Senior Operational Excellence Manager

The Senior Operational Excellence Manager is responsible for delivering measurable operational improvements in Certain Teed Roofing's 4-wide plant by applying World Class Manufacturing (WCM) principles.

This role drives cultural change by replicating proven best practices, establishing standard work, and ensuring that improvement initiatives are sustained and aligned with the company's overall operational strategy.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and drive implementation of large or multi-site operational excellence initiatives to deliver measurable results in Net Manufacturing Savings (NMS), productivity gains, and waste reduction.
• Facilitate a Steering Committee to align safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people priorities. Ensure visibility of network level progress, highlight gaps, and drive accountability to shared KPIs.
• Own and execute a Deployment Plan and OPEX Roadmap, integrating pillar activities. Ensure consistent execution, harmonization of priorities, and alignment with the business unit's operational strategy, thus fostering a culture of continuous improvement at all organizational levels.
• Lead and support Root Cause Analysis, Kaizen events, and problem-solving workshops, ensuring chronic losses are addressed through standardized methods
• Coach and mentor pillar leaders and improvement teams across the 4 wide plants, elevating technical capability, driving consistent application of WCM tools, and building a strong multisite problem-solving culture.
• Champion the use of performance tracking tools (e.g., Project Tracker, dashboards) to ensure cross-plant transparency and data driven decision making. Establish consistent metrics definitions, review cadence, and governance processes across all plants in scope.

• Bachelor's degree Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Business, or related field. Equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• Licenses and
  
  Certifications:
• Six Sigma/Lean Black Belt Preferred
• Certified Manufacturing Engineer Preferred
• Experience in manufacturing, process engineering or technical project development with a good understanding of the plant organization and complex manufacturing processes. 5+ years required
• Strong change management skills to include the implementation of Lean Manufacturing principles and concepts. Exceptional communication skills (both verbal and written), problem solving and analytical skills
• Proven experience with ability to teach in WCM methods and techniques (Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma) Green/Black Belt. Required
• Demonstrated project management skills & time management, with the ability to successfully lead cross functional teams in a dynamic environment is required
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office including Excel/Word/PowerPoint/Outlook

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Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, Certain Teed, headquartered in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has helped shape the building products industry for more than 110 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm’s slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," inspired the name Certain Teed. Today, Certain Teed is a leading North American brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, fence, decking, railing, trim, insulation, drywall and ceilings.

A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, one of the world's largest and oldest building products companies, Certain Teed has more than 6,300 employees and more than 60 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion,…