Plant Manager

Job Overview
Are you ready to lead a high-performing manufacturing team toward operational excellence? As Plant Manager, this role offers the opportunity to shape plant strategy, drive continuous improvement, and foster a culture of safety, quality, and collaboration. This position provides leadership across production, engineering, quality, and maintenance teams, operating within a matrixed environment to ensure alignment with Marvin's strategic objectives and enterprise-wide priorities. Success in this role requires a strong presence on the plant floor and a commitment to developing people and processes.

This is a key leadership role with the ability to influence long-term performance and employee engagement. The ideal candidate brings a strategic mindset, financial acumen, and a passion for building strong teams. With a focus on continuous improvement and operational excellence, the Plant Manager plays a central role in Marvin's growth. This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact while cultivating a resilient and motivated workforce.

Highlights of your role
Lead with Safety and Quality

• Champion a proactive safety culture through data-driven reviews and visible leadership.
• Empower teams to take ownership of quality at the source.
• Use trends and metrics to drive continuous improvement across safety and quality outcomes.

Drive Operational Excellence

• Apply Lean principles and agile planning to optimize labor, equipment, and materials.
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution efforts to address operational challenges.
• Align daily operations with long-term strategic goals through leader standard work.

Engage and Develop Teams

• Foster a culture of respect, responsiveness, and continuous learning.
• Coach and mentor leadership teams to elevate performance and accountability.
• Support employee well-being and motivation using proven engagement strategies.

Connect Financials to Performance

• Translate operational metrics into financial outcomes using sound accounting principles.
• Identify cost-saving and productivity-enhancing opportunities.
• Develop capital investment strategies aligned with business goals.

Collaborate Across Functions And Communities

• Build strong relationships with cross-functional leaders and key suppliers.
• Represent Marvin in community partnerships and nonprofit initiatives.
• Navigate effectively within a matrixed organizational structure.

You're a good fit if you have (or if you can)

• A bachelor's degree (Engineering or related field preferred); MBA is a plus.
• Minimum five-year's experience as a leader in a manufacturing facility with 400+ employees with responsibility for manufacturing, materials, safety, engineering and continuous improvement is required.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive results in safety, quality, cost, and delivery.
• Experience recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing talent.

Also want to make sure you have

• Strong financial acumen with the ability to connect operational metrics to business outcomes.
• Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience navigating a matrixed organization and collaborating across functions.
• Comfort leading through change with transparency, empathy, and resilience.

We invite you to See Yourself at Marvin
From people to products, Marvin is committed to creating better ways of living. When you join this family-owned and -led window and door company, you belong to a community full of opportunities.

For more than a century, we've been at the forefront of designing, building, and engineering premium, award-winning products. Today, Marvin is also proud to have been named a Top Large Employer by Forbes Magazine two years in a row, in 2024 and 2025. With operations in 19 cities across North America, we manufacture Marvin's quality products, including Infinity Replacement Windows and Doors, and TruStile Doors.

Together, we uphold our values and foster a culture where safety and the wellbeing of our people comes first. We take a better living approach with benefits to support you at work and beyond. From day one, you will enjoy health insurance, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a 401(k) retirement savings match and more

Some Of Our Unique And Most Popular Benefits Include

• $300 annual wellbeing account to spend on what helps you feel happy + healthy
• Better Living Day (a paid day off to go have some fun)
• Annual profit sharing – recognizing everyone's contribution to Marvin's success
• Giving at Marvin – participate in organized volunteer opportunities
• Brighter Days Fund – financial support from your colleagues and the Marvin family during personal hardships

Join the more than 8,000 Marvin team members to experience these benefits and more.
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