Plant Manager - Cornerstone Building Brands

Cornerstone Building Brands is North America's largest manufacturer of exterior building products, with operations spanning manufacturing facilities across the United States and Mexico, alongside sales and distribution offices throughout the United States and Canada. We are dedicated to our journey of becoming the premier provider of exterior building solutions.

About the Role:

As the Plant Manager, you will oversee all daily operations of the plant, including production, planning, inventory management, production control, shipping, and cross-functional and customer communication. Acting as the site leader, you will ensure company policies and procedures are followed while driving improvements in safety, quality, cost, and customer delivery. This role requires a hands-on leadership style, an ability to build trust with a tenured workforce, and strong operational leadership skills. We’re seeking an experienced leader who can elevate operations to the next level. This is an opportunity to lead a well-established team, and drive operational excellence

Responsibilities:

Operational Excellence:

• Plan, organize, and direct day-to-day operations to exceed internal and customer expectations.
• Drive production efficiencies, increase asset utilization, and enhance flexibility while minimizing costs and maintaining quality standards.
• Ensure production output, product quality, and on-time shipping meet or exceed goals.

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop systems and processes to track and optimize productivity, metrics, and performance targets.
• Recruit, manage, and develop plant staff to drive performance and ensure alignment with organizational goals.

Continuous Improvement:

• Analyze data to identify waste, inefficiencies, or overtime, and implement projects to reduce waste and drive process improvement.
• Lead initiatives to enhance safety, quality, cost-effectiveness, and customer delivery standards.

What We’re Looking For:

• Leadership Skills: Proven experience engaging and leading with a hands-on, approachable leadership style.
• Operational Expertise: Strong background in operations management, production planning, and process optimization.
• Effective Communication: Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills to foster trust and alignment across all levels of the organization.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or business, or related field, alternatively, 7-10 years of relevant professional experience.
• Minimum 10-15 years in manufacturing, preferred leadership roles. 
• Previous people management responsibilities.
• Be knowledgeable of safety, quality, productivity, demand creation, inventory and stewardship processes
• Computer literacy with strength in Microsoft excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to create accountability and to lead by example
• Strong team building, decision-making and people management skills

Preferred:

• Experience in metal fabrication
• Experience in metal buildings, welding, and/or roll forming operations 
• Bilingual (Spanish)

Why work for Cornerstone Building Brands?

Our teams are at the heart of our purpose to positively contribute to the communities where we live, work and play. Full-time* team members receive** medical, dental and vision benefits starting day 1. Other benefits include PTO, paid holidays, FSA, life insurance, LTD, STD, 401k, EAP, discount programs, tuition reimbursement, training, and professional development. You can also join one of our Employee Resource Groups which help support our commitment to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment.

*Full-time is defined as regularly working 30+ hours per week. **Union programs may vary depending on the collective bargaining agreement.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Cornerstone Building Brands is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. You can find the Equal Employment Opportunity Poster here. You can also view Your Right to Work Poster here along with This Organizations Participation in E-Verify Poster here. If you'd like to view a copy of the company's affirmative action plan or policy statement, please contact Human Resources at 281-897-7788 or HRCompliance@cornerstone-bb.com. If you have a disability and you believe that you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please contact Human Resources at 281-897-7788 or HRCompliance@cornerstone-bb.com. This email is used exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only emails received for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues not related to a disability, will not receive a response.

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Must be at least 18 years of age to apply.

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