Director Regional Operations Excellence & Productivity

We are Builders First Source, America’s largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market. You’ll feel proud of the work you do here every day to transform the future of home building and help make the dream of home ownership more achievable. At BFS, we believe building a successful career is not solely defined by a degree.

Your experience, skills, and passion are just as important, if not more so. As such, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that welcomes candidates from all backgrounds and experience levels.

Responsible for ensuring alignment of key company initiatives and lean processes maximize operational efficiency and customer service, creating differentiation from competitors and providing a clear competitive advantage that cannot be quickly or easily replicated by others in our industry. Lead productivity in conjunction with SVPs and DPs to drive 3-5% ongoing annual productivity. They directly support field implementation and adoption of company initiatives, digital programs as well as providing leadership and project management for various lean initiatives, kaizen events and other continuous improvement efforts.

• Lead change management processes from inception to full implementation of process, key company projects procedures and operations functions.
• Responsible for ensuring productivity targets are on track within Division/Region.
• Serves as the liaison, communications channel and implementation between the corporate functions, Shared services, and the locations for matters of process, operations, and compliance. Is active in prioritizing the process, procedures, and data initiatives between corporate and the locations.
• Utilize the 1 Team operating system and SOPs to lead standardization, training, and implementation.
• Work with all departments and operations teams to ensure lean processes result from the initiatives.
• Create execution plans to implement solutions into practical applications.
• Assist in preparation of cost/benefit analysis, budgets and capex requirements for implementation plans.
• Support market teams by leading the ongoing development, implementation, and adoption of the suite of tools (DDMs, Design, Dart, and digital initiatives), including and in partnership with other leaders, the development of necessary training programs and documentation for implementation of new processes and technology as well as current eBusiness programs and tools.
• Develop KPI’s, establish benchmarks, define success for new programs and publish progress reports.
• Communicate with all departments, solicit support and create cooperative effort required for success for each program.
• Assist in identification and preparation of pilot locations to implement new programs.
• Support the management of pilot and implementation processes through to completion.
• Prepare regular communications for periodic announcements and company publications.
• Lead and participate in specific Kaizen events with support of other operational teams.

This job may have other operational and lean leaders reporting to them.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Bachelor’s degree in business or engineering field or ten years work experience in relevant field, demonstrating a high capacity for learning, communicating, and leading others.
• 5 years in building materials, distribution, or manufacturing environment.
• Preferred 5 years leading lean process improvement initiatives.
• Experience leading integrated process and technology initiatives in multi-site environment.

• Knowledge of retail store or manufacturing operations, training, analysis, customer relations and planning.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Lean process analysis and improvement.
• Project management skills and change management experience.
• Preference given to individuals with Six Sigma Lean training and Black Belt…