Door and Millwork Plant Manager

PARR is the total source for homebuilding supplies, solutions, and services. We focus on supplying building materials and solutions to professional home builders of all sizes including custom builders, large production builders, and multifamily builders. Our customers and community members know that they can rely on us for Legendary Service and quality products.

Job title: Door and Millwork Plant Manager

Salary: Starting at $94,686 to $116,965 Depending on experience + Profit Sharing and Performance Bonus

Schedule: Monday-Friday 7am to 5pm

Location: Woodinville, Washington

The Door and Millwork Plant Manager is responsible for utilizing the company's FACE values, mission, and vision as guides in order to lead their employees and reach the location's goals. This is accomplished through servant leadership and managing of the team. This position is also responsible for implementing operational strategies and objectives to ensure the location's goals. As a manager, this position is expected to be involved in their community in some fashion, set time aside for self-improvement, and always strive to be a better leader.

Duties and Responsibilities

Leadership:

• Manage day-to-day activities of employees from other departments assigned to your location
• Supports and follows PARR's brand standards
• Recognizes opportunities for improvement, and turns that quickly into decisive, confident, and proactive action
• Demonstrates confidence and carries oneself as a leader of the organization
• Coaches and delegates financial reporting, striving to build business acumen with team

People Development:

• Identify and articulate performance expectations to employees
• Create and maintain a well-rounded staff through cross-training, open communication, and continued education
• Utilizes performance plans as a tool as needed, utilizes DM
• Creates team driven environment, where the team is working towards a common goal
• Understands strengths/weaknesses of everyone on team (utilize the first, work to improve the second)

Business:

• Enforce all company policies
• Achieve location's annual profit projections
• Continually update product knowledge and selling techniques
• Implement Continuous improvement and Lean Practices
• Ensures all reporting is done timely
• Ensure an appropriate level of inventory is maintained at the facility to handle volume, working with both sales and purchasing teams to forecast increases or decreases in volume
• Trains and leads the inventory management team at the location and trains them in applicable tasks of Cycle Counting, Negative QTY research, adjustments, and SPC report management
• Completes preventative maintenance for all equipment in accordance with Fleet Manager guidelines and notifies them of issues affecting fleet safety, performance, or Customer support
• Understands the definition of a Resolved and an Unresolved Variance, and uses knowledge to improve results
• Arranges community involvement for the location by becoming involved with organizations that focus on improving areas of the community

Safety:

• Conduct/monitor accident investigations
• Team members always wear high visibility/proper uniform
• Works with Production Manager and department leads to review daily equipment inspection reports for all fleet equipment and machinery and ensures necessary maintenance and repairs are completed in a timely manner
• Ensures location follows proper and timely reporting of all necessary accident and claim reports
• Utilizes DashCam information as a tool to coach continuous improvement with the driver team

Communication:

• Promptly respond to customer complaints and concerns
• Sets expectations and goals, holds people accountable
• Upholds the 12 commitments to communication from Discover the Difference
• Takes ownership of opportunities for team to improve and works to be a part of the solution
• Entire team works cordially, professionally, diplomatically and with a high level of customer service

Results:

• Achieves budgeted bottom line, consistently and demonstrably strives for financial improvement
• Manages operating expenses closely to the approved budget
• Understands health index and takes action to improve results
• Active during manager meetings, giving insight and opinions, and takes action after meetings to follow company direction
• Consistently seeks and identifies the details and processes that lead to positive change

Qualifications

• Knowledge of management principles, practices, and production methodologies
• Knowledge of moldings and door purchasing principles, practices, and protocols
• Knowledge of home and commercial construction principles, practices, and protocols
• Knowledge of the effects of "market conditions" upon the wood products industry
• 3 years prior supervisory/management experience
• Ability to identify a broad range of building product materials, their quality, allowable tolerances and application techniques

The Plant Manager works in an office with a computer, on the production floor, and walks the outdoor section of the location.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to work indoors in a normal office environment for an entire day
• Must be able to grasp, talk, hear, and operate a computer and keyboard
• Must be able to lift/push/pull up to 50 pounds and carry objects 50 feet
• Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Must be able to drive a vehicle when necessary
• Both local and overnight travel may be required

We know that without great people, we can't be a great company. Voted the fourth top place to work in Oregon in 2023, we offer industry-leading benefits:

• Everyone starts earning 2 weeks of vacation per year on day 1, and gains an additional day every year worked up to 4 weeks off
• Employee paid sick days
• 7 holidays
• 2 medical plan options, one with a high deductible that offers an HSA and our standard plan with a very low $1,250 deductible
• Dental, Vision, EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Massage, Chiropractic and Acupuncture coverage
• FSA (Flexible Spending Account) and Childcare pretax spending programs
• HSA (Health Savings Account) - PARR will match up to $360/year
• Up to 50% match on the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) after 1 year of employment and fully vested at the end of your 3rd year
• In addition to the 401(k) match, there a 3% profit share contribution to the 401(k), with Board approval
• Tuition reimbursement (up to $2,500/year)
• Annual profit sharing (every full time employee who worked the full year earned a minimum of $800 for the 2023 year)
• $1,000 referral bonus

PARR Promotes

We have a transparent pay structure, and love to promote from within. Our current CEO started with the company as a driver and by being open to change and a self-starter he climbed the ranks to the role he has today. There are many members of our management team who started their careers in our entry-level positions. If you're willing to work hard, there's no reason you won't earn regular merit increases and promotions. There is A LOT of opportunity - PARR is growing fast

We value our employees like family and are constantly working to provide a safe place to work for our employees. Most of our locations are not open past 5 and all our locations are closed on Sundays.

Our company mission is Legendary Service through Teamwork, and we take that seriously. When you join our team, you're joining a family owned company that's been in business for 90 years, with a well-established reputation as a leader within the building material supply industry in the United States.