to meet travel requirements of 50–70%, including overnight travel.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Power BI or similar tools.
• Training or certification in process improvement.
• Familiarity with practical improvement methods such as clear work procedures, workplace organization, visual tools, process mapping, and root-cause problem solving.
• Experience with building-material distribution, door manufacturing, warehouse management systems, ERP systems, routing, or fleet operations.
• Experience supporting multiple facilities or regions.
• Formal training in project management, leading change, or running group meetings.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional projects, improvement meetings, and problem-solving efforts.
• Implement company operations-improvement programs, adapting rollouts to local locations while maintaining required company standards.
• Review warehouse, transportation, manufacturing, inventory, and office processes to identify delays, unnecessary work, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop and implement work procedures, visual tools, daily operating reviews, labor plans, and regular performance checks.
• Work with local leaders to improve warehouse layout, product flow, picking, staging, loading, inventory accuracy, and employee productivity.
• Create project plans, schedules, assigned actions, and methods for tracking results.
• Review operational measures and financial results, identify causes of problems, and develop practical action plans.
• Help branch leaders and supervisors sustain new processes, review results, and ensure teams follow agreed-upon standards.
• Coordinate work among Operations, Sales, Transportation, Technology, Safety, HR, Finance, and other support teams.
• Work with the Operations Performance Strategy Team to develop practical standards, tools, and resources for branches.
• Escalate major risks, roadblocks, staffing or resource needs, and decisions to the Director of Operations Performance Execution and the Regional Director.
• Document effective methods and share feedback with the Strategy Team to improve company tools, standards, and training.
• Support branch openings, site consolidations, acquisitions, new-system rollouts, and other major operational changes as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage beginning on the first day of the month following 30 days of employment.
• Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Company-paid time off.
• Paid holidays and floating holidays.
• Additional perks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level