Senior Director of Manufacturing Plant Operations

Description & Requirements

ANDERSEN CORPORATION SUMMARY:

At Andersen, we pride ourselves on our core values of Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Partnership and being a leader in Corporate Citizenship. Headquartered in Bayport, Minnesota, Andersen Corporation is the largest window and door manufacturer in North America.

We're focused on bringing more light into people's lives by helping them create healthier, happier spaces to build memories and do what they love. This applies to our team, too. Andersen embraces our nine Employee Resource Networks to celebrate our differences and to champion diversity.

Earning the 2023 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year-Sustained Excellence Award, Andersen is also committed to environmental health and sustainability. No matter your role, you'll have the opportunity to make a difference at Andersen.

SUMMARY:

We are seeking a visionary leader with a passion for driving excellence to oversee and lead the creation and growth of our newest manufacturing facility located in Locust Grove, Georgia.

What Awaits You:

• Strategic Leadership: As a key member of our divisional senior operations leadership team, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our future.
• Lean Management: Shape a robust lean management system that drives results in safety, quality, delivery, cost efficiency, and growth.
• End-to-End Impact: As the helm of our supply chain, you'll oversee everything from manufacturing operations to logistics and the supply base. Your influence will ripple across the entire process.
• Andersen Values: Our foundation rests on integrity, innovation, and collaboration. You'll be part of a team that lives and breathes these values.
• Renewal Difference: Join a culture that celebrates creativity, resilience, and positive impact. Be the difference-maker

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Authentic & Strategic Leadership:

• Be highly visible to associates and create a safe and inclusive environment that allows our employees to reach their highest potential.
• Maintain healthy employee relations in managed business section by ensuring that policies and procedures are communicated, understood and applied in a fair and consistent manner.
• Hire, develop, and retain a diverse leadership team.
• Provide direct leadership to Value Stream and Safety Manager and influential leadership to Supply Chain Manager, Engineering Manager, Maintenance Manager, Logistics Manager, HR Manager, IT Manager, OPD Manager, and Quality Manager

Deliver Exceptional Results:

• Deliver performance to budget while ramping and scaling the site operations.
• Facilitate the setting of strategic and tactical direction and projects for direct team (engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, maintenance & quality) and indirect team (IT, HR, finance, OPD/engineering, Lean AMS) that provide the customer improved process/product quality, service/support and realized efficiencies.
• Participate in development activities to maximize asset utilization and operational profit.

Think & Act Strategically:

• Promote active/hands-on Lean tiered management approach and promote Andersen Management System (AMS) approaches to problem solving.
• Develop and execute resource plans that include production and capacity planning, inventory management practices, integrated process and information systems, people and capital resource planning, and established long range site plans to ensure the proper balances between Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and employee engagement for multiple plant operations.

Build Organizational Capability:

• Develop and commercialize new and enhance existing processes in support of new and on-going product development initiatives to ensure stable and capable technologies, processes, and applications.

Foster Collaboration:

• Partner across the Andersen Enterprise to develop strategies, solutions, and implementation timelines which will enable delivery of high-quality products, on time, at a competitive cost structure in support of multiple product lines.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 10+ years of directly related experience
• Minimum of a four-year degree in business, manufacturing, engineering or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of operations and supply chain management
• Demonstrated knowledge of application of AMS and/or Lean principles
• Strong leadership skills including coaching, mentoring and listening.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Business acumen and knowledge in budgeting, cost accounting plan/source/make/deliver analysis and strategic planning.
• This role is required to be on-site.
• 15% travel is required for this role.

LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS:

Lead with the Company's values, principles and culture top of mind (truly care about the Andersen legacy and the team members that embody it):

Integrity - impeccable track record of high workplace integrity and respect; is committed to building a sustainable, profitable business while meeting high ethical standards.

Trust - build trust and respect with CEO, peers, and team; bring the right balance of credibility along with humility.

Highly Strategic - initiates and leads robust strategic planning processes to define a clear vision and strategy and inspire heartfelt commitment across an organization.

Leader of people - gets the best out of their team, laser focused on excellent and sustainable outcomes. Changes and strengthens the next generation of talent and serves as a coach and mentor to others.

Executive presence - as this is a senior leadership role, the successful candidate will have an inherent executive presence as well as a history of progressively increasing roles leading, managing, and mentoring teams.

Decisive thinker/executor - designs performance management practices that deliver results far exceeding expectations and engages the entire organization in tracking performance metrics to ensure superior results.

Exceptional communicator - applies excellent verbal and written communication skills to translate the vision and strategy into clear priorities and direction.

Relationship driven - skilled at developing strong, trusting relationships with customers, the Board of Directors, and key stakeholders of the business.

Humble - demonstrates low ego. Brings the right balance of credibility along with humility. Can lead an organization with the right attitude to seek best in-class practices and performance. Knows their weaknesses.

CULTURE AND BENEFITS:

"Be Orange. Be You" is how we express our belief that by embracing our differences and empowering you, we'll be a stronger team able to accomplish what otherwise wouldn't be possible. This Orange spirit has helped us become the #1 innovative window and door brand* and the one homeowners love the most.** It's also why we're committed to supporting you to approach each day with a bright outlook.

Benefits include, and are not limited to:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account contributions
• Paid holidays plus PTO
• 401(k) plan & contributions
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement opportunities
• Charity contributions
• Nationwide career opportunities

We look forward to seeing how your unique skills, background and experiences will inspire our team and help us continue to be the leader we are today.

In 2024, Andersen has set a profit-sharing target of $4,000 per eligible employee, prorated as appropriate. Profit sharing will be paid out in quarterly installments to provide eligible employees with payments throughout the year, with payment amounts tied to quarterly operating profit performance

#LI-JL2 Posting City: Locust Grove, GA

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